Example sentences of "it [vb -s] to have a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And it needs to have a path to get there and back .
2 But it has to have a record button ?
3 The company says that it wants to have a hand in computing , video , telephony , wireless and information technologies as these activities converge .
4 and really always has been , erm , the idea of a centre is , is simply because you consider how much it costs to have a point wired when the house is , is built , er several people nowadays is ha well they buy an old house , they erm , say well we 'll take out the centre light and put us in some wall lights instead you see .
5 It walks on only five of its legs and holds the sixth out stiffly behind it so that it appears to have a sting projecting from the tip of its abdomen .
6 It is a truism that a good story requires telling ; it seems to have a life and momentum of its own , which demand expression .
7 ‘ Yet it seems to have a song of its own , ’ she said whimsically .
8 It seems to have a will of its own … ’
9 It seems to have a bit of a different taste .
10 Although this is bought through a massive number of connections it seems to have a number of advantages over previously mentioned strategies :
11 It seems to have a mind of its own , and I call it The Great One .
12 Maybe this aircraft intrigues a child because , like a cartoon , it seems to have a face .
13 It seems to have a lot to do with how rapidly our twentieth-century world has changed , particularly in the West .
14 Sometimes , when I have to make precious substances such as toenail cheese or belly-button fluff , I have to go without a shower or bath for days and days ; I hate doing this because I soon feel dirty and itchy , and the only bright thing about such abstinence is how good it feels to have a shower at the end of it .
15 Before we even begin to consider how such questions could be productively posed , let alone answered , it is perhaps worth asking what it means to have a model of something at all .
16 Alan has little experience of family life and is inquisitive about what it means to have a mummy and daddy .
17 WENDY ELKINGTON SHOWS HOW TO GET THE RIGHT INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVICE , LOOKS AT BANKING FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN AND FINDS OUT WHETHER IT PAYS TO HAVE A LODGER
18 WHEN IT PAYS TO HAVE A PUNCTURE
19 The BC109C was selected as it claims to have a spread from 380 to 800 at 2mA and is more likely to be within the spec we require .
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