Example sentences of "a [noun] have [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover the interpreter of a text has to make a decision on the relative importance of the different elements in a work , and he has to find a way of relating these elements to one another . |
| 2 | It would be lovely to have the most expensive of everything at your reception , but we are only too aware that most people planning a wedding have to run a pretty tight budget . |
| 3 | In October , they issued a new set of tariffs which provide that a car owner who suffers a loss has to make a larger contribution and introduce the principle and concept of a premium reduction for certain security devices . |
| 4 | Though not used by homoeopathic pharmacies in this country for potencies below the 1M , it is used commercially in Belgium for all potencies , and is also used when a practitioner has to make a specific potency for a particular patient , such as a potency of chloroform for a case of chloroform allergy . |
| 5 | Even inset boards , where a child has to match a certain shape , e.g. a lorry to its silhouette , are difficult for the beginner who does n't always realise that he is trying to put it in upside-down . |
| 6 | To be disobedient , a child has to break a rule . |
| 7 | If it were n't that a judge has to decide a case , quite a few of Edward 's legal opinions would probably end in a question mark . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Experience tells us that a team has to have a balance of young and experienced older players . |
| 9 | When Minton painted alongside students in the life class ( ‘ That was a marvellous adrenalin shot , ’ recalled Greaves ) he taught by example that a picture has to have a lively activity right up to the four edges of the canvas , and that if the background is treated merely as a secondary constituent to the model , areas of the canvas will become inert . |
| 10 | In approaching this case the court first stated that there were many cases where a court has to construe a standard clause in , for example , a charter party , and there may be some earlier decisions on the same clause or on a clause which is in terms which are indistinguishable . |
| 11 | I mention him in particular because he understood that opera concerns those ecstatic moments when a man or a woman has to use a means of expression other than the spoken word . |
| 12 | Q. Do you approve of a woman having to have a vaginal examination as apart of the routine medical examination to enter Britain ? |
| 13 | I must admit I like to see that , because so many people , if a dog had to lose a leg they 'd say put it to sleep , put it to sleep . |
| 14 | To win one of those four seats , a candidate has to reach a ‘ quota ’ of votes . |
| 15 | For a government having to establish a guide to the existing extent of economic inequality and some principles as to when inequality shades to poverty and becomes a policy problem , there is the question of what policy instrument to use . |
| 16 | In competition a sailor has to perform a three minute routine , performing as many tricks as he can and linking them together with a smooth flowing act . |
| 17 | At present a hotel has to have a peak demand of over one megawatt , a tall order , but in March 1994 — if not earlier — users with a 100kW demand will be given shopping freedom . |
| 18 | Cromwell had seen that while a monarch with some claim to divine authority could rule three separate kingdoms separately by virtue of his three separate crowns , a republic had to have a parliament that united all of the British Isles . |
| 19 | Often , a graduate has to complete a year at college or at law school after taking a degree . |