Example sentences of "have [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost of photocopying can mount up if you have to go to a local shop and pay several pence a sheet , whereas there are very likely to be local supporters who have photocopiers and are willing to run off a hundred copies at no charge . |
| 2 | Bereaved pet owners no longer have to go to a cemetery to give their cat or dog a loving send off . |
| 3 | Perhaps when their children have to go to a run-down , underfunded , understaffed State school they will understand why most of the country is up in arms about the state of the education system . |
| 4 | And , and even if you were on night duty you 'd be on night duty for twelve hours , you 'd come off at eight in the morning and have to go to a lecture at nine . |
| 5 | I have to go to a cocktail party at the Library Association this evening , ’ he went on , ‘ so I 'm afraid I sha n't be able to be the ministering angel . |
| 6 | I do n't know how much the discount is for each game , or wether you have to go to a special members area which probably costs more than without vouchers anyway . |
| 7 | And she 's bringing Alia and Adem to play with you We 're just going to Beckenham because we have to go to a shop there . |
| 8 | He greeted her calmly and as he turned the ignition key he said , ‘ I have to see to a young leopard and treat the hippo , who , they tell me , is a bit off colour . |
| 9 | Now that tax rates on income have fallen to a maximum of 40% , there is less incentive for individuals to buy low coupon gilts to take advantage of the tax-free capital appreciation . |
| 10 | Since 1945 conversion rates have fallen to a lower level , of about 15,000 — 17,000 ha , and this is considered to be the direct result of stricter planning controls . |
| 11 | Global ozone levels have fallen to a record low , according to measurements by NASA 's Nimbus-7 weather satellite . |
| 12 | Much less satisfactory , however , is the harsh rule that holds a writer responsible for unintentional defamation , where readers have jumped to a conclusion which was never intended . |
| 13 | Unfortunately for the interesting diversity of the old breeds , the Scandinavian nations have in recent years developed official breeding policies designed to create uniform national breeds by amalgamation , with the result that other breeds have largely been replaced and are now almost extinct , often making way for most untypical horned , pied breeds which have relied to a greater or lesser extent on imported Ayrshires and Friesians . |
| 14 | Once the seedlings have developed to a reasonable size , they should be transplanted in the aquarium . |
| 15 | ‘ War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions , when they have developed to a certain stage , between classes , nations , states , or political groups , and it has existed ever since the emergence of private property and of classes . ’ |
| 16 | My hon. Friends the Members for Croydon , North-West and for Ealing , North ( Mr. Greenway ) have referred to a vocational/non-vocational divide within our proposals . |
| 17 | Pundits are unanimous that recovery has arrived , but the string of statistics which have pointed to a vigorous upturn in the early part of the year have been greeted with caution . |
| 18 | Whereas Marxism-Leninism does not always take a wholly positive attitude towards the peasantry , identifying petit bourgeois tendencies — particularly amongst the less impoverished — which can make them a sometimes unreliable ally , Mariátegui and subsequent Latin American Marxists have pointed to a dual oppression — both economic and racial . |
| 19 | Measurements taken by American satellites have pointed to a reduction of approximately 0.35–1.00 per cent per year through the 1980s which can not be explained by variations in the solar cycle ( Bowman , 1988 ) . |
| 20 | Some scientists have pointed to a recent brightening of the sun as an important contributory factor to global warming . |
| 21 | Firstly , different studies have pointed to an important role for somatostatin , present in paracrine cells in the antral mucosa , in the regulation of gastrin release under physiological and pathophysiological conditions . |
| 22 | Local tax offices now have to report to a central-control office . |
| 23 | My eyes have to adjust to a more brilliant light . |
| 24 | Often these people , who have responded to a need , are living out their Christian commitment . |
| 25 | More airlines have responded to a campaign to ban wild-caught birds from their flights . |
| 26 | At present , eight schools in the Region have responded to an invitation to submit proposals under these headings , and all are likely to receive funding . |
| 27 | Prices have dropped to a reasonable level , and we have buyers competing for them , with gazumping going on . |
| 28 | In the name of Allah , things have come to a pretty pass if the tabloids are influencing England 's selection policy . |
| 29 | Matters have come to a head with the publication of a new and more detailed insurance group rating system which insurers say will enable them to pinpoint the higher risk models more accurately . |
| 30 | But things have come to a pretty pass when obesity is confused with the wobbly bits the good Lord designed for girls — the bits that should stick out at the front and back of a strapless ballgown . |