Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv] to " in BNC.

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1 Unsure of whether she does owe him an explanation , of how much of her perspective she can get across in a conversation , and unwilling to let go of the London Kate who has broken through to the surface , she is ashamed of her suspicions of his reasons for asking her back to his place and agrees .
2 Coates ( 1985 , pp. 27 , 77 ) , for example , argues that in recent decades narrative has broken down to be replaced by a cinema of ‘ isolated heterogeneous events held together by the ramshackle constructions of Victorian melodrama ’ , and that from the mid-1960s we have seen the dissolution of the distinction between realist and non-realist film .
3 During her five years in office Pauline has travelled extensively to personally support and encourage teachers and members .
4 Japan has taught much to the Western business world .
5 A few weeks ago I said there were 10 teams in contention , now I reckon it has whittled down to six .
6 TCCB chief executive Alan Smith said last night : ‘ Graham has flown out to India to do a job .
7 He calls Howard as soon as he arrives — but Howard has flown out to the Bahamas , for a conference with Bill Mishkin , who is stopping over on his way to Caracas .
8 Meanwhile , a team of doctors and nurses from one of the region 's biggest hospitals has flown out to Italy tonight , to treat the injured from Sarajevo .
9 ‘ Guy has flown back to London .
10 He has pointed both to its overall lack of numbers and to the fact that some of the areas where it was strong , west Cornwall for example , were not in any case likely locations for revolutionary agitation .
11 A reader has pointed out to me : ‘ It is quite unreasonable for you to criticise the scheme since it may not be generally known that any Senior Manager is able to purchase a top-of-the-range BMW K Series four-cylinder model anti-lock brakes , black paint finish , radio etc and still have funds to spare . ’
12 Professor Gilbert Kelling has pointed out to me that , in certain circumstances , bedding planes can be produced by textural and diagenetic differences within " continuous sedimentation " .
13 Since then the average tax rate has fallen steadily to 36 p.c. , as the benefits of public spending control have come through .
14 Although it can be argued that the ultra vires doctrine in company law was originally used to try to prevent concentration in industry this task has fallen primarily to competition law .
15 Given the losses and a circulation that has fallen back to 540,000 , in third place in the race behind the Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph , a premium price could not be expected .
16 The number of students who have entered chartered accountancy training contracts since the start of the 1992/93 academic year has fallen back to around 1982 levels , according to the Institute .
17 Suppose now , however , that B , having accepted S 's repudiation in June , sees the market beginning to rise rapidly in July and , in an attempt to minimise his loss before the market rises further , buys replacement goods on July 15 at £115 per ton — ; only to discover that by the delivery date under the original contract ( December 1 ) the market price has fallen back to £110 per ton .
18 Planting in 1988 came within 15 per cent of the national target , but has fallen now to one-third of that level for the same cost to the taxpayer as in 1988 .
19 President Berisha , however , has given in to the nationalists over the question of property restitution .
20 Alan Rough has given more to Scottish football than he could ever take and for that reason alone he stands on the terraces of Hampden Babylon like a colossus .
21 I recall the speech to which the hon. Gentleman referred and I know that he has referred before to a case similar to that which he described today .
22 The School has responded positively to the technological demands of the new Standard Grade courses and has installed in the Department ten ‘ Applemac ’ computers adding to the not inconsiderable quantity of equipment already there .
23 Established stable star , Golden Freeze , who misses the King George after grazing a knee in a fall on the road , has responded well to antibiotics and is expected to be sidelined for only two weeks , but this injury and all the firm ground have made a mess of Mrs Pitman 's plans .
24 But the team has responded well to caretaker-manager Allison since he took over from sacked Dennis Rofe two games ago .
25 The rum market in Venezuela is undergoing a difficult period of transition , but Pampero 's performance has responded well to the relaunch .
26 But all other things being equal , the gay and lesbian community has responded well to examples of perceived corporate goodwill .
27 Now the baby is in foster care and the mother has responded well to treatment she was given at the hospital .
28 The Scottish economy has responded vigorously to the policies we have introduced to liberate enterprise , and many more people are now saving , investing and owning their homes .
29 WordPerfect has responded angrily to Microsoft claims that a clear majority of users prefer Word for Windows over WordPerfect .
30 Each step command is issued only when the motor has responded satisfactorily to the previous command and so there is no possibility of the motor losing synchronism .
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