Example sentences of "have to take the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any major player in this field has to take the imminent MPEG standard very seriously . |
| 2 | That is why Greenpeace have had to take the moral initiative … |
| 3 | Erm first of all er would you , if er if you became Euro candidate er the unequivocally support the objectors to this motorway and secondly , would it be an embarrassment to you having to take the same line as Gary on the matter . |
| 4 | Each marketing response will have to take the relevant contingencies into account , so that ( to use the jargon ) it is situationally relevant . |
| 5 | ‘ The old fuel cells were self supporting , ’ explained Dick 's mechanic , Nick Quint , ‘ but to work on them , one would have to take the entire cell out of the fuselage . |
| 6 | Not infrequently he wished his penis did n't have to take the entire responsibility for the success or failure of the operation . |
| 7 | The most open arrangement was to inform a rich suitor that if he wanted a date , he would have to take the whole troupe out . |
| 8 | Or or you would have to take the whole thing off again . |
| 9 | During the last war Bert was asked if lie had received his " Calling up papers " , his reply was " They will have to take the old horse as well " . |
| 10 | Unable to ‘ hit the bottle ’ , Gary had to take the official doctor home with him before he could provide the required sample . |
| 11 | Last time , I had to take the other route from Larne to Stranraer in Scotland . |
| 12 | Was there someone like him ? ‘ … and of course he had to take the greatest possible care . |
| 13 | Two resolutions passed by the Russian Supreme Soviet on Jan. 23 stated ( i ) that servicemen of the Black Sea Fleet had to take the military oath established by the CIS [ see p. 38729 ] and ( ii ) that the legislative , international affairs and external economic relations committees of the Russian Supreme Soviet were to examine by Feb. 6 the constitutionality of the 1954 decree transferring the Crimean oblast from Russia to Ukraine [ see p. 13507 ] . |
| 14 | The Sunday School sat in the North Aisle and everyone had to take the same seat week by week . |
| 15 | He got to his feet at five but had to take the mandatory count of eight . |
| 16 | So we thought we would have to lose either the display case or the rebuilt wall — and then an old friend of ours , who happens to be the Emeritus Professor of Suburban Buildings at the University of Lutterworth , visiting one day , told us that these houses never actually had a dividing wall between the front room and the back parlour-so we had to take the whole wall out and remodel the opening in the original style , with a simple lintel and unadorned verticals , which we bought at auction in Fyfe . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I had to take the whole test again because I blinked , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Partly because he had to take the daily grind and brunt of this hugely assured and powerful boy 's pains of growth . |
| 19 | There were some women who simply had to take the unfortunate literally to their breast . |
| 20 | It is not self-evident that all clarifications or developments of the laws of war have to take the familiar form of multilateral conventions . |
| 21 | We have to take the long-term view on a market which will be important by the end of the decade . |
| 22 | Police have to take the necessary steps . |
| 23 | Curiously , his other life as a painter could be part of the explanation : ‘ If you 're an artist you have to take the holistic view , ’ he suggests . |
| 24 | Some people only have to take the faintest whiff of the entrance hall of a hospital to be sharply transported back in time to relive a traumatic hospital experience ( endured during childhood perhaps ) ; they may feel shaky or even nauseous . |
| 25 | Because you have to take the last number off it . |
| 26 | Cos if you leave d go the cord straight away the cord just goes shooting up there , the weight inside comes down here and you lose the cord and you have to take the whole lot p t apart in order to get the thing to work again . |
| 27 | Man 's mind yearns for a rural existence — where 99.999% of his evolution occurred — but for many of us , mind and body have to take the daily buffets of urban , industrial civilization . |