Example sentences of "had [to-vb] with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she had to cope with a foreign language too . |
| 2 | Denis Healey , nevertheless , had to contend with a wide range of critics , from socialists such as Benn who claimed that his successes resulted from such right-wing nostrums as a wage freeze and cutting public spending , to the monetarists of the Policy Studies Committee who attacked him for being far too dirigiste . |
| 3 | The Maya were an agricultural people who had to contend with a capricious climate . |
| 4 | On the one hand he had to contend with a tough gang of young people attracted to the youth club , and on the other to care for the elderly people who made up a considerable proportion of his congregation . |
| 5 | But in South Africa , after having been in the lead for forty-three laps , he had to retire with a seized gear-box . |
| 6 | Greg Thomas came close to a wicket three times in his first over in Test cricket , but Greenidge and Haynes survived to give their usual start before Greenidge had to retire with a cut forehead after mishooking Botham . |
| 7 | Brooke J. had to deal with a similar point in a different context in the recent case of In re X ( A Student ) , 11 November 1991 , to which we have referred . |
| 8 | I knew then , I think , that Tod 's cruelty , his secret , had to do with a central mistake about human bodies . |
| 9 | There have been moments during the argument in this case when it appeared to be suggested that the court had to do with a grave case involving what is called the right of public meeting . |
| 10 | The changes that were made for the Oval game took the number of England players used in the series to twenty-three and , as Cowdrey had to withdraw with a bruised foot , Graham Gooch was appointed the fourth captain of the series . |