Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That little girl had to struggle on because the flat rent had to be paid , she had to struggle on because she had a car , kids had to go to school , until she died . |
| 2 | The recipients had to agree to devaluation among other provisions . |
| 3 | In compiling the full fixtures for the season , programme planners had to take into account a first division increased in size by two to 16 , plus this autumn 's tour by New Zealand . |
| 4 | In compiling the full fixtures for the season , programme planners had to take into account a first division increased in size by two to 16 , plus this autumn 's tour by New Zealand . |
| 5 | Although all my aids had to work in unison , I had to really concentrate on being able to work them independently of each other . |
| 6 | Now it would be helpful if some of the new ministers ' ideas had to do with money . |
| 7 | I remember when I worked in Ninewells and the Queen Mother was coming and the same thing happened , the domestics had to work over time to clean up Ninewells which is a relatively new hospital . |
| 8 | Their coats had to shine like satin , and their harness had to be in as good condition as possible . |
| 9 | Mendel 's answer is no , for not only economic resources had to change through modernisation , but also the traditional political regime had to be replaced by urban classes used by commercial and bourgeois interests the main beneficiaries of change . |
| 10 | Tran , who was the party 's most outspoken advocate of the notion that political and economic reforms had to proceed in tandem if either was to succeed , was expelled for " grave violations of organization , principles and discipline of the party " . |
| 11 | Disqualified persons had to rely on secrecy . |
| 12 | In the present study none of the patients had to withdraw from therapy because of side effects , irrespective of the length of treatment . |
| 13 | After devastating some local villages , perhaps as much to gain additional supplies as for any military purpose , the Norman forces had to prepare for battle with a formidable Saxon army . |
| 14 | At the Restoration of Charles II , the church which had been used by the Bedford Congregation was returned to the Church of England and its members had to meet on village greens and in barns . |
| 15 | Newspapers had to bear in mind restrictions the Monopolies Commission could impose ( though this proved a feeble weapon , as Murdoch 's accumulation of titles showed ) . |
| 16 | He needed to mobilize all his resources in order to control his diocese , much as kings had to do in order to rule their kingdoms . |
| 17 | Party officials attributed this to antipathy to the " open ballot " system in which voters had to queue at polling booths behind the poster of their chosen candidate and were publicly counted . |
| 18 | Voters had to decide in conscience ‘ whether other factors outweigh the damage which divorce would certainly cause to individuals , to families , to children and to the whole of society ’ ( Irish Times , 13 June 1986 ) . |
| 19 | She did not tell me that the poor hungry children had to wash with ice in the morning , and walk through wet snow to sit for two hours with icy feet in a cold church on Sundays . |
| 20 | The report discusses the implications of the short time local authorities had to plan for use of the grant , in particular the difficulties within the time scale of consulting users , carers and others in planning for and providing new services . |
| 21 | The public is less familiar with the consequences for prison management of the battles in which those former prisoners had to engage in order to establish their innocence . |
| 22 | Held , ( 1 ) that under Community law member states could determine in accordance with the general rules of public international law the conditions under which vessels could be entered in national registers and granted the right to fly their flags , but that in laying down those conditions the member states had to comply with Community law ( post , pp. 338F–G , 343A ) . |
| 23 | Moreover , if employers had to bargain with trade unions their preference was for multi-employer bargaining at regional or industry level instead of engaging in direct enterprise dealings . |
| 24 | The huge Gothic cathedral took 600 years to finish ( this was before builders had to worry about penalty clauses ) , and the museum next door has a 3rd century Roman mosaic floor . |
| 25 | By the early fifteenth century the Exchequer had become so overcommitted that creditors had to queue for payment , and a creditor 's place in the queue was determined as much as anything by political favour . |
| 26 | Many towns had to rely on immigration from the country to maintain even a reduced level of population , and the easing of pressure of population on the land in the country reduced the urge on men to move , although as we have seen in our examination of rural society men did continue to leave the land to escape the burdens of serfdom ( 70 ; 104 , pp.206–10 ; Ch.4 ) . |
| 27 | In the economic circumstances of the time , most students had to live at home . |
| 28 | The education and training of Health Care workers should include at least the possibility of working in partnership with people rather than for people , so that the experience of unlearning , deroling and relearning through which the family development nurses had to go in order to work effectively in this way with people , can be avoided . |
| 29 | And as for women in their 30s and 40s , Time claims they feel the feminist movement betrayed them by failing to warn them about the sacrifices women had to make in exchange for equality and by pursuing the wrong goals — pushing more strongly for the equal rights amendment than for child care or flexible working hours . |
| 30 | But from flat calm conditions on the first day , the novice sailors had to contend with Force 7 gales as the course progressed . |