Example sentences of "[vb infin] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If you have inherited patio doors from the previous owner and it would be too expensive to replace them , you might consider having a sliding grille fitted behind the doors , which can be pulled across and locked when you are out .
2 Ministers may try to make a statement ( they secure this every Thursday with the weekly business statement ) ; the Opposition may seek to have a Private Notice Question ; the Government prefer to have a debate on a Government motion or bill ; the Opposition would like to have an Opposition Day when it opens the debate ; and backbenchers seek to get in with points of order and applications for emergency debates .
3 To sustain the more general claims one would first need to have a systematic account of the class structure of a society which showed that the interests promoted by the state were in fact those of the ruling class .
4 You also need to bear in mind that you may have other payments under existing deeds of covenant or other payments made under Gift Aid in the same tax year , and you will need to have a taxable income at least equal to the gross amount of all these payment , as well as the Gift Aid payment being contemplated , otherwise you will have to account to the Revenue for some tax .
5 … the old distinctions between teaching.staff and librarians will become hopelessly blurred … both tutors and advisers will need to have a thorough understanding of subject fields and the various generic .
6 I think the point , I think the point we 're making is that none of the districts yesterday told us that to meet their figure in H one they would need to have a new settlement , for example , I well remember Selby saying to us if we go above our H one figure we would need a new settlement , but they did not say to meet our H one figure we would need a new settlement .
7 Local firms will need to have a good grasp of the challenges or threats that 1992 will bring , to have a good feel for which sectors and industries locally will be most affected when the barriers come down .
8 You do n't need to have a personal grudge against someone to slash them .
9 Each business will need to have a solid safety net of low risk performance areas , whose task will be to reduce the cost base to the absolute minimum , supporting a much smaller proportion of high risk , hopefully high return ventures .
10 You do n't need to have a dull garden in winter : a few well-chosen evergreens will ensure bright and cheerful splashes , as will a few winter-flowering bulbs and plants like Christmas roses ( Helleborus niger ) and Algerian irisis ( Iris unguicularis , also sold as I sylosa ) .
11 The program requires DOS 3.0 or later , and you will also need to have a separate virus scanning program , and a formatted system disk in order to complete the installation .
12 The program requires DOS 3.0 or later , and you will also need to have a separate virus scanning program , and a formatted system disk in order to complete the installation .
13 You do need to have a basic knowledge of
14 This usually all works well with a large one-off competition , but if you have organised a series of regional newspaper competitions , for example , you will need to have a foolproof system to ensure that winners receive their prizes shortly after winning and you do not have irate editors ringing up saying that their readers are growing angry at the lack of delivery .
15 Do you need to have a permanent partner ?
16 You would need to have a sound grasp of English history before you began ; and you would need , at every point , to relate your study of the literature of any given period to the state and development of the language .
17 Folk seem to I do n't know have a different attitude completely .
18 In front of the all-seeing eye of the TV camera , he did not appear to have a firm grasp of America 's problems or a clear understanding of where he wanted to go .
19 But he does appear to have a low opinion , deep suspicions if you like , of a person or persons in the Pentagon . ’
20 If the duty is unexcludable Elvis would appear to have a good chance of success .
21 Therefore XY Ltd would appear to have a good title to the goods one way or another .
22 With hindsight , bearing in mind particularly the fatal events leading to Munich and the Second World War , Nizan 's gloomy prognostication might appear to have a certain validity .
23 In this particular case , the commanding officer who , to the Pentagon 's distress , would appear to have a human side to his nature , has elected to take twenty-four hours off .
24 Things can appear to have a different significance if you view them from a different vantage-point .
25 ( Non-autistic mentally-retarded children would appear to have a different kind of problem . )
26 The sentence does not appear to have a semantic controller ; that is to say , there is no evidence of privileged status for either subject or predicate in respect of semantic relations between sentences .
27 The early dimetrodon , as we have seen , did appear to have a cooling device on its back , with the spines helping to increase the creature 's surface-to-mass ratio .
28 Middlesbrough are in with a fine chance of that second automatic promotion spot , especially as they do not appear to have a difficult run-in .
29 Although we did not appear to have a direct hit in any vital part ( and the engines were spared ) as soon as we dropped our bombs , and the photo-flash meant we had a picture of where we had left our load , we turned for home .
30 Thus , an illness that tends to require frequent short spells in hospital will appear to have a high incidence .
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