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

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1 This is not merely the result of changes in fashion that inevitably occur in the social sciences , but has perhaps more to do with the observed failures of alternative social and economic arrangements .
2 The influence remains dominant even when it becomes clear that the ill-health of many people has often more to do with the context of their lives and factors such as poverty , lack of access to land and food security , sanitation and employment .
3 Of course one effect of the making of these revelations would have been to put D's record ( if he had one ) in issue as well , so that the jury would have had even more to think about to assist them in the weighing of the evidence in this case or ( depending on how you look at it ) to distract them from it .
4 The reduction in child pedestrian fatalities may not therefore be quite what it seems , having perhaps more to do with parental sacrifice of the freedom of movement of their children than with any tangible gains in traffic safety .
5 With hindsight , it would have better still to lock in a few more gains .
6 Given that we may have yet more to learn about human reproduction , it must be said that it is not a case of ‘ views ’ which may or may not be right .
7 Fortunately , the good citizens of Geneva had enough else to think about at this juncture .
8 The idea of a department of state concerned solely with foreign affairs had clearly still to fight for acceptance . )
9 Carol had quite enough to do with her own job and all her own shopping without preparing meals as well and she hoped she would have a little rest after Christmas , now that people took time off in lots of offices until after the New Year .
10 Gabby , who , with her husband , was preparing to run a guest house and had quite enough to do at home , cooked and brought down to the new house a hearty and beautifully cooked meal each evening , and filthy and exhausted the three of us would wolf it down .
11 The creatures of the field , unprotected as they were , had yet less to fear from the night , being part of it .
12 and I played football in the street with the boys cos you had nothing else to do , you had nowhere else to go in my time !
13 They have also yet to lose in the League , Millwall 's threat being thwarted by a dogged defence and a dollop of luck .
14 It is a continuous process that those blacks like myself , who have moved up ( in a manner of speaking ) in society , have very often to contend with the labels that not only do we carry ‘ chips on our shoulders ’ , but we are over-sensitive to racial issues … .
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