Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] have [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in areas of the South Pacific it is not uncommon for parents to have to relinquish a new baby to admiring kin who have claimed it ( Sahlins 1976b ; Silk 1980 ) . |
| 2 | Les Wheeler , his wife Shirley and twin daughters Ceri and Amey from Pillowell in the Forest of Dean had to endure the full razzmatazz of the pools publicity machine before they found out exactly how much they 'd won . |
| 3 | After the Stafford Forest Eyre of 1286 the Bishop of Coventry had to pay the enormous fine of £1,000 to recover his ‘ free chase ’ within the royal forest of Cannock . |
| 4 | It is not self-evident that all clarifications or developments of the laws of war have to take the familiar form of multilateral conventions . |
| 5 | Contracts for these types of credit had to include a certain amount of cost information , though not the amount of the finance charge , nor an interest rate . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , commercial long-playing records of music had to await a high-quality mastering format which could be edited — in other words , magnetic tape . |
| 7 | That is about what would be expected if a short burst of neutrons with a range of energies had to travel a long distance ; the slower , less-energetic neutrons would lag behind those with more energy . |
| 8 | Many men escape this , for most of them predecease their wives , but the majority of women have to face the crushing blow of widowhood . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Publishers such as Ackermann had to employ a considerable body of engravers and watercolourists to keep the work moving smoothly . |
| 11 | As autumn approaches , those of us with children have to leave the relaxed , informal and often cold and damp atmosphere of the pub garden in search of those few pubs which admit children somewhere within their four walls . |
| 12 | And those who take part in groups have to show a parallel commitment to working within the spirit of the process ; putting as much energy into listening as in talking , staying on task , collaborating rather than competing in the pursuit of common objectives . |
| 13 | So a hummingbird that specialises in feeding from Heliconia has to patrol a whole group of plants , visiting each hanging spike of blossoms in strict rotation on a carefully timed schedule . |
| 14 | Each team in England has to include a lay member . |
| 15 | It has been clear from the beginning that there are problems here for teachers having to assess a whole range of attainment targets across the curriculum . |
| 16 | That court has , on more than one occasion , held that a decision of the English courts has violated a litigant 's rights under article 10 and this on occasion has led to Parliament having to change the substantive law . |
| 17 | At present , a multinational company can not run just one fund for all its staff ; an employee moving from Britain to Spain has to join a different fund . |
| 18 | ‘ Frank was a wild womaniser between marriages — but every girl he took to bed had to pass a bizarre test . ’ |
| 19 | Jones had tried various materials and what he now sought was rather clearly defined — are there neutrons of a specific energy or not ? — and his apparatus was almost completed and ready to go ; the chemists by contrast had to do a broader range of experiments as their problem was more subtle — is there fusion and if so by what process ? — and the necessary materials and apparatus had yet to be assembled . |