Example sentences of "[noun] has [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In university libraries the organization of staff for book provision has to resolve a major difficulty — the respective roles of university departments vis-à-vis the library staff . |
| 2 | The scientist has to remember a great deal of information before he can even begin to look for patterns in the data . |
| 3 | In order to breathe during this operation , the young waxbill has to adopt a particular posture ; young whydahs and indigo birds adopt this too . |
| 4 | Mica is an ionically bonded mineral in which , because of the arithmetic of the electrical charges in the molecule , every so often there is a layer of metal atoms in the crystal in which each atom has to share a single electron 's worth of charge with several near neighbours , so that this layer in the crystal is a weak one . |
| 5 | On the other hand there are those who would argue that even if the academic course has to have a vocational purpose — and most students themselves would agree with this — the variety of vocational destinations requires a degree of generality to achieve commonality of interests and this can not provide for the specific needs of future language teachers . |
| 6 | The flash has to have a manual override to be useful , as it will serve only to tell the operator when a photograph has been taken . |
| 7 | So a hummingbird that specialises in feeding from Heliconia has to patrol a whole group of plants , visiting each hanging spike of blossoms in strict rotation on a carefully timed schedule . |
| 8 | Furthermore , the objective threat posed by the Soviet Union and its own nuclear weapons means that the United States has to have a permanent war economy and that the people recognise this and vote for it . |
| 9 | Though not used by homoeopathic pharmacies in this country for potencies below the 1M , it is used commercially in Belgium for all potencies , and is also used when a practitioner has to make a specific potency for a particular patient , such as a potency of chloroform for a case of chloroform allergy . |
| 10 | Another effect of the development of the hard woody stem is that , as soon as they are established , climbers drop the tendency to put up new growth from ground level ( as ramblers do ) and so pruning has to follow a different principle ( see pages 54–72 ) . |
| 11 | Management has to create a workable structure for collaboration , taking into account the objectives of all the various interest groups or ‘ stakeholders ’ in the organisation . |
| 12 | At present , the Institute 's application procedures and strict supervision requirements mean that senior management has to offer a substantial amount of time and commitment . |
| 13 | So the law has to play a little con-trick . |
| 14 | ‘ If the law has to have a proper effect then landlords and breweries should know that to serve young people like this , they are in danger of losing their licences . ’ |
| 15 | Even inset boards , where a child has to match a certain shape , e.g. a lorry to its silhouette , are difficult for the beginner who does n't always realise that he is trying to put it in upside-down . |
| 16 | At present , a multinational company can not run just one fund for all its staff ; an employee moving from Britain to Spain has to join a different fund . |
| 17 | Each team in England has to include a lay member . |
| 18 | CTB has to make a distinctive mark . ’ |
| 19 | If that means sterling has to have a long leave of absence , judicial separation or divorce from the ERM , so be it . |
| 20 | But throughout all this teaching , this familiarising and making intelligible , the teacher has to preserve a certain distance . |
| 21 | Finally , the clinical teacher has to maintain a good relationship with patients and relatives . |
| 22 | I feel Amnesty has to provide a quiet , more balanced overview of a region in order to maintain its impartiality and credibility , and to operate effectively . |
| 23 | In reality no fish has to eat a vast amount of food , though luckily for us some are right pigs ! |
| 24 | In general , an aggro leader has to show a distinct sense of fearlessness — he has to be a ‘ hard case ’ . |
| 25 | When Minton painted alongside students in the life class ( ‘ That was a marvellous adrenalin shot , ’ recalled Greaves ) he taught by example that a picture has to have a lively activity right up to the four edges of the canvas , and that if the background is treated merely as a secondary constituent to the model , areas of the canvas will become inert . |
| 26 | Thus , the Chancellor of the Exchequer has to make a special effort in every budget to ensure that tax rates ( or thresholds ) are adjusted in line with inflation — unless , of course , he particularly wishes to increase the tax burden of these groups as part of his economic strategy . |
| 27 | In approaching this case the court first stated that there were many cases where a court has to construe a standard clause in , for example , a charter party , and there may be some earlier decisions on the same clause or on a clause which is in terms which are indistinguishable . |
| 28 | He explained that every biscuit has to have a different flavour and must be new or improved , as Americans have a short attention span : ‘ The food here is a bit like the film industry ; you always have to come up with something else . ’ |
| 29 | Manager Greg Downs has to change a winning team . |
| 30 | Both are embedded in the roof of a nearby school and so the Captain has to make a manual approach , without the benefit of wearing the EOD protective suit . |