Example sentences of "have [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It also enabled moderate Republicans to avoid an open break with Bush on the issue , and saved the Democrats from a potentially damaging veto battle which they seemed one vote short of winning and which would again have highlighted for white voters the identification of Democrats with minority issues .
2 ( ii ) Second reading In his discussions with the Leader of the House relating to the Bill , the Minister will have arranged for certain times ( usually a day or two , but perhaps up to eight days ) to have been set aside for the second reading debate .
3 These days you do not have to go for matching suites of furniture in the dining room , any more than you have to go for three piece suites in the living room .
4 Her publicists would have to search for other stars to publicise .
5 ‘ We do not have to search for critical mass , ’ Sir Denys points out .
6 We will have to arrange for advance publicity , set up an office and make arrangements to show prospective buyers around .
7 Schools will therefore have to plan for possible alterations in price and salary changes throughout the year .
8 Even if someone wanted to have their dog put down they could have applied for financial help . ’
9 Our quarry secured a table in the far corner and , as soon as I glimpsed him , I could have laughed for sheer joy .
10 A biomaterial may also have to function for long periods of time in the body .
11 Because you can remain in service until the age of sixty five , if you so choose erm and draw your pension , you do actually have to apply for normal age retirement .
12 I would have sighed for human nature , had it not been for the excellence of my trout and the wine which accompanied it .
13 It is questionable whether the statement of compliance with the code will be audited ; the media will have to look for non-compliance themselves .
14 Given that they would have to look for other offices , the partners decided to take the opportunity to merge the three Isle of Wight offices and reap the benefits of the resulting economies of scale .
15 Therefore the majority of our current staff will have to look for other employment .
16 Just — different , because you 'd be tied up elsewhere , and I would have to look for other friends .
17 She says that they all thought they would have to look for other jobs .
18 We do not have to look for conventional biological survival values of traits like religion , music , and ritual dancing , though these may also be present .
19 Eventually , we will have to look for different fuels , according to Larry Jenney , of the US Transportation Research Board , in Washington DC , but fuel efficiency is an essential first step .
20 Nevertheless , the differences in fit from what would be expected of multifactorial inheritance are small and the pattern of familial aggregation indicative of a recessive influence ( with affected sibling pairs predominating over parent-offspring pairs ) could have occurred for other reasons , as discussed below .
21 If they were here , 1 am sure that they would support new clause S. The reason that they are not here is because they feel that they would have to vote for new clause 5 if they were here , so they have absented themselves from the debate .
22 So developers will have to port for optimal performance , ’ reinforcing the potential for confusing application and operating environment choices for users . ’
23 Vincent , steeped in the realism of his culture , could never have settled for external appearance only .
24 An early marriage and five children would have tempered most women 's ambitions and had Emecheta 's marriage been happy , she might have settled for domestic life .
25 They must have longed for quiet and solitude , for space to shed their tears in private , or even to vent their anger , but none of them showed it in public .
26 Had they seen billions of neutrons as well as the heat then they would have known for sure that fusion was occurring ; and may already have begun to worry about their health from prolonged exposure .
27 He may have asked for Norman help against his enemies in 1009 , and a continental source records that he at some point appealed to the French monarch Robert the Pious for assistance , conceivably in the hope that he could exert pressure on the Normans .
28 Yes , it was true he need not have wanted for female companionship over the past months .
29 In the apparent absence of identifiable buildings , market-places can only be inferred from the presence of large open areas near the centres of towns , which could have served for periodic markets and fairs .
30 She sat there going well why should we have to pay for poor people who ca n't be bothered to get jobs , they 're so lazy !
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