Example sentences of "have [to-vb] large " in BNC.

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1 Other large estate agencies , including the Prudential , Black Horse and Hambro Countrywide chains have also had to shed large numbers of employees as home sales dry up .
2 This is facilitated by the Stock Exchange Money Brokers ( SEMBs ) , described above in Section 3.2.4 , and enhances the ability of GEMMs to supply large amounts of stock on demand without having always to hold large inventories of stocks or without having to offset large sales by matching purchases in intra-market business .
3 Decoration of the aquarium should be as simple as possible , and leave plenty of free-swimming space so that the fish can display and move around without having to dodge large objects .
4 Smiths claims the record companies are charging so much that it 's having to offer large discounts .
5 I believe that there are many examples of people having to pay large sums to solicitors who are not experienced in immigration matters to deal with such matters .
6 It would have to spend large amounts of public money to save face .
7 A similar fate befell councillors in Liverpool who , although not rate-capped at the time , delayed setting a rate on the grounds that they would otherwise have to make large spending cuts or impose rate rises ( contrary to the ruling Labour group 's manifesto commitments ) to maintain expenditure within the block-grant regime ( Parkinson , 1985 ; Travers , 1986 , especially 164–77 ) .
8 In the large county constituencies , where some people would have to travel large distances to exercise the right to vote , transport was often laid on to help known supporters get to the poll .
9 In this way the Bank avoids the potential disruption to the money markets due to its having to make large payments to private-sector bond-holders all at once .
10 Young whelks , however , do have to bore large barnacles .
11 For instance it buys up stock which is nearing its redemption date , so as not to have to make large repayments over a short period of time .
12 After a long deliberation by the jury , Mr Dodd was cleared of wilfully avoiding tax on the considerable sums of money he had hidden , but had to pay large amounts of tax considered owing , as well as legal costs .
13 The change in the price of maize was intended to encourage increased maize production at a time of shortage when the country had to import large supplies from Rhodesia : a politically humiliating thing to have to do .
14 Yet to win the big audiences that would attract advertising , the companies had to spend large sums on attractive programmes .
15 The growth of the towns meant that the urban potteries had to produce large quantities of plain ware for ordinary everyday use , such as cooking pots , storage jars of all sizes and lamps .
16 For instance , women find it very intimidating when they have to attend large business functions , which are still dominated by men . ’
17 The good news here is that because the suppliers have to sell large numbers of a low-cost product to recover development costs and so fund the next round of products — despite what Atex claim when they make their conference pitches — these companies have a distinct interest in making the products better , cheaper and faster .
18 You have to put large there and little there .
19 It is no wonder that so many of the small northern birds have to raise large broods of young , just to maintain the status quo of the population .
20 Printers have to consign large quantities of clean paper to waste , and it does not matter what sire they throw out ; accept it if it is available .
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