Example sentences of "it to have " in BNC.

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1 I believe it to have been factually true that Crossman 's ambition to gain and retain Cabinet office was the aspiration to be in a position to observe what goes on as an academic or a philosopher observes .
2 So we should expect it to have a stronger influence on public information and perceptions than on public attitudes and choices .
3 Commenting on the increase in UK base rates to 15 per cent last month , he added : ‘ What sort of expression of sovereignty is it to have to race after the Bundesbank within minutes of its unilaterally deciding to put up interest rates ?
4 If the state bar decides against a complete ban , Miss Roybal-Allard may introduce a new bill requiring it to have one .
5 We will teach it to have all beauty , we will teach it that love is the most beautiful thing , and never need wax cold , as years go by .
6 Any particular finite extension is simply an idea in our minds , and can not have more parts than the finite number we perceive it to have .
7 The educative process has to begin sufficiently early in a person 's life for it to have any real effect on attitudes , and I believe the challenge has to have the response of both parents and schools .
8 Analysis showed it to have a definite Valencian chemical composition : in Figure 6.2 it is part of the Valencian sub-group with black filled circles .
9 One should not expect it to have operated in a unified or uniform manner .
10 The horse 's behaviour may be modified by trying to get it to have confidence in us and to like us ; and by keeping our own aggression under control , so that we do n't arouse the horse 's aggressive instinct .
11 I opened my eyes eventually and took the compass out of my jeans pocket , where I 'd stowed it to have hands free for standing up .
12 It seems necessary for it to have what has been called a ‘ cognitive map ’ in its head ; that is , it would have to have something which conveyed the same information as is conveyed by Figure 10 .
13 We are looking for it to have a reasonable rally this summer and we are positive about the dollar so we expect to make money out of currency as well . ’
14 It would have been better for it to have a uniformly brown plumage .
15 But if it was as clever and efficient as we in the West say it is , then one might expect it to have achieved much more .
16 A painting in 1871 by Edward Smith , now in the City Museum , shows it to have been fairly large , partly domestic and partly industrial .
17 Not every Zionist or Palestinian needs to be a fervent believer in this kind of credo for it to have a force and tenacity which can not be ignored .
18 At the Federal level there is an Office of the Co-ordination of Soil and Water Conservation , but it has a tiny staff and its position within the Ministry of Agriculture does not enable it to have much influence on land-use decisions .
19 It was in the midst of these preliminary discussions that his lordship entrusted me with a mission sufficiently unusual for it to have remained in my memory to this day , alongside those other more obviously unforgettable occurrences that were to take place during that remarkable week .
20 I affirm it to have been a fine active stock of books which ought to be available in any good library service …
21 A system which is openly and avowedly inferior does not encourage those who participate in it to have a high self-esteem .
22 The testator had made a will , but then opened it to have a look at it .
23 Despite the superficial stupidity of the action , it must have some special advantage in at least enough cases for it to have been the subject of natural selection .
24 For it to have left archaeological evidence it would have been necessary for it to have been manifested by a physical act of some kind , which would necessarily need to result in the production of something capable of preservation in the archaeological context .
25 For it to have left archaeological evidence it would have been necessary for it to have been manifested by a physical act of some kind , which would necessarily need to result in the production of something capable of preservation in the archaeological context .
26 And the human species can not be considered to be eternal either , as we know it did not always exist in its present form , nor can we expect it to have an infinite existence .
27 ‘ We have n't shown the cornflower blue yet and I particularly wanted it to have an airing .
28 Later we will consider exploring this dimension to the full potential God created it to have .
29 Although he agreed that the legend was a piece of fiction , he believed it to have originated with someone unacquainted not only with the real history of the abbey but also with history in general , probably a professional itinerant storyteller in the middle to late sixteenth century .
30 The village reached its peak in the middle of the 19th century-when the population reached 846 and the occupations listed in the census of the time show it to have been totally self-sufficient .
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