Example sentences of "have to wait [adv] [subord] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Opposition Chief Whip Derek Foster , Bishop Auckland 's Labour MP , welcomed the news no one should have to wait longer than two years for treatment but called for reassurances that figures had not been ‘ massaged ’ .
2 Tories have already pledged that no one will have to wait more than two years for treatment and from March 31 , 1992 they say no one should have to wait more than 18 months for a hip or knee replacement , or a cataract operation .
3 The next step is to ensure that , from March , no one should have to wait more than 18 months for a hip or knee replacement or a cataract operation .
4 To ensure that progress on waiting times continues , we intend that from 31 March 1993 , no one should have to wait more than 18 months for a hip or knee replacement , or a cataract operation .
5 Tories have already pledged that no one will have to wait more than two years for treatment and from March 31 , 1992 they say no one should have to wait more than 18 months for a hip or knee replacement , or a cataract operation .
6 Mr Lang also told the grand committee that figures due out this week , covering the year to December 1992 , would show marked improvements in the length of time National Health Service patients spent waiting for treatment ; a record number of patients and that the Government was on course to meet the guarantee that virtually no-one would have to wait more than 18 months for treatment .
7 Health Authority figures show some outpatients who 've been referred by their GP to an orthapedic consultant there , may have to wait more than 2 years just to be seen .
8 PLANS to reduce chronic delays in paying compensation for criminal injuries are about to be announced by the Home Secretary , Mr David Waddington , after criticism that some victims are having to wait more than two years for an award .
9 reduction in the northern region of those having to wait more than two years .
10 had to wait longer than 16 weeks for trial .
11 THE man who took office as President of Panama early yesterday morning was popularly elected last spring but had to wait more than six months before being thrust into power by the United States .
12 A member of my staff for instance , trying to report sickness absence , told me yesterday that she dialled our number and had to wait more than four minutes before being answered .
13 Sokolov 's idea was good , but it had to wait more than 20 years before the technology to implement it was invented .
14 THE elderly mother of Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley had to wait more than three hours for an emergency operation at an NHS hospital , it was revealed last night .
15 Leaving Sagaing for our return journey by boat to Prome we got on to a sandbank and had to wait there until two tugs pulled us off .
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