Example sentences of "having [to-vb] the [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If they each do their own thing they will repeat things , but if we can bring that all together and have a centralised repository for the work that people have done , it will save having to reinvent the wheel each time . |
| 2 | A die-hard SVR4 advocate , Tandem is interested in seeing its fault-tolerant enablers incorporated in the base operating system to save it from having to re-invent the wheel each time a revision is done and to allow it to focus on true value-added differentiators . |
| 3 | Staff are already having to put the inmates 3 to a cell . |
| 4 | If you find yourself in the position of having to land the model some distance away ( which you will ) , here again they will be of great help . |
| 5 | He goes out alone … and sometimes he goes to the bank and draws out large sums of money … it 's worse than dealing with a child … the most wearing part is the mental strain , not the washing and things like that ; it 's the having to take the lead all the time … [ 24 ; 1H I can stand the strain at the moment , but I ca n't say for how long . |
| 6 | By insisting on compliance with minimum decision-making procedures of this kind the courts can impose a valuable discipline on management without having to confront the difficulties inherent in evaluating the merits of actual decisions . |
| 7 | For me , having to enter the ground last Sunday through the area and tunnel where the crush had taken place was a chilling experience . |