Example sentences of "have [to-vb] an [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It has to provide an appropriate milieu for the sex act , to act as a channel for the menstrual flow , which is the shedding of the unused lining of the uterus when conception and implantation of the fertilized ovum has not taken place , and also furnish the route by which the baby exits .
2 Dead empires have bred leaping ambition ; international politics has developed into a struggle between competing ethnic groups ; the United Nations has to pick an impossible path between respect for sovereignty and respect for nationalism .
3 Anyone who ‘ uses ’ copyright music has to buy an annual licence from the PRS These ‘ music users ’ include everyone from radio and television stations , clubs , pubs , restaurants , shops , concert halls , dance halls and any other place where there is either live or recorded music audible to the public .
4 Considerations of finance are important in relation to that , because I do not believe that British Rail has to build an underground station in order to achieve its purpose .
5 The buyer receives a further 100 from the seller who has to pay an equivalent amount as variation margin .
6 Lonrho and its shareholders , whatever the merits of their case , have had to wait an unconscionable time for the facts to be established .
7 I have had complaints from several enquirers who , not knowing our telephone extensions , have had to wait an inordinate length of time before being connected to the operator .
8 If they had , they would have had to provide an alternative explanation of where the surface energy of a newly broken surface came from , but somehow nobody took it very seriously .
9 He has had to find an alternative group in Europe which will be able to hold its own against the formidable record of Eliot Gardiner 's English Baroque Soloists , and has chosen well with the Hungarian ‘ authentic ’ orchestra Capella Savaria .
10 ‘ We are writing to you to ask for your support in our battle for men , ’ ‘ For too long now , we have had to endure an overly-sensitive onslaught from the feminists .
11 It has also had to keep an undisclosed number of doubtful loans before offloading the unit , Kleinwort Benson Australia , to the California-based bank Security Pacific .
12 My constituents have had to pay an additional £44.75 per adult because of that incompetence , and that is a disgrace .
13 We have n't come across anyone yet who 's had to spend an horrendous amount on implementing Atlas . ’
14 You can then eliminate all but the genuinely suitable applicants without having to interview an enormous number of people in person .
15 The Government 's aim is to decide all cases within a matter of months so that all those affected do not have to wait an inordinate length of time to ascertain their legal status in the U K. It 's obvious to everyone not too blind to see that such changes are vital to the mounting pressures on the existing system
16 Any alternative coding technique suggested would have to provide an acceptable trade-off between the reduction of the number of candidates , and selecting the correct word .
17 Manufacturers in energy-intensive industries complain that the tax will make their products less competitive ; the petrochemical industries say they are having to bear an unfair share of the burden of reducing the deficit .
18 In that case , as already suggested , the contract will also have to contain an express exclusion of the implied condition .
19 Shoppers will have to find an extra £1 for every £7 currently spent and £6 will be added to the average weekly bill of £45 .
20 What happens next depends on the particular model : you may find that the machine goes automatically into record mode on switch-on , or you may have to press an additional button to ready it for recording .
21 LABOUR last night accused the Conservatives of having to do an embarrassing U-turn over home ownership .
22 It is ironic that those of us who want to live in an environment-friendly style , and are really ‘ on your side ’ , should have to fight an increasing plethora of restrictions and regulations designed , it seems , to discourage us from using rail at all .
23 It is ironic that those of us who want to live in an environment-friendly style , and are really ‘ on your side ’ , should have to fight an increasing plethora of restrictions and regulations designed , it seems , to discourage us from using rail at all .
24 We would have to develop an ingrained self-confidence in our ability to navigate across featureless terrain without any back-up whatsoever and using maps that gave little or no detail .
25 You would have to pay an extra 15p on the price of the item .
26 A contingent liability transaction is one where the investor may have to pay an additional amount on settlement ( other than charges ) .
27 It will affect not only the coal industry but the consumers who will have to pay an ever-increasing price for gas .
28 The Hoover administration was unfortunate in having to face an economic crisis of unparalleled severity .
29 The winner of the general election will have to face an unprecedented question of protocol : whether to attend Trooping the Colour on June 13 , the Queen 's official birthday or the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , government sources disclosed yesterday .
30 Be a radical depar we 'd have to learn an awful lot about what it really meant .
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