Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They believed that peoples had to go from one stage to another with mechanical regularity and in predictable order . |
| 2 | Authors had to economize in the number of illustrations they used , and readers had to get into the habit of turning a number of pages to find a relevant picture . |
| 3 | Authors had to economize in the number of illustrations they used , and readers had to get into the habit of turning a number of pages to find a relevant picture . |
| 4 | Under its terms , Communist or " front " organizations had to register with the Attorney-General ; their members were banned from employment in defence plants , and prevented from obtaining passports ; and no foreigner who had been a member of the Communist Party could enter the USA . |
| 5 | What local ‘ MPs and candidates had to say on the day the election date was named : |
| 6 | According to the conventional wisdom , successful presidential candidates had to come from the middle of the political spectrum . |
| 7 | To borrow money , Sri Lankan businessmen and agriculturalists had to turn to foreign money-lenders — Afghans and the South Indian Nattukottai Chettiars . |
| 8 | The clergy had to go to these rather dreadful places , but it was a pity |
| 9 | There was no " hurdle " to surmount if representation were to be won ( in West Germany parties had to poll at least 5 per cent of the vote to enter parliament ) . |
| 10 | The extension of the franchise to all adults created a situation in which political parties had to compete for the mass vote and so had to organise the electorate to support their candidates at the polls . |
| 11 | That little girl had to struggle on because the flat rent had to be paid , she had to struggle on because she had a car , kids had to go to school , until she died . |
| 12 | It meant that heads had to discuss with governors and parents as well as with staff precisely how to make use of greater freedom . |
| 13 | Early down-town theatres could rely on the casual trade , the ‘ droppers-in ’ , but small-town and suburban halls had to go after their trade and it was essential that managers acquaint the whole community with what was on offer . |
| 14 | So the school 's package has been used widely used in Britain , but this time the designers had to switch to Russian to get their ideas across . |
| 15 | Before Christmas many of the shops had to open on Sundays for the first time just to try to make up for the terrible year . |
| 16 | In order for the crews to have a chance of completing a tour of thirty operations , losses had to fall below 4% , but on trips to Berlin , Stettin , Magdeburg and Nuremburg — all long-haul destinations — they sometimes touched 10% . |
| 17 | Their neighbours in the farm beyond were also raided that morning , and to get to that farm the police cars had to go past Mrs B 's front door . |
| 18 | The SJP lads had to rely on a topsy-turvy 6–21 , 21–8 , 22–20 victory for league stalwart John Wickers over Peter Hance to secure their share of the points from the last game of the evening . |
| 19 | In order to do this , however , Britain must herself become in some degree protectionist and place tariffs on foreign imports of at least the things which the Dominions had to sell to her — above all , food , if not also raw materials . |
| 20 | Overseas branches had to conform to LDCs ' central bank requirements . |
| 21 | The French manufacturers had to wait until 1892 for the Méline tariff , which meant an average duty of about 34 per cent on British goods . |
| 22 | All in all , manufacturers had to choose between moving upmarket or moving offshore . |
| 23 | Dads had to jump into a lake from a rope-bridge just above the surface . |
| 24 | all yo , if the clients had to pay for anything it would be for one newspaper and one telephone call home that was all . |
| 25 | As the autumn advanced , food began to be short even in the Po valley , for the farmers and the owners of the caseifici had to declare to the authorities what they were producing . |
| 26 | The 1893 Act allowed institutions a Parliamentary grant per pupil , but only if the institution/asylum met the standards set by the periodic visits of Her Majesty 's Inspector , so in order to meet these standards and obtain their grants , schools had to improve on the conditions in which the pupils were taught . |
| 27 | The trial judge had found that the plaintiff 's exposure to high levels of oxygen had materially increased the risk of suffering RLF and the defendants had to show on the balance of probabilities that the exposure did not cause the RLF . |
| 28 | But important matters had to wait on his attention ; and , if he chose to withhold it , might wait for some time . |
| 29 | It would surely have been impossible for anyone to stay morose when surrounded by all these excited , giggling children , and frankly , seeing the problems some of the handicapped youngsters had to contend with had made her horribly ashamed of her own self-absorption . |
| 30 | Until now , local adults and youngsters had to travel to Britain for regular treatment . |