Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] to have " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Vulnerable people should be aware that there are some laboratories and practitioners who rely on controversial and unproven procedures … which are not considered by independent observers either to be reliable or to have a scientific basis . ’ |
| 2 | The Committee has pointed out that nothing is more foolish than to have timetable motions introduced after a Committee has sat for some sessions , perhaps debating the first two or three clauses of a Bill , and then , the guilloting having been introduced , the rest of the Bill — perhaps 60 , 70 or 80 clauses — is rushed through with hardly any debate . |
| 3 | One of the few exceptions to this was Stonehenge , which always seems to have been regarded as extremely old and to have excited theories about how the lintels were raised : one early theory was that the magician Merlin placed the stones . |
| 4 | That is what it takes to become internationally popular and to have a longlasting career . |
| 5 | It would be better to operate on the present system and to get that right than to have a discriminatory cow premium . |
| 6 | Those who claim to see the past or future or to have clear sight or understanding of present events without the use of normal senses . |
| 7 | Nothing would be more serious than to have unapproved contractors receiving the grant . |
| 8 | There are , as Mr Moynihan points out , only seven countries in the world that can claim both to be homogeneous and to have no border problems . |
| 9 | By contrast , when she wrote the novel versions of Stolen and To Have and To Hold ( ‘ ghastly title — it was a television title ’ ) , her characters had already been embodied , by other people . |
| 10 | To be strong and to have a reputation for being so is a source of self-esteem . |
| 11 | We have seen that a defendant , to be convicted under section 14 must be proved to have known that the statement was false or to have been reckless as to its falsity . |
| 12 | Peter and Paul do not want Mummy to be ill or to have HC themselves , but at the moment there is no sure way to know for everyone . |
| 13 | It is quite likely that to have attempted more would have done more harm than good : at all events , nothing more was attempted . |
| 14 | In November 1940 , for example , ‘ personal economic worries ’ in the light of the coming second war winter were said to be widespread and to have given rise to ‘ discontented and sceptical thoughts ’ . |
| 15 | The surface is not subdivided in any way : cyclists are expected to keep to the left and to have consideration for walkers . |
| 16 | So , items like eggs and cheese are fine but to have , say , a three-egg omelette with three or four ounces ( 113 g ) of cheese added would be far too fatty a meal with no fibre . |
| 17 | Was it however so paradoxical as to have dealt a death blow to the theory ? |
| 18 | There is nothing as joyful for the opinionated as to have finally been proved right and I ca n't help but think there are many marginally employed musicians around Ireland today who weep or harrumph glumly into their pints when they think what might have happened if they 'd listened to Nicky . |
| 19 | They never had been so unfortunate as to have intruders , and were unlikely to start now . |
| 20 | As three men slowly looked away McLeish received the uncompromising message that if any of them had been so lucky as to have dinner with Catherine Crane , none of them would have let her pay for herself . |
| 21 | it will be henceforth assumed that the typical unit of lexicology is the word ( this statement is so obvious as to have an air of tautology ) . |
| 22 | Nothing is more irritating than to have someone speaking for you when you are quite able to speak for yourself . |
| 23 | On a personal level , I have to say that I found the fellowship 's officials to be delightfully hospitable and to have a genuine love for God . |
| 24 | I felt guilty to be married and to have stayed married so long , and was almost thankful not to be religious . |
| 25 | Collins only wants a wife because he feels that in the eyes of society it is about time for him to be married and to have settled down in life . |
| 26 | And when we are actually doing the massage i the massage itself is relaxing but to have the sweet smelling erm , essential oils being used as well , it really is very nice ! |
| 27 | It 's nice to know that the Man Utd fans still feel so inadequate as to have to post things to the Leeds newsgroup . |
| 28 | To be alone is one thing , but to be alone and to have no means at all of shattering the shell of silence around you to summon the comforting sound of a human voice is quite another . |
| 29 | The trader has the right to make representations that the goods are safe and to have the notice revoked . |
| 30 | At Folkestone Chalk lies above Gault Clay in the cliffs , and the clay thus tends to become saturated and to have its shear strength greatly reduced . |