Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] have [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Atmospheric pollution in Athens reached such a high level on October 3 that authorities had to ban all traffic from the centre of the Greek capital . |
| 2 | The polarisation of power to the centre ( government ) and periphery ( schools ) at the expense of the local education authority ( LEA ) will mean that schools have to adopt sophisticated resource management skills and approaches . |
| 3 | Julia Fentem , scientific liaison officer of the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments ( Frame ) , says that manufacturers have to test new versions of existing products , such as detergents that have been made phosphate-free . |
| 4 | Certainly , but knowing that captains had to make official reports on the umpires after each match , only the foolhardy would go against such an influential skipper , who had played six times for the Gentlemen against the Players . |
| 5 | ( While the Factory Acts did not usually greatly affect book-printing , it sometimes happened with legal or government work that compositors had to work longer hours than normal to meet deadlines . ) |
| 6 | The organization of competitive pupil participation thus avoids excesses of boredom and inattention especially where false questioning trails can be set in the early stages and the ‘ answer ’ or ‘ point ’ of the lesson delayed so that pupils have to work hard to discover it . |
| 7 | The argument has not , however , been resolved in linguistics and many prominent writers , notably Chomsky and , as we shall see below , to some extent John Lyons , have argued that linguists have to study idealised ‘ system sentences ’ because much of everyday speech is ungrammatical . |
| 8 | Practically , it means that students have to become used to expressing a point of view and exposing it to the critical evaluation of their peers , and in this way take on the ethical demands of rationality . |
| 9 | Here a series of influences — the isolation of mining communities , the absence of any opportunities for female work outside the home in an area like South Wales — were important in establishing a firm familial tradition , while a high infant mortality rate , 50 per cent higher than for most factory workers , meant that women had to bear 4½ children to achieve the average family size in 1911 . |
| 10 | Oil-tig workers , export salesmen and servicemen have to manage part-time marriages , and so do their wives . |
| 11 | While the TMI accident would not have progressed to the stage it did had it not been for human error , it highlighted the fact that reactor designers and operators had to give more attention to the reliability of the system and its components , and their interaction under accident conditions . |
| 12 | Owners of hotels , guest houses , caravan parks and shops have to make most of their profit in a very short time . |
| 13 | If drivers had to pay all these costs , they would be discouraged from making journeys where the benefits of travelling are less than the costs . |
| 14 | Other problems listed in the study were : having to live in a more expensive environment ( 41 per cent ) ; inability of spouse to find work after relocation ( 35 per cent ) ; and families having to make new friends ( 14 per cent ) . |
| 15 | And farmers had to grow more cereal and vegetable crops . |
| 16 | For one thing , a much smaller house , because after all , C. Mellings , Printers and Stationers had to support two establishments ; Cedric 's and Jane 's house did not have that elusive but unmistakable atmosphere of ease , of success . |
| 17 | I am sure that the Minister will be aware — representing a rural area , as I also do — that there is considerable concern about closures and amalgamations that lead to both defendants and witnesses having to travel vast distances . |
| 18 | No ifs … buts or maybes the cherry and whites had to win this one and for once luck was on their side … |
| 19 | Gloucester are playing London Irish … the cherry and whites have to win this one … |
| 20 | One head said : ‘ Careers officers and pupils have to do all the work … |
| 21 | Drivers and conductors had to wait three years , they had to be employed three years before they were accepted into the pension scheme but you know , believe me I 'm glad that I paid in for it . |
| 22 | Sex equality slipped far down the political agenda and women had to fight hard to retain the rights they had won in the 1960s and 1970s on abortion , welfare benefits , maternity and employment rights . |
| 23 | These rarely have anything approaching the variety of colour of soil that normally occurs on dry land sites , and excavators have to rely much more on the different textures in the material being excavated . |
| 24 | One of the specialists treating them , Professor Tim Eden , head of the paediatric oncology department , says : ‘ We recognise that treating cancer is expensive and the public and politicians have to realise that . |
| 25 | If consumers had to suffer all the pollution caused by the products they bought , they would n't buy them in such damaging quantities . |
| 26 | But ambulancemen have to remain calm when everyone else is the opposite . |
| 27 | Ambulance crews were able to give them fluids but doctors had to stop short of giving blood . |
| 28 | It remains to be seen how successful this drive will prove because governments have to convince young people of the attractions of scientific and industrial education vis-à-vis the humanities and the social sciences as well as of the advantages of employment in industry and trade rather than in other sectors of the labour market . |
| 29 | The rush in central London reached fever pitch even though shoppers had to endure constant disruption as a consequence of the IRA 's campaign . |
| 30 | These conditions were , firstly , when subjects had to depress each of four Morse keys rapidly in turn with each of the four fingers of one hand and , secondly , when a whole arm movement had to be made to depress each key in turn . |