Example sentences of "have [to-vb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A long time in the dark and he d have to go a long way round if he was n't to upset the sheep and alert Jack . |
| 2 | ‘ We have to go a long way south before we get to Alaska , ’ he said . |
| 3 | It will create interest in the foreground which I think is important and often , especially looking across water an expanse of water if you have n't got any interesting detail in the foreground yo you have to go a long way into the picture before it begins to get interesting . |
| 4 | Er , well you have to carry a twelve stone man over a hundred yards , you see , in a certain time , and that is one of the strength tests , erm er these are these are tests that are drawn up to get people in in the initial stages , and then they go on from there . |
| 5 | These documents — student records and timetables — often have to carry a great deal of information including complex messages and progress summaries . |
| 6 | If you have to carry a heavy load , divide the weight between two bags . |
| 7 | Youth concerts always have to include a major work written in the current ‘ Cantata ’ fashion . |
| 8 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
| 9 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 10 | But arrivals follow departures and the new appears very promising — even if you have to wait a little time for it . |
| 11 | I do n't too much like warm toast , I have to wait a little bit . |
| 12 | Delivery times for most items were generally satisfactory , but there appears to be a possibility that readers consulting early or rare books in the South Reading Room have to wait a considerable time for items ordered over the lunchtime period . |
| 13 | BRITISH troops in the former Yugoslavia have to perform a fine balancing act between the warring factions as they start to deliver humanitarian aid in Bosnia . |
| 14 | There is a wonderful opportunity for a limited number of ( loud and enthusiastic ) Amnesty members and supporters to be part of the audiences for The Big Three-O and there is only one catch — you have to wear a fancy dress costume reflecting the fashions of either the 60s , 70s or 80s . |
| 15 | There are many things that I can do now , but could n't do as a young man , which contradicts the notion that in order to be a good instrumentalist you have to acquire a comprehensive technique i your teens . |
| 16 | As I make my way through my lecture tours overseas I am frequently asked who was the best , and I have to evade a proper answer because each group had its Gibsons , but at different times . |
| 17 | How then are we to explain that ( 22 ) does not mean the same as ( 22 ) ? ( 22 ) Having a child and getting married is better than getting married and having a child We have to provide a pragmatic account , along the following lines . |
| 18 | He says that they have to police a large area , with officers spread thinly . |
| 19 | Now the Conservatives have to find a new candidate . |
| 20 | — I have to find a new club as soon as i return from the USA and has spoken with Drillo , a tired-of-Leeds Frank say . |
| 21 | He justified that approach on the basis that " the lease is a commercial document and we have to find a commercial solution to the problem posed " ) . |
| 22 | Salmon have to find a safe way upstream past bears , and monkeys have to get to the fruit without waking the jaguars . |
| 23 | If electric cars are going to have a significant future , we have to find a cleaner way to generate electricity . " |
| 24 | Many are now in the caring hands of staff at the Battersea Dogs Home in London , but they still have to find a permanent home . |
| 25 | That 's fine , well I have to , to make a , have to write a little letter and , and , that 's . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , most elderly people have to suffer a considerable drop in their income after retirement , and careful planning and budgeting is required to maintain a reasonable standard of living . |
| 27 | As well as putting a ceiling on cases of average tetraplegia , the effect of the decision in Housecroft 's case has meant that awards in less serious cases have to bear a proportional relationship to the guideline figure for tetraplegia . |
| 28 | You have to create a new display every month . |
| 29 | You will also need planning permission if you have to create a new access to your property from a classified road , and if you do , you 'll need the consent of the local highways authority to cross a footpath or verge to reach it . |
| 30 | But you have to design a green syllabus . |