Example sentences of "[conj] they have [to-vb] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When bad times came and wages were below the level on which they could support their families , the labourers found that they had to ask the authorities of the parish in which they lived for relief ; in other words they became paupers , who could be sent to the workhouse . |
| 2 | If the rule is relaxed legal advisers faced with an ambiguous statutory provision may feel that they have to research the materials to see whether they yield the crock of gold , i.e. , a clear indication of Parliament 's intentions . |
| 3 | Most authors have been baffled after the leisurely progress of their article through the system to find that they have to return the proofs in such a hurry . |
| 4 | I suppose in that context we should be grateful that ministers have not used the power that they have to modify the recommendations of the boundary committees . |
| 5 | Senior union leaders acknowledge privately that they have to win a hearts-and-minds campaign among their members . |
| 6 | They decide to add a PostScript RIP and find , to their dismay , that they have to buy the fonts all over again . |
| 7 | other things had gone up so they had to put the fares up , but I mean that 's , you can nae tell me that that 's right |
| 8 | Secondly they have to manage the affairs of government well , or rather erm , so they have to manage the affairs of the state . |
| 9 | At five o'clock three Corporation attendants with a policeman would turn everyone off the market ; and they had to take the cattle they had n't sold with them . |
| 10 | A lot of them brought bacon and eggs but you had to cook it and they had to leave the pans and things clean when they left — so it was always a rush job and all policemen suffered from bad stomachs . |
| 11 | His father 's comment had been , ‘ Fallen women , that 's what they are , and they have to take the consequences . |
| 12 | I am sick of people arguing over their colour because it affects so many children and they have to suffer the consequences . |
| 13 | They held me one night on a holding charge because they had to analyse the pharmaceuticals . |
| 14 | ‘ I went away and left him ’ , now even if they went , went away and left and , because they had to bring the children home , or if they went away and left him because they knew it was the best thing for everyone concerned , because the foreign office wants as many people , we all need as many people to get out of the area as possible ; their guilt will be huge . |
| 15 | Although the new members were given ten years before they had to accept the Fisheries Policy , the problem was exacerbated in 1977 by the extension of international fishing limits to 200 miles , giving the EC a huge area to control . |
| 16 | They were used to heavy work as they had to run the crofts & do all the work themselves when their husbands were away on the boats . |