Example sentences of "[prep] have [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The anticipation of having to respond to a considerable amount of interest from the colleges , and of the ‘ fair amount of time ’ the interactions would take , both proved to be accurate . |
| 2 | Employee attitudes are likely to range from excitement at the prospect of living and working in a foreign country to dread of having to adapt to a different climate , culture and life style . |
| 3 | However , the reality for young people whom we represent in the nineteen nineties is that they face the prospects of having to survive in a declining British economy . |
| 4 | Seeing she was getting nowhere with Paul , he had taken over and saved her from having to cope with a great deal of harassment . |
| 5 | Thank you Mr Mayor I just wanted t to come in with two fairly quick points er as to why I will not be able to support this amendment , but the first is that the leader of the council has indicated that the efficiency savings erm has got as far as it can go and that , you know , we have been trimming at the margins and there is no more margin left and that leads you to believe that perhaps one should be looking at somewhat more er root and branch type of pruning in the spending that that the labour group want to actually erm deal with , er and the second point I would like to make , and er I thank councillor for giving us a a a a new word tonight obfuscation because that describes exactly what I think the labour group are trying to do by bringing this figure down it removes the embarrassment they would have from having to add on a substantial sum of money f due to the failure to collect the cou er the community charge in previous years and I think that they are trying by by this amendment with some very quick foot work to try and delude the people of this city . |
| 6 | They want to be able to lend without having to search for a suitable borrower , and to get their money back quickly if their own need for liquidity changes . |
| 7 | The Action Teams have been deliberately set up with a wide brief so that they can adapt to local needs without having to conform to a rigid pattern . |
| 8 | We thought we had enough expertise with our our in-house training , without having to go on a separate one thousand five hundred pounds project management course . |
| 9 | Erm another I know er I 've spoken to Deckland Murphy as well being the Newmarket 's jumps jockey and erm they think he 's the Gold Cup horse well if he is he 's gon na have to put in a good performance today then I 'd stick with him . |
| 10 | Last night , he must have done about three grams of the white stuff , plus cognac to stop the shakes , plus not going to bed all night , plus having to behave like a serious grown-up with his trainer and make sure his homes were going to the right races in the right countries at the right time , plus a screaming anxiety attack about his father and Butler and the mess his life was in , plus the horrific combined effects of the morning and the country air . |
| 11 | The rest of the company groaned in unison at having to listen to a well-known story . |