Example sentences of "[conj] they have [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either there have to be bilateral agreements between the competition-policy authorities in different economies , or they have to cede the authority to act to a supranational body . |
| 2 | ‘ He journeyed back to his own people , with many adventures along the way ; and when he was in Merkadale he told the Myrcans that they had to stop the killing , that they were only trying to pick an apple that was already in their hands . |
| 3 | The court stated that they had to take the plaintiff as they found him . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | For most of us they were n't , but everyone had felt that they had to mark the day , and what else could we do ? |
| 6 | Well it so happened that two of the aircrewmen were burnt enough , not real serious , but burned enough that they had to use the ground spare from another squadron , they could n't go on the mission . |
| 7 | The scheme was criticized by Second Division Clubs on the grounds that they had to share the onus equally with the better-off . |
| 8 | They had backed up huge demands for cost of living allowances and then found that they had to find the money . |
| 9 | He managed to detain her long enough for them to tether the horses , because there would be no sense in coming out of the Workshops ( with , or without the prisoner ) and finding that the horses had turned their heads for Tara and that they had to walk the rest of the way to the Fire Court . |
| 10 | And dear old Sambo had provided more amusement by purloining the turkey , so that they had to eat the bread-sauce and chestnut stuffing without their raison d'être ! |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ There is no doubt that they have to consider the possibility of closing the fund , but his is not what they want to do . |
| 15 | They decide to add a PostScript RIP and find , to their dismay , that they have to buy the fonts all over again . |
| 16 | some reason it has n't accepted it and Brian says it 's probably cos me wages have n't gone in yet , the bank they ca n't be empty , so he 's hoping to get that by the time they took it out he 's money at the end , it 's embarrassing enough , so , he 's telling me , so they had to take the stuff off him |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | The Corporation constructed a concrete paddling pool for children in the bed of the stream and to do so they had to alter the course of the stream and obstruct the natural flow of the water . |
| 19 | Secondly they have to manage the affairs of government well , or rather erm , so they have to manage the affairs of the state . |
| 20 | A CIA man rushed out and roared at them angrily , and they had to put the fire out . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Muhammad al-Sharifi welcomed everyone present , and then explained the purpose of the gathering : the men from Zliten would arrive , and they had to decide the amount of compensation . |
| 23 | Some insisted that the reforms were naturally problematic and they had to support the Party in its efforts to modernise China . |
| 24 | When last orders were called and they had to leave the pub , they went round to the fish and chip shop to see if it was open , but like the kinema , it too was closed . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Some practical joker rang up : said there was a gas leak , and they had to evacuate the house . ’ |
| 27 | If anything had been brought in for you it had to be handed in at the screws ' table , and they had to sign the property book . |
| 28 | I conceive they acted judicially , because they had to determine the offence , and they had to apportion the punishment as well as the remedy . |
| 29 | His father 's comment had been , ‘ Fallen women , that 's what they are , and they have to take the consequences . |
| 30 | The latter are legislative committees set up to take the committee stage of a bill and they have to reflect the division of party strength that exists on the floor of the House . |