Example sentences of "[adv] have [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Such von Neumann probes , as they have been dubbed — after the US mathematician John von Neumann ( 1903–57 ) — would obviously have to possess a more than rudimentary machine intelligence .
2 However , the " Big Book " of Alcoholics Anonymous , written a mere four years after the birth of that Fellowship , says " to be gravely affected , one does not necessarily have to drink a long time , nor take the quantities some of us have . "
3 After successfully completing this course , you would then normally have to undertake a two year training contract .
4 He said : ‘ If he does n't select and stalk his victim , and obviously he did n't in the last three cases , he 'd normally have to expect a long wait .
5 Owners of holiday caravans will not normally have to pay a standard community charge .
6 and I 'm just wondering if maybe , maybe we will just have to do a wee bit of work and try and get something on the go to see if somebody will
7 ‘ Well , we 'll just have to have a male crone for today , ’ replied Miss Thorne in a dangerously quiet voice .
8 I had wrung out the Spidersuit and Y-fronts and hung them over a Bible suck thinking how He would just have to lump a bare arse on His books for one night .
9 As it was , the most she could hope for was his speedy return to Hong Kong , but for now she supposed she would just have to endure a certain amount of contact , as he had warned her earlier at the party just before leaving her with Cavell Fielding and Penny Seu Chen .
10 The ITV companies pay royalties only after sales , but they will soon have to negotiate a new deal .
11 LEARNER drivers may soon have to take a written exam as part of their tests .
12 With legislative elections due to be held the following year , de Gaulle knew that he might soon have to face a hostile majority committed to clawing back power from the president .
13 It was better to stand out at the beginning than to go in with the expectation that he would soon have to provoke a further crisis by resignation .
14 There was no inherent cost advantage in moving over to an entirely new financing system and it was also clear that whatever system was chosen , taxation would still have to finance a giant share of the service .
15 For , of course , no matter what it decides , it will still have to comprise a desirable process for the market makers and it will still be up to investors to risk putting their money into the companies concerned .
16 You 'll still have to do a few miles ?
17 You will still have to do a little detective work first , to make sure that you are cutting into the circuit cable itself and not into a spur .
18 However even if you get maximum assistance with the Poll Tax , you will still have to pay a fifth of your Poll tax bill .
19 I have to say that in no way will this option be better than the colour changer , because for Norwegian jacquard , you will still have to make a semi-automatic colour change with the jacquard claw every two rows and this is slower .
20 You do not always have to have a specific link to other items on the syllabus .
21 So whilst many innovative cosmetics will be costly , you do n't always have to pay a high price for high tech beauty buys .
22 Such activities do not always have to command a high up-front cost , as in the case of the off-the-job courses .
23 My first thought was that I was 320 duck-jumps behind and if I was ever going to make the state of shai-hai I would probably have to spend a whole weekend duck-jumping .
24 In real life , of course , you would probably have to master a great deal more information , including details of the premises and the personal particulars of all the key staff .
25 ‘ Besides , you 'll probably have to face a full interrogation on the Monpazier bastide on Saturday .
26 If you pay-in at a branch of a different bank from your own you will probably have to pay a small fee at the counter .
27 If the table of the guitar has ‘ bellied out ’ you may also have to shave a few millimetres off the bottom of the saddle to achieve a lower playing action .
28 The owners of the major-league clubs ( they have increased in number from 26 to 28 with the creation of the Florida Marlins and the Colorado Rockies ) will also have to conclude a new contract with the players ' union .
29 If your mortgage is for more than 70 per cent of the property 's value you will also have to pay a special insurance premium .
30 She may also have to face a serious reduction in income , which might necessitate the sale of her house and the loss of her settled way of life by a move to another neighbourhood and to a smaller home , or into yours if that is to be the arrangement you both decide upon .
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