Example sentences of "have recourse to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This approach is convenient , and we shall often have recourse to it ; however , it has disadvantages ( even supposing that a fully adequate account can be given of such notions as ‘ the class of dogs ’ ) . |
| 2 | ‘ She was in such despair , poor girl , ’ explained Rose , having recourse to her handkerchief again . |
| 3 | We have to have recourse to what Stenning calls ‘ abnormal ’ contexts , where the analyst reads the text and then has to try to provide the characteristics of the context in which the text might have occurred . |
| 4 | For a short time we got on without much difficulty , but we were soon obliged to have recourse to our hands and knees , and clamber thus from one crag to another . |
| 5 | He rarely had recourse to it . |