Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] have [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Early in September the four Thomas brothers were told to make ready for the journey home , where Ernest had to re-sit for his Teacher 's Certificate , and Edward was left with scarcely a month to reassure Helen of his faithfulness and to make his final preparations before beginning his historical studies with Owen M. Edwards . |
| 2 | Perhaps more revealingly , he is also consistently godlike on Radio 4 's Just A Minute programme , where participants have to talk for a minute without repetition or hesitation . |
| 3 | The journey , arranged and paid for by Baron Grimm , was by the slowest means necessitating lengthy stops , where Mozart had to pay living expenses . |
| 4 | British Telecom is now exploiting its freedom as a commercial company to the full , where Telekom has to hand over all its hard-earned profits to prop up a grossly overmanned and inefficient postal and post-bank service . |
| 5 | A situation exists where citizens have to alter their behaviour to ensure their safety ; children can not walk to school , it is too dangerous to ride a bicycle , and the elderly or disabled can not cross the road quickly enough . |
| 6 | Near where Shaun had to go tomorrow night . |
| 7 | Lisabeth 's mouth dropped open and she swooned slightly against Fenella , who cunningly stepped forward out of the way so Lisabeth had to right herself . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , there are problems within the research community with regard to the commissioning of projects , the academic status of applied research and the training and support of staff , so researchers have to get their own house in order . |
| 9 | There is no cut-off point above which ‘ churning ’ may be considered to be unacceptable , so clients have to watch their portfolios carefully . |
| 10 | ‘ There was no youth policy here then so Graeme had to go out and buy players . |
| 11 | In 1372 stipendiaries , and rectors and vicars with benefices worth 10 marks ( or £3 13/ 4d ) , were to come as archers with bows and arrows ; those with livings worth more than £10 had to attend ‘ well armed ’ ; if their living was valued at £20 they had to be accompanied by two archers , if £40 by two armed men and two archers , if £100 by five armed men and six archers . |
| 12 | The Canadian frequently came to the net , so Petchey had to rely on his passing shots , but not enough of them found the mark . |
| 13 | They need every bit of information that they can lay their chips on , so Xillix had to redesign the video camera with which the computer looks down its microscope . |
| 14 | However the librettist , Giovanni De Gamerra ( 1743–1803 ) , had also sent the libretto to Pietro Metastasio in Vienna who subsequently made various suggestions for improvement , including the addition of a scene in the second act , so Mozart had to rewrite some of his music . |
| 15 | Although Israel had to obey the laws in blind trust ( when they chose to do so at all ) , we can see how those laws were actually working for the nation 's health and wellbeing . |
| 16 | Turning to the prices of individual stocks , in many cases the price is above par ( £100 ) because of the fall in interest rates , so investors have to take into account the fact that if they hold the stock to maturity they will incur a capital loss . |
| 17 | Once Richards had to dive out of the way as Tribe , twisting and stretching in his straps lurched across the formation . |
| 18 | He spoke in strong Yorkshire dialect , so Mary had to listen carefully to understand him . |
| 19 | And then , anyone who owed less than £200 had to wait for the start of the next law term in another four months if he wished to apply for the discharge which would come upon his delivering his whole property to the single creditor who had stayed with the process as long as that . |
| 20 | There were no absolute outside standards , so standards had to generate themselves from within , relativistically . |
| 21 | Currently the most widely known ( and also most widely criticized ) theory on the subject is that of Noam Chomsky who has pointed out that , although children have to learn the meanings of individual words from their elders ( which would make language a phenomenon of culture ) , they seem to know how to string words together so as to distinguish sense from nonsense long before they have acquired any substantial vocabulary . |
| 22 | Until now , those people who had more taxable benefits than allowances had to pay the extra tax in one sum after the following year end because the former PAYE system could not collect it . |
| 23 | But before they reached the other side , Caesar cried out to Cassius for help , so Cassius had to carry him to safety . |
| 24 | In an exhausting , exhilarating fortnight , they moved round the country triumphing gloriously at Cheshire , being demoralized at Cirencester , where they drew against a vastly inferior team , cockahoop at Kirtlington , and nearly coming unstuck at Windsor , where Perdita was sent off for swearing , so Rutshire had to play the last chukka with only three men , and only just won . |
| 25 | The pulling power of the local working men 's club and Newcastle Brown Ale , will constitute far more than Wilko has to offer . |
| 26 | The whole of Havant 's operation has been spun off as a separate business , so Wilkie has to find outside customers for the plant 's mix of personal computer and mid-range disk drives ; integrated disk subsystems and ‘ flexible circuitry ’ expertise ( those plastic straps bearing solder tracks found when opening up a personal computer or disk drive ) . |
| 27 | On the Thursday Luis Mendoza pulled a groin muscle , so Luke had to take his place . |
| 28 | The boys were not strong enough to handle the heavy boat at flood tides so Mabel had to cope then . |
| 29 | Likewise , our Institute must lobby to ensure that , if change has to come , then only registered auditors or at least members of the Institute are permitted to sign the compilation report . |
| 30 | If artists have to address the fact that AIDS-sufferers shuffle off this mortal coil faster than most of the rest of humanity , perhaps the arts most closely linked to the body can express the idea best . |