Example sentences of "to have [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is infuriating to have to mow an extra half width , or to find that you can not turn a corner without complicated manoeuvres . |
| 2 | Shamir would have preferred to have formed a broad coalition government with Labour , but this became impossible for him in view of statements made by Labour Ministers suggesting that they supported contacts with the PLO , and in view of pressure from hardline Likud members such as Ariel Sharon to form a right-wing government . |
| 3 | A group of People 's Liberation Army ( PLA ) officers was reported to have formed a secret group backing the reinstatement of the former party chief , Zhao Ziyang . |
| 4 | Many of the movements in the 1960s were reluctant to take this step , largely because of their hostility to the bureaucratic character of traditional parties , and they seem to have formed no clear idea of how the desired transformation of the economy , the political system and cultural patterns ( including education ) could actually be carried out in an effective way . |
| 5 | In 1792 , however , Lewis was elected surveyor to Christ 's Hospital and in the following year he was appointed to the corresponding post at the Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals ; and from then on these institutional responsibilities appear to have formed the principal element in his career . |
| 6 | Thus the family , neighbourhood , or work-place groups of older and younger men and a sprinkling of women , which seem to have formed the basic unit of attendance between the wars and before , broke up . |
| 7 | In this connection it is perhaps significant that the boundary between the parish and Snodland was the old track or Ridgeway , now largely destroyed by chalk quarries , which , keeping to the highest and driest line over the downs is thought to have formed the main east-west route at this period , crossing the River Medway at Holborough as Mr Margery suggested . |
| 8 | A second example involves an argument by means of which the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahé claimed to have refuted the Copernican theory a few decades after the first publication of that theory . |
| 9 | Owner Lachie Stewart aims to have re-built the 16th-century fortress he bought two years ago by December 1999 . |
| 10 | It is only necessary to reverse the meaning of the sentence to realize how difficult it would have been for Baldwin to have given a negative answer . |
| 11 | Mary Leapor appears to have given a great deal of thought to Pope 's ‘ Epistle to a Lady ’ . |
| 12 | Again , during the American War of Independence , their colonel is said to have given a long speech under heavy fire about Spartan discipline and the efficient military system of the Lacedaemonians . |
| 13 | We must of course make full allowance for the disappearance of the most important historical sources of the third century B.C. Hieronymus of Cardia is likely to have given a precise account of the Celtic events of 280–275 B.C. Later Phylarchus continued the story . |
| 14 | And , of course , every official New Zealand or British sitting in the stand claimed not to have witnessed a gross act of violence , right in front of their eyes . |
| 15 | Controversy aside , the fact that Dykstra was called upon so often vouched for Rangers ' ascendancy but the Hateley/McCoist goal machine seemed to have developed a mechanical fault . |
| 16 | During their travels they appear to have developed a black variety which became extremely popular , perhaps because its natural nocturnal camouflage assisted it to become a more efficient mouser and ratter . |
| 17 | Despite this precaution it was found to have developed a brownish-orange rim as a result of atmospheric exposure . |
| 18 | China , the world 's third largest pesticide producer after the USA and USSR , claims to have developed a new crop spraying technique which reduces pollution and increases efficiency . |
| 19 | With the advent of punk music in 1977 I transferred my energies and enthusiasm from the military and spent a lot of time dressing up and putting Vaseline in my hair , much to the annoyance of my house master , a quiet Benedictine who wrote on my term report , ‘ Christian seems to have developed a nihilistic attraction for punk rock , which is strange for somebody who avoids violence even on the rugby field . |
| 20 | He was known to have developed a huge network of patronage , and was widely considered to be the most powerful of the opposition candidates . |
| 21 | A small US company claims to have developed a low-energy lightbulb with a lifetime of up to 14 years . |
| 22 | Given its pattern of development , we consider elite theory 's methodological approach under two main headings : its claims to have developed a scientific research method and its focus on power and domination . |
| 23 | Now , however , it seems to have developed an annoying problem . |
| 24 | A notable exception to this was the adviser responsible for multicultural education who argued that since the school did not seem to have developed an overall policy for multicultural education he could not conduct an appraisal of it . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , it should be rare to have to draft a common report from scratch . |
| 26 | His uncertainty is comprehensible , but he appears to have jumped the wrong way . |
| 27 | McCann 's speech , with its suggestion that the police lines ought to be charged , while refusing to actually call for such action , seems to have typified the confused militancy of the radicals , who were suddenly precipitated into a conflict for which they were quite unprepared . |
| 28 | ‘ The Slav idea , indirect Austrian control over Serbia or even German domination of the Straits do not , in the light of cold reason , ’ concludes a recent review of Russia 's options , ‘ seem to have justified the appalling risks Russia faced in entering a European war . ’ |
| 29 | An immediate option for Tottenham was to have stripped the big centre-half of the captaincy at Elland Road and hit him with a hefty fine . |
| 30 | When you decide to practise , do not choose a difficult water , or difficult fish , where you are likely to have to wait a long time for a bite . |