Example sentences of "[adv] have [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is such a cohesive , well-oiled unit that the band rarely has to call for outside assistance . |
| 2 | Individual property owners in cities have long had to conform to legal controls , but planning as a more widespread activity dates only from the mid-twentieth century ( Hall 1982 ) . |
| 3 | It 's bad enough having to rely on old daddy Reagan and Maggie Thatcher . |
| 4 | The CNAA was constantly having to negotiate on uncertain frontiers , and interpret and define forms of higher education for which there were no clear precedents or guidelines . |
| 5 | There were , therefore , problems that Developments sought to solve , and in doing so had to contend with entrenched positions . |
| 6 | Thus , schools not only have to deal with financial delegation but they have to be very aware of market forces . |
| 7 | ‘ You only have to look at unmanned stations like Thornaby , Stockton and Seaham to imagine the scale of the problem . |
| 8 | Darlington Civic Theatre YOU only have to look at young Roald Dahl booklovers , eager to see the stage play , to wonder at the gap in theatre material for such a ready audience . |
| 9 | Since then , Bonar 's African operations — hit hard by political upheavals and devaluation — have largely had to survive on local earnings , with little or no investment from their Scottish parent . |
| 10 | Now individuals and community groups had the facts at their fingertips to refute the placatory statements of the developers and corporate businessmen , and no longer had to rely on instinctive judgements to support their case . |
| 11 | The growth of the inter-bank market ( see below ) has meant that banks no longer have to rely on attracting deposits to cover their lending . |
| 12 | It begins with Banking and Finance , Advertising and the Promotion Industry and Marketing , and booksellers no longer have to apologise for ancient and/or American ESP special English titles . |
| 13 | THE LOCAL environment of the Arabian peninsula makes large-scale agricultural exploitation difficult , so the inhabitants have always had to capitalise on foreign demand for available resources . |
| 14 | Although the housing scheme is the size of a town , the working class people who were placed in them were never afforded the amenities or investment of a town and from the beginning until present , have always had to fight for decent schools , transport , shops , housing , play , entertainment and recreation facilities , all the basic infrastructure needed to build a community and which the people in the inner city and middle class parts of the city take for granted . |
| 15 | Many older Shetlanders lay great stress on a boom and bust theory of history : according to this theory Shetland and Dunrossness have experienced booms in the past , but they have always had to revert to traditional lifestyles and industries when they pass . |
| 16 | Neither could I conceal that although I wrote to my parents once a week ( a school rule ) they scarcely ever wrote to me , and failed to send me the necessary supplies of toothpaste , stockings , etc. , so that I was always having to borrow from other girls ( strictly against the rules ) and getting into trouble as a result . |
| 17 | One aspect of this has been the Care in the Community programme , which has seen the closure of many long-stay institutions and which has resulted in large numbers of disabled people re-entering the social arena , but still having to struggle for basic rights of access . |
| 18 | For instance , shipping conferences or consortia are not intrinsically anticompetitive , but would only get EC clearance if member firms still had to compete with independent lines on any given route and if the cost savings and other spin-offs from collaboration were passed on to clients and consumers . |
| 19 | They always had to share with other people , our elderly relatives . |
| 20 | Equally no-one travelling on to Nicaragua could fail to notice the difference from Guatemala — people still have to live with civil war but for ten years have had a government that has actively promoted mental health . |
| 21 | Do n't these people realise that the disabled still have to shop in bad weather ? |
| 22 | Besides the destruction of their habitat caused by dam building , silt and pollutant discharges into rivers , and the effects of boat traffic , the dolphins have also had to contend with accidental capture in fisheries , directed hunts for food and other uses , and even capture for display in overseas aquaria . |
| 23 | I do intend to er to attend inaugural meetings with each of the C P O s er with a view to looking I mean obviously at some stages you said to me that I would probably have to attend at short notice |
| 24 | A biomaterial may also have to function for long periods of time in the body . |
| 25 | Among other things , he will also have to handle with great sensitivity the issue of women 's ministry . |
| 26 | President Bush ( Republican ) also had to deal with Democratic Party majorities in Congress . |
| 27 | Lewis also had to contend with tabloid reports about an off-screen romance between her boyfriend and Geena Davis during the shooting of Thelma & Louise . |
| 28 | Whereas the majority of these will eventually have to submit to similar assessment and testing procedures as the core , it seems likely that art and music will only need to establish attainment guidelines . |
| 29 | Although Kapil 's arrival led to some sportier tracks around the country , he has often had to contend with unhelpful pitches , which makes his overall record at home even more praiseworthy : 204 wickets in 58 Tests , at an average of 26.73 . |
| 30 | The success of such authors has probably contributed to the view that the inspiration for postmodernism in Britain has often had to come from foreign models rather than a native tradition of this form of writing , or even much of a disposition towards it . |