Example sentences of "have [to-vb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recruitment clearly has to continue at a high level so as to maintain C&P 's scientific excellence [ and relevance ! ] . |
| 2 | If a product fails to sell well , the company may be left with a lot of unwanted stock which it has to sell at a reduced price |
| 3 | They give us a highly detailed picture of the initial occupational spread of graduates , and the extent to which they enter occupations which are cognate with their degree ( the mere number of type of work categories is a rather crude measure ; one has to look at the actual headings ) . |
| 4 | One only has to look at the diminishing casts in productions all over the country . |
| 5 | I am saying that , as an organisation , it can not cope with the work it has to do at the present time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And of course the woman was n't really one of theirs , just some distant freelance , and the back-up with her was some nutty amateur they 'd had to use at the last moment — |
| 8 | Why , d' ya get , do you have to retire at a certain time ? |
| 9 | 3 It hopes to allow , and induce , students to work at the pace best suited to them as individuals , rather than having to proceed at the standard class rate . |
| 10 | I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . |
| 11 | you do have to remember at the same time that these documents would be going home and |
| 12 | In 1935 a Mr Cole of Middlesbrough complained to the Sea Fish Commission that they were still having to sell at the pre-war prices of a halfpenny fish and a ha'porth of chips . |
| 13 | We may have to look at a few options but there are not many . |
| 14 | She would have to look at the local papers . |
| 15 | well , I do n't know whether that man over there is cleaning the windows or whether he 's having to look at the double glazing again |
| 16 | And she would have to smile at the first question and say , ‘ Oh , no , no , of course lot . |
| 17 | Any kid will tell you that the worst part of moving house is having to start at a new school where you do n't know anyone , and I was scared stiff . |
| 18 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |
| 19 | In the future , if ever my old feelings about Mr Rochester began to return , I would only have to glance at the two pictures to see the great difference between us , and in this way common sense would destroy my foolish dreams . |
| 20 | ‘ Then we 'll just have to stop at the first one , ’ Isabel declared . |
| 21 | She unhooked her cloak collar as we had to wait at the outer door of Marcus whilst two porters wheeled out an empty accident trolley . |
| 22 | But there was plenty of time , and they had to wait at the other end of the tunnel . |
| 23 | They and the Carters were to have shared it that year with the computer analyst and his wife , but one of this couple 's children was involved in an accident and they had to cancel at the last minute . |
| 24 | Dozens of beleagured businessmen in the midst of a painful recession were due to hear Michael Hesletine speak at this conference in Oxfordshire , but the President of the Board of Trade had to cancel at the last minute and the delegates instead got a DTi stand-in . |
| 25 | in psychology and chucked in electrical engineering and started a psychology course and he had to work at the same time as he studied for some of that time |
| 26 | Nevertheless , the farmers had to sell at a controlled price and vast sums were retained by Britain , exporting cocoa for dollars . |
| 27 | Her skin seemed to glow , and she discovered she only had to smile at the male members of the staff and they were immediately more friendly . |
| 28 | Consolidation would be little help if one still had to look at the old repealed Acts in order to interpret the new one . |
| 29 | Suddenly , people were suggesting charity records for every tragedy that occurred , and while money was raised for worthwhile causes , such as the survivors of the Bradford City fire or the sunken Herald Of Free Enterprise ferry , one only had to look at the ropier ideas for fund-raising to question the motives involved . |
| 30 | But the notion , once born , firmly took root , refusing to let her settle , and as she wandered aimlessly about the living-room she realised she 'd soon be in danger of going stir-crazy if she had to look at the same four walls much longer . |