Example sentences of "had [to-vb] with the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a member of the cabinet which had to cope with the Irish famine , Clanricarde pressed hard for remedial measures , pointing out that from time to time ‘ an adherence to sound principle will cause an immediate sacrifice ’ . |
| 2 | Bennett himself had a couple of chances late in the half , but the visitors also threatened as Alton 's defenders had to cope with the bright sun in their eyes . |
| 3 | Instead he had to contend with the usual difficulty of those with rights in personam : if the trustee was insolvent , they would be worth little . |
| 4 | It could argue that while it still had to struggle with the painful problem of modernisation in much of the coal industry , its economic statistics compared favourably with those of other countries . |
| 5 | The companies in many cases had to persevere with the original arrangements , often against long-term best interests . |
| 6 | When they first had to negotiate with the Burmese leaders , Attlee , Pethick-Lawrence and their colleagues thought they were dealing with a bunch of rustics , uncouth , and ignorant of the ways of high politics . |
| 7 | A reasonable interpretation of the religious history of Clovis 's reign could thus run as follows : from the moment of his father 's death , Clovis had to deal with the catholic hierarchy ; nevertheless he remained a pagan , even after his marriage to a catholic wife . |
| 8 | Jeremy Bates began his single minded quest for world computer points with ruthless discipline , and as the highest ranked player on the circuit , had to deal with the ensuing pressure to win every match . |
| 9 | We also had to deal with the old issues too . |
| 10 | It is most likely that it had to do with the extra fasts practised by the Pharisees and in this case the disciples of John the Baptist , who may have been mourning the death of their leader . |
| 11 | This was partly because each brand of typesetting machine tended to have a different way of preparing the bit-map , but it also had to do with the very nature of the technique : rotating the letters , making them larger or smaller , or altering them in any way involved a new bit-map . |
| 12 | Some arose from the difficulties of practical implementation , others had to do with the longer term history of state involvement in sexuality . |
| 13 | In any confrontation with employers , the ETS had to reckon with the potential split between compositors and machinemen ; with the apprentice question ; and with the threat from non-union men recruited from outside . |
| 14 | One of the most respected of our club members , on our committee of management , Pavel Pavlovich Gaganov , an elderly man ad highly esteemed , had formed the innocent habit of following anything he had to say with the vehement addition , ‘ No , sir , you ca n't lead me by the nose ! ’ |