Example sentences of "have to wait " in BNC.
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| 1 | But remember you have to wait at least 12 weeks after the possible infection for the test result to be accurate . |
| 2 | However the moment it slips you have to wait for the chain to gain momentum before cutting can recommence , otherwise it bites again . |
| 3 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
| 4 | East Germans now have to wait for weeks or even months for replies to their applications for visas to Hungary , through which more than 31,000 have escaped since August . |
| 5 | By the same token , if it is good you only have to wait five minutes and it will get worse . |
| 6 | Dr Higenbottam , who is attending a two-day symposium of the British Thoracic Society in London , said : ‘ There is only a finite number of human organs available because we have to wait for someone to die . |
| 7 | To get anywhere near an understanding of News Corporation 's accounts , you usually have to wait for the figures it is obliged to file with America 's Securities and Exchange Commission . |
| 8 | French ministers must give up their seats to substitutes , who then have to wait a month before they may vote . |
| 9 | In these brief forays of ours into the territory of Old Testament storytelling we do not , in fact , have to wait until Jonah to find the theology of Joshua 6 again under question . |
| 10 | Disposal of property or effects all have to wait until it is formally decided who has the task of doing this . |
| 11 | Every time we go I have to wait for ages in the cold hospital wearing a scratchy towelling robe the colour of sick and drinking black coffee . |
| 12 | In all these things you have to wait ten or fifteen years . |
| 13 | ‘ As an actor , though you sometimes get a feeling you have done something well , you have to wait to hear — from an audience 's silence — whether you have held them in the palm of your hand ; you are constantly measuring whether the feeling you have inside is endorsed by the people outside . |
| 14 | ’ Even if a car is n't in stock and we have to wait for it to be built , we can generally hold the agreed price . ’ |
| 15 | Most people are likely to judge the reforms on how long they have to wait for treatment — the issue behind the ‘ Jennifer 's ear ’ controversy during the election campaign . |
| 16 | A new sense of harmony is unlikely to be developed if bored parents have to wait endlessly in long queues to see teachers . |
| 17 | Be quiet , little girl , we have to wait for the train to come . |
| 18 | The obvious advantage is that they provide sack-loads of fun and laughter , and the disadvantage is that you sometimes have to wait three hours for them to find their boots in the morning and finish flossing their teeth . |
| 19 | I have to wait a while before I get a second chub , but it is worth it for this one weighs 4lb 10oz and fights like a demon . |
| 20 | And if we have to wait until your uncle dies , I 'll be too old to have one ! ’ |
| 21 | Of course , you have to wait until the nut has warmed up to savour it , but experiments are currently in progress to determine whether a frozen and thawed Brazil remains easy to deal with . |
| 22 | This means that other people have to wait longer than necessary to see a doctor ; if we could charge non-attenders , as dentists do , it would help . |
| 23 | Non-fundholders have to wait ten weeks in Guildford for an ultra-sound scan ; fund-holders can have one within two weeks . |
| 24 | We still have to wait months for payment of vitally important benefits such as the attendance allowance . |
| 25 | No one has yet solved the problem of what to do with it — turning it into glass chips is the latest idea , but engineers have to wait between 30 and 50 years until the waste has cooled down sufficiently enough for the process to take place . |
| 26 | If you are selling a house and buying another one , you may find yourself in a position where you have to wait for your purchaser to complete , whereas your new home is ready . |
| 27 | If you are sent to prison for up to six months , you have to wait seven years ; a fine is wiped clean after five years and probation or conditional discharge takes one year . |
| 28 | Handsome women are , of course , soon free to depart , but it happens that the uncomely sometimes have to wait several years … |
| 29 | But arrivals follow departures and the new appears very promising — even if you have to wait a little time for it . |
| 30 | ‘ But it does mean that some people have to wait as much as three hours . |