Example sentences of "[noun] have [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Despite the concern for promoting reflectiveness among teachers , their in-service opportunities have to compete with a week-by-week preoccupation with in-school organization — modifying the management plan , feeding information back into the cycle of formative teaching and testing and balancing the books in order to cover one more curriculum or non-curriculum speciality .
2 I suppose parents have to put on a brave face .
3 The rats have to turn in a certain direction in a T-maze in order not to be electrically shocked or in order to be fed .
4 The other participants in the meeting have to rendezvous at a similar studio , of which there are nine in Britain .
5 The snag in the new venture is that , once again , participants have to travel to a special studio room in a hotel in London or New York .
6 While small farmers and part-time farmers have to adapt to a changing agriculture , in exactly the same way as large farming businesses , their options for coping with changed circumstances are fewer and it may be that training and the development of new skills and the reinforcement of old skills are important elements in widening their range of options .
7 University departments operating within close margins with respect to staffing and clinical resources have to rely on a large measure of good will to achieve continued high standards in teaching and evaluation , which can be difficult to sustain if , for example , reappointments of staff are delayed .
8 And will the sartorially-conscious supporter have to pay for a new wardrobe in which to battle the carabinieri ?
9 People arriving in this country for such a purpose have to go through a long interview procedure to process their claims .
10 In addition to Acts of Parliament both Houses have to deal with a great deal of what is known as ‘ subordinate ’ or ‘ delegated ’ legislation .
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