Example sentences of "be [verb] to have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saints fans have been honoured to have seen the likes of Tom Van Vollenhoven and Mal Meninga . |
| 2 | It was seen as an unveiled hint of royal displeasure at Scots separatists ( the elaborate investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales , at a time when Welsh nationalism was acquiring an increasingly strident tone , had been intended to have a similar impact ) but it might also serve as a text for all the concerns of the monarchy . |
| 3 | My contemporary interest in the case is in the argument that Parliament could not sensibly have intended to frame its enactment in these terms simply for the purpose of dealing with the rare and improbable case of a crooked solicitor and , therefore , the provision must have been intended to have some wider operation . |
| 4 | ‘ The club are honoured to have been associated with such a great player and his memory will live for ever around Upton Park . ’ |
| 5 | All these complications are extremely rare these days in the United Kingdom , and what few cases there are tend to have acquired their infection in the thirties or forties , before widespread use of antibiotics brought the possibility of permanent cure . |
| 6 | Never think that April is not a good month for skiing , as it has repeatedly been proven to have the best snow . |
| 7 | In the fourth phase of progress , population-based antenatal screening — maternal serum alpha fetoprotein and ultrasound screening , sometimes complemented by amniocentesis — has been proven to have a substantial effect . |
| 8 | Before calculation of the explained variance , both simulated and observed temperatures have been adjusted to have the same 1861–1900 mean . |
| 9 | The absence of such a universally adopted standard whereby the human conscience could have been developed to have a significant influence on human behaviour , has been the cause of much failure in efforts to administer justice . |
| 10 | I am honoured to have met you . ’ |
| 11 | Besides , those who thoroughly understand the possibilities of their own language are more likely to want to venture into the world of literature than those who have never been taught to have an ear or an eye for language . |
| 12 | Sceptics will argue that the chemicals we are exposed to have all been tested for safety , and should have no ill-effects at the concentrations we encounter . |
| 13 | But it also covers all arrestable offences which have ( or are likely to have or are intended to have ) certain consequences like , among other things , ‘ serious harm to the security of the State or to public order ’ , ‘ serious interference with the administration of justice ’ , ‘ substantial financial gain to any person ’ , and ‘ serious financial loss to any person ’ . |
| 14 | Mr. Lawson applies that description to people like me , who believe that tobacco advertising and sponsorship of sport are immoral and have precisely the effect that they are intended to have , which is to recruit young people into smoking . |
| 15 | A request had been received to have bus tokens supplied by the city council in the village , each week , instead of having to travel to New Alresford or Winchester . |
| 16 | According to the agency ( which may have its tongue firmly in its cheek ) the technique of their commercials is based on research by the Japanese video game firm Nintendo , and the ads are designed to have an almost hypnotic effect . |
| 17 | Insecticides used for control are designed to have a residual action which goes on killing cockroaches several months after the initial application . |
| 18 | If one does not like these features , one can use features that are designed to have a more clearly-defined phonetic meaning ( Ladefoged ( 1982 ) , chapter 11 ) , or alternatively , abandon phonetically meaningful feature labels altogether ( Fudge , 1967 ) . |
| 19 | Mairi Campbell of BOC at Cumbernauld and Jean Buchan of Playtex at Port Glasgow took part in Exercise Executive Stretch , 48 hours of physical and mental challenges that are designed to have some feedback into management skills . |
| 20 | Women receiving donated semen are recommended to have the HIV antibody test by the Dept. of Health . |
| 21 | All sites are recommended to have one LIFESPAN Training Process , where new users of LIFESPAN can experiment with the system without upsetting the live database . |
| 22 | ‘ Coping with stress ’ books often offer people a prescription : lots of techniques and good advice that are claimed to have been tried and tested and of proven value to all . |
| 23 | All sixty-five , despite wildly divergent styles ( Minimalism to Neo-Romanticism ) , and mostly diabolical qualities , are claimed to have a hot-line to the Sacred . |
| 24 | The unschooled , oral Wolof do not , then , lack the abilities of abstraction , symbolisation and formal logic that schooled , literate children are claimed to have . |
| 25 | And while you are not expected to be perfect ( who is , ever ? ) you are expected to have something to offer . |
| 26 | The Ford talks are expected to have a significant impact on pay talks throughout manufacturing industry in the next six months . |
| 27 | I think we 're now in the third phase , where women are expected to have a job , but at the same time to look after the family and keep themselves alluring to men . |
| 28 | Parents are expected to have total confidence in the school yet schools do n't often reciprocate trust and confidence in the judgement and goodwill of parents . |
| 29 | The introduction of the social fund raised issues for bureaux that the IPG was asked to clarify in the information items , thus demonstrating the breadth of understanding that the information writers are expected to have of problems in the field . |
| 30 | Articles of this genre are expected to have a happy ending . |