Example sentences of "have [verb] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | People have to choose whether to pay back their debts or feed their children . |
| 2 | Having reached the end of the second sentence , we have to decide whether to repeat what we have already written , or introduce something new as a contrast or relief . |
| 3 | I have to decide whether to put in my poems and short stories and a series of LETTERS , originally called LETTERS TO x ( some 180 very short letters written in three days in about two years ago ) rather in the writing style of the legendary DEAR ABBIE written in the 1920s ( or 30s ? you are bound to know ! ) by Dane Chandos . |
| 4 | It 's less tiring because otherwise you 've got to come in during the afternoon , then you have to decide whether to go back to the hotel or stay at the show . |
| 5 | The latter have to decide whether to stop trying or to resort to more unconventional methods in the hope that government will be sufficiently embarrassed by the ensuing mayhem to consult them . |
| 6 | The prisoner 's dilemma — a game where two players have to decide whether to co-operate with each other or cheat — has long been of great interest to economists . |
| 7 | Then the trustees have to decide whether to distribute it or not ; keep it for future expenses and things like that . |
| 8 | It is considered more conventional for girls to take arts subjects than sciences ; as convergers tend to be more conventional in outlook , girls are in something of a double bind — they have to decide whether to follow their inclinations or to make a ‘ conventional ’ choice . |
| 9 | When it is apparent that external circumstances have changed , you have to decide whether to cry chicken and run too early , or continue to reinforce and spend time , money and ever increasing numbers of your best people , who are invariably sucked into the most difficult areas of the battle , trying to fight a war which you can not win . |
| 10 | Spurs have to decide whether to recall Stewart to their attack or stick to a successful formula . |
| 11 | ‘ But I have a few more days before Chelsea have to decide whether to buy me . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I have to decide whether to get a goalkeeper on loan for the rest of the season in case something happens to Pears . |