Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They cover a lot of ground so the designated flight area has to include very generous margins of up to an extra 50% over the line lengths and , most important , this area has to be clear of all spectators and especially other kites . |
| 2 | The jet has a high bottom line , the operator has to find as much work for it as he can to spread its costs and make a profitable . |
| 3 | This has to meet fairly stringent demands , and the main criteria are : |
| 4 | This means that , in the case of a signal of mains frequency , 50 Hz , for which the wavelength is = 6000 km in air , the line has to exceed around 60 km in length before its distributed nature needs to be taken into account . |
| 5 | This implies of course that the infinitive event 's realization by the subject has to constitute sufficiently significant information about the referent which the latter refers to for the sentence to be worth uttering . |
| 6 | One has to do so much talking , and I do n't like talking . |
| 7 | In 1984 in an interview with the Giornale dell'Arte Bonito Oliva observed that ‘ A critic has to have extremely rapid reactions ; his role is to grasp ideas and project them into the future ’ . |
| 8 | Local registry offices will also supply copies of certificates if the event was recorded in their district , but they do not provide facilities for consulting indexes and so the genealogist has to have fairly precise information before a successful search for a certificate can be made . |
| 9 | Taking preservatives out is easy , but it means that everyone in food handling — producers , distributors , retailers , caterers and consumers — has to pay even more attention to food hygiene . |
| 10 | It 's aim is to simplify vendors ' programmes , so that a customer has to pay only one bill . |
| 11 | The wedding industry has to get as much cash as possible out of the remaining couples who choose to tie the knot with the blessing of God and every florist in Britain . |
| 12 | The planning authority also has to advertise locally any proposals involving large buildings ( those more than 20 metres high ) , or any ‘ unneighbourly uses ’ — such as a casino , scrap yard , cemetery or slaughterhouse — and put up a notice on the site itself . |
| 13 | Betty uses the scheme once a week , although she is unhappy about the fact that she has to spend so much time getting the equipment ready . |
| 14 | We consider this comment to be without foundation and should point out that as a condition of the land being used as a permanent site for our mobile home , we have had to plant over 100 conifers , together with shrubs and rose bushes . |
| 15 | But the Liberal Democrats protested that their front bench spokesman had had to wait nearly five hours to be called by the Speaker instead of being called at the start of the debate like the Government and Opposition . |
| 16 | Is my hon. Friend aware that , for many years within the referral area of the Plymouth eye infirmary , people have had to wait excessively long periods not only for an initial eye examination but for subsequent treatment ? |
| 17 | Railway workers in both countries have had to work exceedingly long hours even for these comparatively modest rewards . |
| 18 | I must insist we get back to the boundaries , I 've repeatedly had to do so this afternoon I would have thought it that the message would have got over to me honourable members before now . |
| 19 | What the trials of such war criminals as Klaus Barbie have revealed is that they really had to do very little work at all . |
| 20 | It is said that Rundell 's had to satisfy so many orders at this time that Storr & Co. was obliged to work , in the way of dinner services , centre-pieces , and other ceremonial and domestic plate , some ten thousand ounces of silver a month . |
| 21 | Just in recent weeks we have had public reports of a cardiologist who has had to turn seriously ill patients away because of the budget system — I am telling the truth about the health — |
| 22 | They have also had to face greatly increased competition both to get into drama school and into the profession . |
| 23 | They have had to develop more detailed service costings than required by their main customers , the district health authorities , who were limited to the less information costly block contracts during the first year of the internal market . |
| 24 | The thing is that it costs 40 lira to go up now , but if he had waited just one hour more , till the 11 a.m. departure , he would have had to pay only two lira . |
| 25 | Booksellers in particular have had to undertake very large mailing operations , and many have achieved no more than 30% response rate so far . |
| 26 | In her short career keep-fit fanatic Lesley has had to spend nearly nine months off duty recovering from her injuries . |
| 27 | Not realising what had been going on , she 'd failed to understand why he 'd had to spend so many nights in the penthouse suite of his office . |
| 28 | ‘ The county council have had to re-tender virtually all services in the Liss , area , and so people , as always with competitive tendering must be prepared for some changes tot he operators and timetables , ’ said Mr. Clark . |
| 29 | WHY I 'VE HAD TO THROW AWAY THAT PHOTO |
| 30 | ‘ We have also had to throw away 200 lbs of meat in case it has been contaminated by glass fragments . |