Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [adv prt] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since a much-used living room has to stand up to a lot of traffic , it needs a superior quality , heavy duty carpet of either 100 per cent wool or 80 per cent wool/20 per cent nylon . |
| 2 | When a cut has to extend up to a wall , for example , the sole plate can be moved back , out of the way , by turning just one central screw . |
| 3 | Unless — do you have to go back to a hospital with it , or anything ? ’ |
| 4 | Consequently , he is continually having to hold on to a sense of humility while he listens to other people , otherwise he can too easily defend himself by taking up a judgemental posture . |
| 5 | He and Mrs Thatcher are having to face up to a crisis they have made worse by trying to deny it , and now they can not agree on who should do what or how or why . |
| 6 | BRAINTREE District Council is having to face up to a need to take recovery action over the new council tax . |
| 7 | You may have to face up to a display of feelings of hurt or rejection ; but if your parent is a naturally unselfish person ( and not mentally impaired ) who had simply failed to realise your need for this degree of privacy and emotional ‘ living-space ’ , she will probably be only too anxious to co-operate . |
| 8 | Eventually these persons might have to face up to a period of crisis , of self-examination , and so achieve ego-identity by route C. However , foreclosure does offer an escape route and an individual might postpone indefinitely any real self-examination by clinging rigidly to his [ or her ] beliefs and values ( route D ) . |
| 9 | Judging from geological surveys , they expect to have to go down to a depth of 45 metres before they find it . |
| 10 | I had to come back to a degree agreeing with them . |
| 11 | It came away from the wall and he had to grab on to a crate to stop himself overbalancing . |
| 12 | The speed of one wolf was recorded at between 1 5 and 30 miles an hour for a distance of 12 miles , after which the animal had to slow down to a trot . |
| 13 | I 'm I 'm actually I have to go back to a house . |
| 14 | ‘ We have to get back to a position where investors want to invest in unquoted companies and believe they 're still getting a good return , but I do n't think that will be the 30% they might have been promised . ’ |