Example sentences of "have to have an [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A church has to have an intangible atmosphere , a kind of presence which you are aware of . ’
2 Any legal system has to have an ideological base which represents an ideological alliance between the ruling class and other classes and class fractions .
3 She 'd always had to have an imaginary life simultaneously , as the real one was inadequate .
4 ‘ The directive will say hotels of a certain size will have to have an automatic fire detection system permanently linked to a manned location for calling the fire brigade . ’
5 Well the annual parish we do have to have an annual parish meeting .
6 There are occasional unconscious barriers , as in many high-tech organisations , but IBM does n't have to have an official Equal Opportunities Manager , and that is probably a good sign .
7 A specialist or comprehensive assessment can be arranged without having to have an initial assessment first .
8 I also think that we are going to have to have an ecological assessment to make sure that there are no special habitats there .
9 The coffin had to have an extra lining and the lid was screwed down earlier than it might have been , so that nobody could look on them dead , except the undertaker who came to the house and wore a mask and Liam who insisted on being with them all the time .
10 Er , the Police Authority last year I think actually had to have an extra nine hundred thousand pounds of spending , the budget was funded by the constituent 's authorities , erm , and we 've already for next year in fact , made available effectively six hundred thousand pounds worth of extra spending by erm , various means , so I would hope that erm , the authority does use as , as much prudence and restraint in its financial affairs as possible , because of the , the effects on all , all concerned .
11 The hazard of this diet was that patients had to have an alternative source of energy so they turned to fat .
12 It was not until 1868 that every train travelling more than 20 miles ( 32 km. ) without stopping had to have an efficient means of communication with the guard and driver .
13 For plotting a course you had to have an accurate speedometer .
14 My toes went gangrenous and I had to have an arterial bypass .
15 Each infantry battalion and armoured regiment had to have an operational ‘ peg ’ , but much of the sting was taken out of the Sandys Reformation , as far as the Army was concerned , by many of its regiments having 2nd and 3rd battalions , which could be amalgamated with 1st battalions as National Servicemen ran out , thus preserving regimental traditions .
16 He had to have an ulterior motive .
17 You have to have an epic car if you 're going on an epic journey . ’
18 Officially , since you have to have an official existence , you have a nationality of which you are either proud or fond .
19 You just have to have an official order
20 You have to have an equal diameter mass from the nut to the bridge , because otherwise the vibrating mass is not equal and the string just wo n't divide equally and harmonically .
21 Er , well draw a line , you do have to have an extra row put on it .
22 We have to have an approved caterer which and what 's gon na happen is that those two room that the room where the weld and the wool were , we 're gon na virtually be sealed off
23 These people have to have an objective understanding of both culture bases and of the professional implications involved .
24 You have to have an open mind I always think with these things .
25 We have to have an open mind on that , whether the victims were known to the killer or whether there is a grudge . ’
26 Tomorrow we have to get up at 6.30 ( on a Sunday ! ) in order to go with the participants on the course to a commune outside Nanking , to do our ‘ Open-door Schooling ’ — Open-door Schooling is an essential part of the Chinese political philosophy of education — i.e. educational institutions have to have an open door and renew their contacts with industry and agriculture .
27 So who says you have to have an able body to be an able seaman or seawoman .
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