Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] have [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bird brains A Welsh rugby team had to play a Spanish soccer team during a tour , after a language mix-up in arranging the game . |
| 2 | The stewards inquiry had to make a quick decision ; any defect in natural justice at that stage would be cured by the hearing before the full committee of the Jockey Club . |
| 3 | Councillors arriving for Leominster 's Planning Committee meeting had to walk a silent gauntlet of children and parents to get to the council chamber . |
| 4 | The adherents to the Peace Alliance had to undergo a serious reorientation in their political attitudes . |
| 5 | Delivery times for most items were generally satisfactory , but there appears to be a possibility that readers consulting early or rare books in the South Reading Room have to wait a considerable time for items ordered over the lunchtime period . |
| 6 | In general , an aggro leader has to show a distinct sense of fearlessness — he has to be a ‘ hard case ’ . |
| 7 | Due to sudden and unexpected problems the last Q.T. day had to have a shortened and condensed programme and it was not possible to provide tea at the end of the day . |
| 8 | Therefore , a record company has to sell a large quantity of LPs before it can expect a substantial return on its investment . |
| 9 | He said this summer that the Warsaw Pact had to become a political rather than a military alliance . |
| 10 | In university libraries the organization of staff for book provision has to resolve a major difficulty — the respective roles of university departments vis-à-vis the library staff . |
| 11 | Additionally , each Health Authority had to identify a local person with responsibility for implementing management development strategies . |
| 12 | Her objective is to keep him fit between shows , which in the Yorkshire Dales is not a problem ; the horses at Heyside Farm have to climb a substantial hill just to get from the stableyard to the road . |
| 13 | Hire purchase , credit sale and conditional sale advertising had to give a comprehensive picture of costs ( if it mentioned any financial terms ) , and any interest rate it quoted had to approximate to a true annual rate of interest , but the formula used was different from the one in the Moneylenders Acts . |
| 14 | The support worker has to create a delicate balance between giving advisers the ‘ answer ’ for a client and directing them to the relevant part of the information system . |