Example sentences of "they have [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 you see I moved a bit more now but and I I 've still got good hearing er apart from this ear here , this ear , I ca n't hear so well , quite so well , this side , you see so I always have to say excuse me while I , hang on while I turn off the television , you see , and then they have to wait a minute till I turn it off and then what I do is because I have this phone extension put in
2 They 're not professional aerobatic pilots ; they have to earn a living like the rest of us .
3 Married women with young children feel they have to take a job as well , jeopardising their family relationships .
4 The large launches sent out to do the repairs cost £300 per hour to run and sometimes they have to do a couple of days steaming to attend . ’
5 And I said to him , do you know what they have to do a produce a gallon of petrol ?
6 Most people think that they 're being stupid if they have to ask a question they think that everyone else is n't probably thinking the same thing .
7 The humble screen saver , which cause electric toasters to fly across the screen , or turns the tube into a virtual aquarium in order to prevent the WordStar menu getting burned into the phosphor when the machine is left on but unattended for long periods , is the latest battleground for the advertisers according to the Wall Street Journal , which reports that PC Dynamics Inc of Westlake Village , California is actually giving Everready free publicity for its Energizer Bunny because it wanted an animated character to spur interest in its program — so users are expected to pay $25 not only to advertise Everready batteries but to suffer the exasperating experience of having the damn rodent make special appearances , popping on screen in the middle of their work , so that they have to press a key to zap it .
8 All the national officers are held to account , they have to give a report of their activities and delegates can challenge them .
9 Include it in that , those twelve weeks because I know it 's , you know , a bit erm I would try and see if I could set up some sex education with the health centre and the , you know , that she used to take them and they went through contraception and condoms and whatever at the , and she used to take them down for an afternoon it might well be that they have to miss a lesson
10 They have to put a blood so , so that the bone sticks out , a bit more than that .
11 They have to buy a house in town , of course , so that Howard can be near his work during the week .
12 For example , a questionnaire designed to investigate attitudes towards work may provide respondents with a list of statements indicating a point of view to which they have to express a level of agreement or disagreement ( see Figure 5.1 ) .
13 They have to keep a logbook but that 's only a check to make sure that nobody 's leaving a mess in the common areas and we only have it because we 've found that some residents can have problems because they 've become deskilled in certain things .
14 They have to learn a lot of different skills , and also in business nothing happens unless you 're good at organizing teams , so businessmen often get good at working with people , which is , I think , a hugely important experience so far as helping people to grow up is concerned .
15 Senior union leaders acknowledge privately that they have to win a hearts-and-minds campaign among their members .
16 So they have to make a choice : should they stay Japanese , or try to blend in with the locals ?
17 But they have to make a claim before you can issue a B one .
18 ‘ When those concerned turn their attention to this problem , they may find they have to make a distinction between litigation in which there is a direct public interest in the result and that in which the public interest is limited to ensuring that an adequate system of justice is available .
19 If they have to make a lot of noise , spend a lot of time or risk being seen while breaking into your home , they may not even bother .
20 stuff on it and they have to have a pin number , so you put your pin number in and then it tells you exactly how many copies your pin number has copied
21 They have to have a lot of rules built in .
22 but she had , they have to have a fence built from the back garden , because there 's , there 's an opening from the back garden and it 's onto the drive and then it 's onto the road , even though it is a quiet road
23 No , well the key point is the key point is that they they have to have a period during which they have a track record of running those separate businesses , so that bidders will know the basis on which their bidding , now if if the franchising director , it 's entirely his decision , decides that er he 's not getting competitive enough bids or good enough bids , then yes British Rail would carry on , and this was clear right from the outset , would carry on running that particular
24 They have to find a way of expressing their confidence that God reveals Himself through His activity in the world , without making Him into a person like ourselves .
25 They have to strike a balance and be more prepared to manage . ’
26 Sociologists are only too well aware that ideas arise in particular social climates and contexts , and yet they have to seek a way of standing apart from society and analysing it objectively .
27 Their answers form the subject of the opening sessions when they have to produce a team answer to each question .
28 Under these circumstances , the task of a fire brigade is a very difficult one , since on arrival they have to fight a fire over a large vertical height , from a very constricted position at floor level , at the base of the racking .
29 Whereas pubs are different , they are out , they have to pay a lot of people and their rent and everything else and they are ours to make a profit .
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