Example sentences of "[noun pl] have to have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not possible to vary this , because playback machines had to have a similar gearing mechanism . |
| 2 | The hazard of this diet was that patients had to have an alternative source of energy so they turned to fat . |
| 3 | There is always a closed circle of suspects ( so there can be no question of someone unconnected with the setting coming in from outside and doing the deed , as might well happen in " real life " ) and each of these suspects has to have a credible motive as well as reasonable opportunity of committing the crime and reasonable access to the means with which it was committed . |
| 4 | The King 's Men had to have a new play for a special day like that . |
| 5 | Out of the gentlemen who came into farming at that time [ before mechanization ] only about one in twenty could make it go : the others had to have a skilled man to manage the farm for 'em . |
| 6 | Tomorrow we have to get up at 6.30 ( on a Sunday ! ) in order to go with the participants on the course to a commune outside Nanking , to do our ‘ Open-door Schooling ’ — Open-door Schooling is an essential part of the Chinese political philosophy of education — i.e. educational institutions have to have an open door and renew their contacts with industry and agriculture . |