Example sentences of "have [to-vb] a very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , though , one has to obtain a very thin section of the rock , thin enough to be translucent . |
| 2 | To cope with this , the father has to take a very active part in housekeeping and child-rearing , violating traditional conceptions of gender roles . |
| 3 | And to make a successful television career , Sue Lawley has had to tread a very careful path of being acceptable ( mainly to men ) as both a woman and a ‘ professional ’ . |
| 4 | If he had been asked what Roland Michell was , he would have had to give a very different answer . |
| 5 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |
| 6 | You mean I 'll have to wait a very long time . |
| 7 | What I 'm saying here is that , if you fancy one , it should be checked out carefully in the shop before parting with the ready folding , even though , for the price , you 'd have to go a very long way to beat it . |
| 8 | You 'll have to go a very long way to find a series of more disparaging , gloom laden , negative reports , and this , in a season when Linfield 's performances actually won them the league ! |
| 9 | They did not have to suffer a very low-calorie diet or one that involved eating expensive and unusual foods . |
| 10 | To make the computer choose phenotypic effects directly , we should have to write a very sophisticated pattern-recognition program . |
| 11 | And in the morning she would have to have a very long talk with Feargal 's mother . |
| 12 | In spite of many attempts to allay fears and promotion of the normal working conditions by the railway authorities , signal boxes are rather emotive places and one does n't have to have a very fertile imagination to get into the feeling of unease and expectancy . |
| 13 | However , magazines will drive a hard bargain arid if you are to enjoy the advantages of full page coverage you will have to offer a very good discount , guarantee stocks and pay a handling fee . |
| 14 | You would have to eat a very unhealthy diet indeed , avoiding all fresh fruit and vegetables . |
| 15 | You would have to eat a very poor diet , lose a lot of weight , or be very ill for any serious deficiency to occur . |
| 16 | Either we 'll have to take a very heavy discount on it , or we 'll get our accounts qualified . |
| 17 | Even that piece of teaching was n't enough ; Paul had to use a very rare word , to make it clear that God 's power to answer prayer was n't limited in any way . |
| 18 | They either had to abandon a very important marketing campaign and also write off God knows how many millions of pounds already spent on it and on guarantees to their lesbian lovelies , or let Mary-Ann Curtis and Larry Marsh go . |
| 19 | And for any of these suspects to have done it , one had to posit a very unlikely set of circumstances . |
| 20 | But they did not know how happy until their life in London was over , and they had to live a very different life indeed . |
| 21 | We had to entertain a very prim and proper Swiss lady the other day and she insisted on addressing me as Madame Professor Wotherspoon . |
| 22 | And as he climbed into the car and started the chilled engine , he had to make a very strong effort indeed to close the door on the compartment of his mind where Marjorie belonged and open wide the door to careful logical thinking about the project and this newest complication . |
| 23 | We all find ourselves in a situation at some time where we have to carry a very heavy suitcase , or where a parcel has been delivered and has to be lifted into the house . |
| 24 | It is with regret , however , that I have to report a very negative stance by the British Mountaineering Council to our association , and their outright refusal to recognise it . |
| 25 | Police need little reminding that they have to find a very brutal and sick man fast . |
| 26 | To justify that , people have to set a very high price on the environmental costs of landfill . |
| 27 | I think what we have got to bear in mind , Mr Chairman , is that the small business is , it is a very , very dangerous time as we come out of recession , more businesses get into difficulties when they 're into expanding , than when they 're just , just surviving , if you like so erm , I think we have to keep a very careful eye on the next six months . |
| 28 | You have to have a very experienced driver . |
| 29 | Means they have to have a very strong signal . ’ |
| 30 | The diamond design shown in the opposite photograph is really an adaptation of the solid design ( see pp. 80–1 ) , although in this case you have to make a very definite outline with the leaves and then ensure that it is echoed in the shape that the flowers make in the centre of the design . |