Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Solomon Islands is a new nation-state which may have been created through the imposition of an arbitrary boundary , but has to exist as a viable institution within the modern world . |
| 32 | But John Smith has to live with a running sore in his own constituency , just beyond the depressed eastern fringe of Glasgow . |
| 33 | Julia also has to decide between a scholarly career as a university lecturer and that of a ‘ lady novelist ’ . |
| 34 | He has to respond like a well-trained dog to demands shouted at him . |
| 35 | The reader only has to glance at a good modern textbook of infant development ( say , Bremner 's Infancy ) to get the main message : very young humans are prodigiously skilled at picking up geometric and social information , and this can be seen both informally ( a neonate turning to a voice ) and in the laboratory . |
| 36 | DURATION : You certainly can not hope to see all that Amsterdam has to offer on a two night stay so either be selective or maybe stay longer . |
| 37 | Rebecca 's body has already rejected two kidneys , and she has to rely on a daily cocktail of drugs |
| 38 | Similarly if the load must be positioned with a maximum static error of a , then the motor has to operate with a static position error of . |
| 39 | Whatever the cause of failure , help to families has to operate on a wide front . |
| 40 | The peasant is also vulnerable in the market for he has to operate within a new system of values , one that emphasises competition , astuteness and individuality . |
| 41 | The policy has to cater for a wide variety of machines , some fixed and some mobile . |
| 42 | Your reader will pay particular attention to your last paragraph and last sentence , largely because the last section has to bring to a suitable conclusion the various different arguments you have made . |
| 43 | ‘ Since fall 1980 each American academic exchange delegation to visit Peking has had to sit through a lengthy recounting of the research improprieties I am alleged to have committed , ’ Mosher said , in a statement last week . |
| 44 | Japan 's exporters have already had to go through a punishing belt-tightening , prompted by the yen 's steep rise against the dollar after 1985 . |
| 45 | Thus socialism , as the idea of a future form of society , has had to contend with a strong reassertion of individualism and private enterprise , and of civil and political rights against the possibility of autocratic rule ; and a transition to a socialist society now appears a far more complex and uncertain process . |
| 46 | In recent years the DST has had to cope with a conflicting number of loyalties amongst those political refugees France has allowed to enter its country , especially from the Middle East . |
| 47 | It has had to cope with a double whammy of recession coupled with turbuence in the Lloyd 's insurance market which accounts for 50% of its business . |
| 48 | Since then he and the other customers have had to gather in a renovated shed . |
| 49 | I have had to bear with a stupid younger sister for too many years . |
| 50 | Meredith was surprised he always had to look for a hidden motive . |
| 51 | Cleveland County Council has refused the college access to fields originally attached to the school site and pupils have had to walk to a nearby stadium for games lessons . |
| 52 | But I have also railed against them because instead of investors being able to handle their investments themselves , they have had to buy through a registered plan manager . |
| 53 | He knew that when they built the Jubilee Line they had had to put in a big fan shaft here to release the air or passengers might have been blown off the platform on to the line . |
| 54 | These men who , with their fists , knocked others insensible , the art of doing so having been passed down as a necessary part of their growing up , had evidently never had to deal with a fainting female before ; and when the big , fat , enormous-breasted woman came into the kitchen , bawling , ‘ What the hell d' you think you 're at ! |
| 55 | I 've had to deal with a few . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ When I think how it was when I joined up … you 're not so badly off down in Florence where at least you 've got a central canteen , but ever since we 've had to do without a resident housekeeper in the smaller stations we 've had to spend half our time teaching mothers ’ boys to cook pasta . ’ |
| 57 | Within the spirits category , Scotch Whisky has had to compete with a wider range of heavily marketed white spirits . |
| 58 | After all , I have had to live with a big bottom all my life ! |
| 59 | Local authorities have had to respond to a wide range of legislation from Brussels and many have received substantial financial assistance , from the EC 's ‘ Structural Funds ’ and other initiatives , for economic development projects ( such as training and infrastructure provision ) within their areas . |
| 60 | The advantage to the bank is that it has the use of a deposit for a fixed period , but , because of the flexibility given to the lender , at a slightly lower price than it would have had to pay for a normal time deposit . |