Example sentences of "have [to-vb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The committee has to go on record and declare that a drastic reduction in these resources will place the parish structure of the Kirk in jeopardy and seriously damage its mission to the people of Scotland . ’ |
| 2 | Because retirement creates dependency , and dependency is undesirable , retirement is unlikely to be chosen voluntarily ; therefore the study of retirement has to focus on labour demand from employers , not labour supply from workers . |
| 3 | When there are limits on borrowing , a company or household in financial distress has to survive on cash flow . |
| 4 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
| 5 | Beyond that he has to rely on hand tools — planes , chisels , reamers , scrapers and the odd bicycle inner tube ( ‘ great for holding a psaltery in shape while working on the joints ’ ) . |
| 6 | It is an attempt to conform to a divine reality and standard that the soul can not ‘ see ’ at this early stage but which she has to take on faith . |
| 7 | Gartner has focused on the mid-range — apart from the money it has to spend on consultancy one assumes — because it believes the ‘ heritage of open systems has been to solve mid-range problems . ’ |
| 8 | Slim Plan is not a bit like that — for more inside information , read what Cookery Editor Moyra Fraser has to say on page 7 . |
| 9 | I ca n't remember when I have n't had to work on Christmas Day became the animals have never got round to recognizing it as a holiday ; but with the passage of the years the vague resentment I used to feel has been replaced by philosophical acceptance . |
| 10 | The control room , although just workable , is very cramped ( especially as it has had to take on committee work ) . |
| 11 | Others have had to rely on government funding to keep going , although funding from the Department of the Environment through the Urban Programme has been restricted and only seven centres have been funded on a continuing basis by the Lord Chancellor 's Department , and ( fir the time being ) the Legal Aid Board . |
| 12 | I do have to thank on behalf of my stewards ' committee er , Terry who gave us a lot of help and also the er , Regional Section who also helped us . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'll just have to continue on foot , ’ she said briskly . |
| 14 | is that basically erm you you go and work as a dogsbody and erm graduates are allowed to take the exams within two years and and you 'd probably have to go on night school thing or something |
| 15 | Wish I did n't have to go on watch . ’ |
| 16 | Wherever they went , they would have to go on foot , which might take a long time . |
| 17 | " We 'd have to go on shore to telephone , " said Woodie doubtfully , when his turn came . |
| 18 | Oh heck well you 'll have to go on bus . |
| 19 | The plaintiff 's solicitor will have to go on affidavit about that , which is not an easy matter . |
| 20 | ‘ And the trapping of having to go on radio stations and saying , ‘ Hi , how are ya doin' ? ’ and all that sort of press … ’ moans Ian . |
| 21 | Macmillan was thus able to pursue his own policies during his second term in office rather than having to concentrate on damage limitation forced upon him by Anthony Eden 's Suez disaster . |
| 22 | I wondered how these men had managed to endure thirty or more trips in what must have been far worse conditions than this ; in bad weather , being shot at , having to concentrate on map reading and peering through bomb sites , and watching out all the time for enemy fighters . |
| 23 | He was right , I did have to stand on tiptoe and even then I could hardly reach . |
| 24 | ‘ He 'd have to stand on tiptoe , ’ Felicity said with a rare flash of humour . |
| 25 | Lovins dismissed the development of nuclear power as the primary source of energy for industrial growth in the developing world , by estimating that in order to generate the level of energy pro-nuclear scientists were calling for , a new plant would have to come on stream every eleven hours throughout 54 years of actual construction , a financial impossibility . |
| 26 | Ken did n't have to put on drag in Carry On Screaming , the first of three 1966 releases , but in Carry On — Do n't Lose Your Head , he did get to wear a woman 's frilly corset which did n't go all that badly with the curled wig he wore as Citizen Camembert , the ‘ big cheese ’ of the French Revolutionary secret police . |
| 27 | And why did n't they just pad you — why did you have to put on weight specially for it ? |
| 28 | Bidders would be guaranteed a public subsidy , but would have to compete on price and quality . |
| 29 | You 'd have to pay for your own food , because — unless things look up for us — we shall have to live on grass like Nebuchadnezzar ; but that would n't cost you £1 a week , so you could manage the fare , could n't you ? |
| 30 | Well , she 'd simply have to depend on luck to get her through . |