Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] have [to-vb] a " in BNC.

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1 In a recent article in a Dutch newspaper ( NRC Handelsblad 25.3.92 ) , Keune was quoted as saying that the paint was ‘ an industrial product with good properties for objects which have to endure a lot of wear and tear , but that it was not something to be used in restorations .
2 ‘ They should change the law to include them with dogs like pit bulls which have to wear a muzzle .
3 Before she could set out the cups she had to remove a large heavy book — Crockford — which occupied the centre of the table .
4 In both cases you have to find a deposit , and over a period of time pay off what is , in effect , a loan .
5 Erm well in the early days we had to take a kiddies bible school
6 To park the bikes we had to strike a deal with the children in the main square .
7 Obviously , the way you sound is up to you , but it is worth deploying all the resources you have to ensure a decent quality of recording and to present the cassette in an appealing way .
8 If we are ever to change our habitual response to given stimuli we have to make a conscious decision to refuse to act in old automatic and unconscious patterns ; that is , to say ‘ no ’ to ingrained habits .
9 While the single-centre institutions found it somewhat easier to adopt the mantle of RMC , inevitably some of the multi-centre RMCs found their development delayed by management problems , especially where they were composed of a number of colleges which had to negotiate a series of complex mergers before they could start .
10 In The Favour , The Watch And The Very Big Fish Bob Hoskins plays a Paris photographer of religious themes who has to find a model for Christ on the cross and comes up with Jeff Goldblum , an ex-convict and former lover of an actress ( Natasha Richardson ) , who he meets at a pornographic dubbing studio .
11 They were meant to be devoid of personal feelings , deadpan , like lawyers who had to defend a case they did n't believe in , who went home at the end of the day leaving all their patients ' foibles filed away in their consulting rooms .
12 To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proposals he has to ensure a more equitable distribution of resources for the social fund .
13 Children who have to leave a lone parent , whether single from death or divorce , are obviously going to be more troubled and guilty about the possible loneliness and vulnerability of the one they leave behind than children who know there are others to carry that burden .
14 A Man Utd fan dies and goes to heaven but before he goes through the pearly gates he has to pass a test .
15 And being the one who was taking the raw material and bashing it into the records I had to pick a time to leave where it was n't going to be a huge blow to everybody else .
16 This meant that on special occasions I had to wear a black pleated skirt , white blouse and black beret , with white socks and black shoes and , when the weather was cold , a black cloak .
17 In the old cells you had to take a bucket of water in , get a wash , and then wash your underwear in it , in the same bucket .
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