Example sentences of "have have [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poland , with the worst financial problems within Eastern Europe , has had to delay construction of its first nuclear station at Zarnowiec which will have a total capacity of 4880 MW . |
| 2 | Hewlett-Packard Co has had to delay shipment of its new LaserJet 4L printer because of a defective part , US PC Week reports : the printer , originally set for general release May 3 , has been delayed until at least the end of this month , and possibly until mid-June , because of a flaw in the paper sensor , the company said ; the faulty sensor , which sits under the paper tray , causes the printer to communicate a ‘ paper out ’ message and stop printing , even though the tray has paper in it the firm said . |
| 3 | The effect has been that for most of this century Britain has had to hold interest rates higher than has been necessary or desirable . |
| 4 | Until now Pete 's paper-making company , Ecologically Sound Paper has had to import hemp pulp from Spain . |
| 5 | We have only to look at the animal kingdom ; a creature in the wild will never overeat and , even if it has had to put effort into the hunting and killing of its prey , it will stop eating when it has had enough and walk away from the food . |
| 6 | But he has failed in his great ambition , and perhaps the task was too much for a man who has had to spend time inventing a new identity for himself . |
| 7 | ... 21 AT London Scottish the role of providing rugby opportunities to Scots in London is still important , but in times of league realism , racial purity has had to give way to the expediency of also running a successful 1st XV . |
| 8 | Mr Young said he has had to sell stock he would prefer to keep in order to take advantage of new opportunities . |
| 9 | Everyone has had to pay VAT increases and increased national insurance contributions . |
| 10 | Mr Dixon told the House that Francis Maude ( Con ) , financial secretary to the Treasury , has had to repay postage on 4,552 pre-paid envelopes . |
| 11 | Since 1984 the Justice Department has had authority to prosecute terrorists who attack Americans abroad , but the FBI has had to request permission from the host countries to return them to the US . |
| 12 | Ever since the Marquis of Mantua failed to defeat the French at Fornovo in the 1490s ( a period which must have been almost as barbaric and unpleasant as the 1980s ) , this sunsoaked land has had to endure invasion and rely on the assassin 's knife or the patriot 's bullet to even the score . |
| 13 | Skipper Tony Adams has had to endure donkey chants for years , but now right-back Lee Dixon is feeling the full force of terrace hate . |
| 14 | Sequent , for instance , has had to develop support for the VMEbus and streamline its memory functions , as well as modifying device drivers , to get NT running . |
| 15 | Unfortunately Aisling has had to have eye operations after developing glaucoma and this has prevented treatment resuming . |
| 16 | While the rest of the City has had to relinquish self-regulation under the Financial Services Act , the Panel has continued as a non-statutory body . |
| 17 | Not only has this industry failed to invest in new-product development in the past , it has had to adopt electronics too . |
| 18 | When they rise to an equal level , like for instance if I have a choice between going to a woman doctor and a man doctor and they 're both on the GP list , I will choose the woman , because the woman has had to fight tooth and nail , probably , and work much harder , to get at an equal level with the man , so I would suspect that I 'm getting value for and quality there by going for the woman . |
| 19 | Over the last 20 years or so , the growing youngster has not simply had to edge his way to acceptance by the adult community as one of them : he has had to gain entry to and then leave a comparatively regulated teenage society in addition . |
| 20 | So today it was lessons at home for some of the class provided by parents who 'd had to take time off work . |
| 21 | ‘ If I 'd had to storm hell itself , ’ he confirmed huskily , turning his head to kiss her palm . |
| 22 | Freddie resolutely refused to rehearse with water because he would have had to drink glass after glass and , being a bitter expert , he refused to drink bottled beer . |
| 23 | Jeremy Bates was not ranked high enough to have gone straight into the main singles draw and would have had to take part in the qualifying competition . |
| 24 | If he had lived , Alexander would have had to take action . |
| 25 | She replied she would have remembered because she would have had to take action . |
| 26 | Without the sale of company securities , other things being equal , the public sector would have had to issue government securities . |
| 27 | With the narrow lanes around Bentworth , any approaching traffic would have had to give way and cars travelling in the same direction could have been held up . |
| 28 | During the first year after his return , when the royal position was in the balance , Henry would have had to give way if Anselm had insisted on his renouncing homage and investiture . |
| 29 | Firstly , everybody likely to be a member of a selection panel would have had to give consent — a formidable logistic problem . |
| 30 | If you 'd invented a string of lovelorn swains you 'd have had to pay customer prices . |