Example sentences of "[adj] had [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 After 1416 , the English had reason to be optimistic .
2 One upper incisor and one lower disintegrated , all had damage to their root , and two were split longitudinally : 11 out of 13 incisors were recovered .
3 All had access to a tonometer .
4 It is said that he was found out by one of the groups of civilian vigilantes who sprang up spontaneously on 22 December : apparently he had disguised himself in ordinary working clothes and was driving a Dacia 1300 when stopped , but suspicion was aroused when a search of his car revealed citrus fruits , like oranges and pineapples , in the boot — no ordinary Romanian had access to them .
5 But the poor had cause to be grateful to the railways too , in particular for their supplies of fresh fish .
6 All three countries have at one time or another during the 1980s had recourse to the IMF for standby loans .
7 Both had conditions to which conventional medical practice had no solution ( except for unacceptable levels of drug treatment and ECT ) , and both showed signs of considerable improvement within a week , the latter recovering control of his mind completely .
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