Example sentences of "have to adopt a " in BNC.

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1 In order to breathe during this operation , the young waxbill has to adopt a particular posture ; young whydahs and indigo birds adopt this too .
2 What residential provision exists will have to adopt a specialist role within the gamut of available services .
3 The question is whether the eleven member states could amend the existing legislation or whether they would have to adopt a parallel , but separate , legislation .
4 After all , one does not have to adopt a Marxist method in order to make statements about poverty , injustice or exploitation .
5 When designing a silhouette picture you will have to adopt a different technique from normal , as the shape of the flowers and foliage must really stand out against the background .
6 The manners which Topaz had been taught at the convent were good enough as a basis for acceptable behaviour , but she soon discovered that she had a great deal more to learn , and would also have to adopt a whole new set of values .
7 Instead , we would have to adopt a picture in which there is an ensemble of all possible universes with some probability distribution .
8 Clearly , a salesperson selling in a combination of these settings will have to adopt a different approach for each .
9 For many , the sense of having to adopt a preferred version of practice accentuated the dilemmas which are always part of everyday teaching .
10 Though she speaks wistfully of the luxury of ‘ blue sky research ’ , Beverley sees advantages in having to adopt a commercial perspective as well as a purely scientific one .
11 Managers had to adopt a supportive style in their relationships with high-performance teams .
12 Now this is considered the height of vulgarity in such a sacred place and so , until my departure from Delhi , I had to adopt a disguise .
13 Not only does sectoralisation make it difficult for planners and administrators to gain an overall view , it also means that local institutions have to adopt a similar structure in order to deal adequately with the central bureaucracy .
14 ‘ We have to adopt a really attacking policy and give it our best shot , ’ declared Roxburgh , who has recalled creative players in Celtic 's Paul McStay and John Collins along with Rangers skipper Richard Gough .
15 Contact killers are therefore problematical , and we have to adopt a different technique .
16 It 's nice to use on the move , because of the way it 's weighted ( DOS notebooks tend to tip away from you ) but slightly harder to use on the desktop because you have to adopt a Phantom Of The Opera keyboard technique to type properly .
17 He says that you have to adopt a Charlie Chaplin style of walking .
18 Professional Footballers ' Association spokesman Brendan Batson said : ‘ Paul spoke to us following his injury , but because it involves two members of our association we have to adopt a neutral position .
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