Example sentences of "[vb mod] have to take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 there could occur a case where the issue raised was so sensitive and the revelations necessarily following its decision so damaging to national security that the court might have to take special measures ( for example sitting in camera or prohibiting the mention of names ) .
2 If your dog persists in misbehaving when the doorbell is rung , then you may have to take alternative action .
3 These trips are expensive and women may have to take young children hundreds of miles .
4 But some of the alleged failures may turn out to be actual failures , and the Institute may have to take disciplinary action against the firms in question .
5 A spokesman for Fife Health Board said it would have to take legal advice before any question of an appeal was considered .
6 Assessment in Catholic Religious Education would have to take great care against falling into the trap of only aiming to develop that which readily lends itself to measurement .
7 Because Brutus was such an idealistic character he felt that he would have to take important steps towards saving Rome from the evil grasp of Caesar .
8 I shall be a failure , I shall have to take Holy Orders , but you see , I 'm in such an agony of doubt , I ca n't decide . ’
9 Each goal is planned for a week but some may possibly require longer ; our dieter will have to take extra time if it is taking her body longer to adjust than she anticipates at the start .
10 In this case either there will be downward pressure on interest rates , or the authorities will have to take other measures to reduce this liquidity .
11 I suppose we will have to take appropriate action will we not … .
12 Last of the great chevaliers , we tell her that should there be any problem with the restaurant management , she will have to take full responsibility for her actions .
13 It will still not preclude farmers from designing development plans but these will have to take full account of conservation requirements and implications under other Articles of the proposed Regulation .
14 The profession will have to take positive steps if it is to make any progress in bridging the expectation gap .
15 From time to time national committees will have to take hard decisions about the strategy for that particular sector , that 's what they 're there for .
16 David Potter , managing director of Psion Software , says : ‘ If piracy and copying escalate and become endemic , hardware managers will have to take drastic measures , such as setting all software in ROM [ read-only memory ] cartridges . ’
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