Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] have [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nan continued , ‘ I wanted it to be clear from the start rather than having to ask every week . ’ |
| 2 | From 1988 , candidates will be able to take CGLI examinations on a modular basis , building up credits rather than having to sit the examination for the full certificate at one time . |
| 3 | Users specify their needs rather than having to construct the procedures to retrieve the required data . |
| 4 | Rather than having to remove the children from them , to have more resources at our disposal , to either help erm parents to develop better parenting skills , or erm I mean , because a lot of the problems again are from poverty , a lot of the pressures are from poverty . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ The operators should have been given at least another 12 months , rather than having to face a judge and jury overnight decision by someone on the Intervention Board . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The operators should have been given at least another 12 months , rather than having to face a judge and jury overnight decision by someone on the Intervention Board . ’ |
| 7 | Moral : never start a big warren system other than at the beginning of the day 's work , since you need to complete it if at all possible rather than have to extend the work into another day . |
| 8 | If one wanted to meet someone in London who is in fact elsewhere and had to spend a morning travelling which one could pleasantly have spent in bed , then the desire to travel can be faulted . |
| 9 | ‘ I managed to get two rods out but had to sink the line below the water to avoid the ice which was being blown towards me , ’ said John . |
| 10 | Dungannon face Munster visitors Highfield tomorrow at Stevenson Park , but will be without centre duo Paul Archer and Alan Burns as well as having to find a player to fill the void left by Willie Anderson . |
| 11 | Nearly all of Dad 's acquaintances were called ‘ Johnny ’ , this being much easier than having to remember every man 's christian name . |
| 12 | So , if you are being pulled over , rather than letting go of the boom completely and having to raise the rig again , you can save a lot of time and energy by letting out the back hand until you have regained your composure . |