Example sentences of "have to give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to even out in the long run , although sometimes one has to give a wry smile when a customer dithers over one of ‘ hers ’ and one of ‘ mine ’ — then chooses ‘ hers ’ . |
| 2 | If he turned and looked at her , she might have to give a straight reply , but to his narrow back , which could have been the back of a much younger man , she began to tease , in the way that she had learned so many of her new friends liked , when they made similar inquiries too , like the painter who 'd lain on her bed and asked her earnestly if she 'd ever experienced simultaneous orgasm , or the musician who 'd volunteered he 'd show her a ‘ perversion ’ he was sure nobody would have demonstrated to her before , and began nuzzling between her legs . |
| 3 | I FIND MYSELF caught in the toils of having to give a personal explanation for why I ca n't write a personal explanation for the formation of my adult beliefs . |
| 4 | Hire purchase , credit sale and conditional sale advertising had to give a comprehensive picture of costs ( if it mentioned any financial terms ) , and any interest rate it quoted had to approximate to a true annual rate of interest , but the formula used was different from the one in the Moneylenders Acts . |
| 5 | She had to give a flat-warming party . |
| 6 | If I had to give a single criterion of that dubious category , the homosexual sensibility , it would be this connection between perversity and paradox — if only because it suggests why that sensibility does not exist as such . |
| 7 | If you had to give a phoney address , could n't you at least have picked something that did n't have a remote basis in reality ? |
| 8 | Held : Upon an appeal by Mr Stone 's widow it was held that an occupier who intended to permit another person to enter and use the premises for a limited period of time had to give a clear indication to the other that the permission was subject to a time limit . |
| 9 | You just have to give a straight answer . |
| 10 | However , if a church member asks whether or not it is right for a Christian to be hypnotised , I have to give a negative answer . |
| 11 | ‘ You have to give a certain deference to her age . ’ |
| 12 | Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up . |
| 13 | But you have to give a practical performance . |
| 14 | You have to give a little bit of er credibility there for people not being quite that dim do n't you ? |
| 15 | They have to give a written description of the waste to the collectors , and sign a transfer note for it . |
| 16 | Donors frequently finance projects , or chunks of government expenditure such as part of the health service , to which recipient countries would in any case have to give a high priority , and this relieves government of that particular commitment . |
| 17 | The only down side for the solicitor is that you have to give a free half-hour interview to anyone coming to see you under the scheme , though most firms of solicitors nowadays will give this service in any event . |