Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [art] great " in BNC.

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1 I still regret it , but I 'm afraid the Prime Minister has to appear a great deal on the media .
2 The scientist has to remember a great deal of information before he can even begin to look for patterns in the data .
3 This presents more difficulties for the researcher , who has to do a great deal of interpretation in order to make inferences from what people actually do to their motivations for doing it .
4 But , if you are one of those people who has to read a great deal — in connection with your job or because you are studying — then you will soon begin to appreciate the benefits of being able to read more quickly .
5 The turner still has to hold a great juddering chisel in his hands and relies on a good eye and a steady hand to ensure a true cut .
6 yeah , so I did have to guess a great deal
7 I should have to know a great deal more about you .
8 " You will have to pull the great guns yourselves , since there are no horses . "
9 However , we will have to cover a great deal of territory in a limited space if the cost of this book is not to become prohibitive .
10 The adolescent is emerging from the small and comparatively cushioned world to which he has belonged and is having to face a great deal of pressure from many different relationships .
11 Such substantial stratospheric ozone depletion would last for several years and the initial survivors of a nuclear war would have to face a great increase in biologically active UV-B radiation .
12 In real life , of course , you would probably have to master a great deal more information , including details of the premises and the personal particulars of all the key staff .
13 He 'll have to join the great gang of us who move around in disguise on Saturdays till half an hour after kick-off time .
14 So provides section 16 of the Partnership Act , 1890 , and the words have a comfortingly assured ring about them even though long and intimate acquaintance with that Act suggests that comfort will be impaired if here as at other points in the Act one indulges in deeper reflection ; and reflection need not go very deep before one becomes uneasy , because if one takes the words of section 16 into unqualified acceptance and seeks to apply them in practical situations , one does not have to envisage a great number of such situations to find some where the uncritical acceptance of section 16 will lead to manifest absurdity .
15 With the inevitable increase in office rent , rates , postage , telephone and stationery etc. it is obvious that we shall all have to make a great effort to overcome this problem .
16 Davidson emphasises above his own role in Provincial 's response a team effort , not only in the sense that he had to delegate a great deal in such a multi-faceted role — although ‘ logically planning goes together with finance and not only did we have the capacity to take on overseas but control of subsidiaries fits too ’ — to his deputies , and , but that the whole company was involved .
17 Being a Freemason , he had to memorize a great deal of material , and he did this with TL in his do-it-yourself SAS study .
18 ( You had to watch the Great Killer 's eyes .
19 We also had to learn a great deal of poetry by heart — poetry which I can still recall all these years later .
20 My wife and I were very happy ; we had a house outside the town , though I had to spend a great deal of time in Berlin .
21 In spite of his attempts to concentrate as much work as possible into his days in London , he still found he had to take a great deal of it back to Shamley Green .
22 But Eleanor too had to travel a great deal , and in his earliest years it was almost certainly Richard 's nurse who provided love and security on a day-to-day basis .
23 These documents — student records and timetables — often have to carry a great deal of information including complex messages and progress summaries .
24 You have to cause a great deal of damage to a Troll to stop it regenerating .
25 Managers and their advisers have to resist the great temptation of trying to save a deal or outbid a rival at all costs .
26 Disabled people find that they have to put a great deal of effort into making various authorities meet their ordinary everyday needs .
27 To understand life today , you have to have a great sense of humour .
28 But some in-laws do manage to get along remarkably well together , even when they have to spend a great deal of time in each other 's company .
29 I have to make a great effort to keep the tent tidy .
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