Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] have [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bark for the cancer drug is from trees harvested for timber , and loggers have to leave a 12 to 14 inch high stump . |
| 2 | Memory was tested by cued recall , using slides in which both the woman and the peripheral car were missing and subjects had to describe the missing details , and by recognition , four-alternative forced-choice ( 4AFC ) tested using an additional three slides with the colours of the peripheral and central information changed . |
| 3 | Half the seats are contested on a constituency basis , and parties have to clear a five per cent hurdle to get a seat . |
| 4 | Scottish universities now take many students from the Republic of Ireland and Scotland has to pay the full tuition fees for all those students . |
| 5 | and Mr had to see the different people being , acting like a magistrate while he was there as he was district commissioner . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Lamb and Botham had to swallow the very bitter pill of being dropped . |
| 8 | Straining the last possible revolutions from her roaring Paxman engines , the old lady of the fleet , Vigilant was first to reach Guiding Lights , but despite darkness and mist had to wait no more than a few minutes for the other cutters to join her — a feat of seamanship that later lead to great praise from their Investigation colleagues ashore . |
| 9 | A pot of coffee was spilled , and Sara had to get a damp cloth for the trousers of one of the visitors , who was involved in an unwise pretense that he had n't actually been asleep . |
| 10 | Their ambition increased by the movement , until all forty-one were in violent motion , so violent that the Bowl began to move across the table , and Oscar had to take a firm hold of it to keep it from turning over . |
| 11 | On their way up to their office in the attic , therefore , Ian and Theodora had to pass the open doors of the offices of the Dean and the Archdeacon on the ground floor , and that of Canon Wheeler on the first . |
| 12 | There has to be a selection of content and teachers have to identify the key elements which they will focus upon and those which will receive the " broad brush " treatment . |
| 13 | He looked exhausted , and Juliet had to subdue the sudden urge she felt to stroke his drawn face . |
| 14 | The white paintwork of the house glittered in the light , its long windows shining , and Jenna had to stifle a bitter cry . |
| 15 | One hundred and forty committee and board members took part , and the colleges and departments had to face a different kind and volume of documentation . |
| 16 | George coped very well with Lennie and always kept him happy , but in the end , Lennie 's strength cut off all options and George had to kill a best friend . |
| 17 | Lawyers in Norway , he suggests , are doing this with regard to legal concepts and linguists have to do the same with regard to linguistic concepts and theories ( ibid . ) . |
| 18 | Professionals and services have to manage the dual , and often conflicting , roles of support and empowerment . |
| 19 | Dressage is one of the hardest competitions for the horse and rider because the horse and rider have to perform a certain series of movements in an arena . |
| 20 | Jack had to fill the coal scuttles , Kevin to bring in the logs , Aengus had to roll yesterday 's papers into sausage-like shapes which would be used for lighting the fires later , Gerry , who was meant to be the animal lover , had to take Oswald for a run in the park , and see that there was something on the bird table in the garden , and Ronan had to open the big heavy curtains in the front rooms , take the milk in from the steps and place it in the big fridge and brush whatever had to be brushed from the big granite steps leading up to the house . |
| 21 | Its pressure paid off , but Whitehall had to find a face-saving formula to cover its miscalculation . |
| 22 | But people have to choose a particular undertaker to handle the arrangements . |
| 23 | A 3 per cent threshold was in force , but alliances had to gain an additional 1 per cent for each constituent party , with the maximum threshold necessary being 8 per cent . |