Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SJP lads had to rely on a topsy-turvy 6–21 , 21–8 , 22–20 victory for league stalwart John Wickers over Peter Hance to secure their share of the points from the last game of the evening . |
| 2 | Despite the concern for promoting reflectiveness among teachers , their in-service opportunities have to compete with a week-by-week preoccupation with in-school organization — modifying the management plan , feeding information back into the cycle of formative teaching and testing and balancing the books in order to cover one more curriculum or non-curriculum speciality . |
| 3 | All of these elements had to compete for a limited number of unfilled vacancies in Mendeleev 's Periodic Table , like contestants in a game of cosmic musical chairs . |
| 4 | I suppose parents have to put on a brave face . |
| 5 | The rats have to turn in a certain direction in a T-maze in order not to be electrically shocked or in order to be fed . |
| 6 | Chief executive Mr Baker , 54 , saw his earnings increase from £135,911 to £383,935 while his workers had to settle for a 5.5 per cent wage rise . |
| 7 | The snag in the new venture is that , once again , participants have to travel to a special studio room in a hotel in London or New York . |
| 8 | Whatever the cause of failure , help to families has to operate on a wide front . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the farmers had to sell at a controlled price and vast sums were retained by Britain , exporting cocoa for dollars . |
| 10 | Sadly , Fiji , unable to pay the travel bill , had to pull out of the tournament , while the organisers had to chip in a hefty contribution to secure the presence of the New Zealanders . |
| 11 | While small farmers and part-time farmers have to adapt to a changing agriculture , in exactly the same way as large farming businesses , their options for coping with changed circumstances are fewer and it may be that training and the development of new skills and the reinforcement of old skills are important elements in widening their range of options . |
| 12 | University departments operating within close margins with respect to staffing and clinical resources have to rely on a large measure of good will to achieve continued high standards in teaching and evaluation , which can be difficult to sustain if , for example , reappointments of staff are delayed . |
| 13 | Thus a computer catalogue could print out on demand all the items of which Dr Rhodes Boyson was the author ; or those which had his name in the title ; or all the items having to do with a specific topic , even something so very specific as " The effect of solvents on the killing of bacteria by phenol " ; or all the items in tape-slide format ; or all the items published in Bletchley in 1975 . |
| 14 | Election ‘ 92 : What the main players had to say about a hung parliament |
| 15 | In addition , Piaget ( 1926 ) carried out an observational study of children 's spontaneous speech , and a study in which children had to listen to a spoken explanation and then relay it to another person . |
| 16 | All proposals had to go through a protective sieve , an inner filtration to correspond to the standard he sets for his work . |
| 17 | All proposals had to go through a protective sieve , an inner filtration to correspond to the standard he sets for his work . |
| 18 | If we were all going my father and the elder boys had to follow in a second cab . |
| 19 | The annual report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration criticised the system whereby claimants had to go through a cumbersome late appeals procedure to obtain the full arrears benefit to which they were rightfully entitled where those exceeded the statutory 12-month limit . |
| 20 | In addition to Acts of Parliament both Houses have to deal with a great deal of what is known as ‘ subordinate ’ or ‘ delegated ’ legislation . |