Example sentences of "a [noun] have [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Academics who are planning or revising a curriculum have to address three kinds of questions . |
| 2 | According to the latter system each country is given a number of votes in relation to its size and to gain a majority a proposal has to obtain fifty-four votes out of a total of seventy-six and be approved by at least eight member states . |
| 3 | It 's a shame having to go that , that time of year every year |
| 4 | It 's a shame to have to write that sort of thing into a contract , but you ca n't trust the buggers . ’ |
| 5 | 4.17 In Roberts v Johnstone [ 1988 ] 3 WLR 1247 the Court of Appeal laid down a general rule for assessing damages where a plaintiff has to purchase special accommodation . |
| 6 | A publican had to make sure that the gift was not too obvious . |
| 7 | In order to be an occupier a person had to have sufficient control over the premises . |
| 8 | Mould this lot of nonsense down , because me as a boilermaker had to live forty four years and there ai n't enough people are still working to be able to run the sections . |
| 9 | It then becomes rather a chore having to re-apply those etch-resist transfers all over again . |
| 10 | If it meant a woman had to suffer that was no concern of theirs . |
| 11 | To qualify for the HNCIP , a woman had to satisfy stringent conditions regarding her incapacity to carry out normal household duties . |
| 12 | But even now , a woman has to achieve much more than a man in order to gain respect or " promotion " . |
| 13 | About eight men and a foreman had to get 300 quarters of barley off the wagons for a day 's work . |
| 14 | She had no idea how to proceed during the ceremony and was relieved that a man had to go first . |
| 15 | ‘ Ah , well , a man has to have some fun . ’ |
| 16 | A reporter has to present both sides of the picture and the developer may not be willing to speak to the press . |
| 17 | Their students learn that to make effective choices about what to say , how , when and whether to say it , a speaker has to take contextual elements into account : the topic involved , the setting of the encounter , the role relationship between the speakers , the extent of shared knowledge between them , any cultural expectations one or other might have and so on . |
| 18 | The government certainly had no money to spare to help the colonies , and this introduced the general rule that English colonies had to cover their own costs , both in the sense that the government of a colony had to raise enough revenue to pay its own bills and in the sense that there were no subsidies to encourage people to stay in a colony where they could not earn their own living . |
| 19 | Mr Botham explained his reasoning , saying : ‘ Farmers have enjoyed exaggerated returns in recent months but they should remember that we as a country have to import many of our basic raw materials and as the pound has fallen costs have risen on a pro rata basis . ’ |
| 20 | In the Sahel a couple has to bear 10 children to be 95% certain of producing a son who will survive to the age of 38 . |
| 21 | The lifesaving equipment can pinpoint parts of the anatomy which need surgery without a patient having to undergo investigative surgery beforehand . |
| 22 | Now that 's a bit of a change for a recruiter to have to do that . |