Example sentences of "have a [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 But the t we did have a telephone to the post office when it first came .
2 I do n't have a thermometer to hand , but I 'll settle for 101 .
3 In the first and fourth examples , the individuals would have a contribution to advice and assistance , after 1 April , of £7 .
4 A subordinate may have a responsibility for which he will be called to account by his superior ; a board of directors may have a responsibility to its shareholders ; and a government in a democracy will have a responsibility to the electorate .
5 A subordinate may have a responsibility for which he will be called to account by his superior ; a board of directors may have a responsibility to its shareholders ; and a government in a democracy will have a responsibility to the electorate .
6 As Leader of the House , does not he have a responsibility to the whole House ?
7 And she did have a responsibility to her students .
8 If Labour returns to power , we shall have a return to the bad old days : Labour councils will be able to spend , spend , spend .
9 It seems to me from looking at the figures within the projections that what North Yorkshire are are planning is that we 'll have a return to that widening black area that 's part of that particular diagram .
10 Well , It was a good question and I did n't have a clue to the answer .
11 What would be the position if I sold the house back to my father , who is 65 years old — would I have a liability to CGT and what discount , if any , could I offer my father ?
12 So she rushed out and then the came in and said can you go and have a chat to her .
13 about six o'clock I 'd quite like to go and have a chat to Bob otherwise if he
14 Their low cost means that a secretary can have a computer to herself instead of having to compete for time with many other users from other departments in the company .
15 For example , someone who has just completed a questionnaire ( at T 1 ) on nutrition may have a response to a film on food additives different from that which they would have had in the absence of the questionnaire .
16 Consumers should have a choice to ‘ buy ’ what they want .
17 At least you will have a chance to air some of your ideas on the way forward for tourism in Wales .
18 She thought , ‘ I shall count , very steadily , all the way there and then I sha n't have a chance to be afraid , ’ and then the carriage turned right out of the driveway and went past the orchard wall and with a leap of pleasure , she thought , ‘ In two days the hens will be there !
19 It sounded like an interesting job — the play was a futuristic drama set in the twenty-first century , and the director said she 'd have a chance to really let her imagination run riot on the styles .
20 Would n't have a chance to would we ? .
21 On assumptions similar to those made in the preceding paragraph Labour would win 21 of the 30 constituency seats , would have a claim to 25 seats altogether , and would therefore be awarded four list seats .
22 As far as they have been able to check , they believe that they are the only two Scottish CAs in partnership together in Australia , but we would be interested in hearing from anyone who thinks that they might have a claim to that title .
23 But you do have a right to be there and to be heard .
24 The land of a descent group is said to belong to the group as a whole and an outsider to the group does not have a right to cultivation inside the group territory when a member of the gens does so already .
25 Locke further explains , therefore , why one man should have a right to this land and these crops , another to that .
26 Rather than arguing that elderly people should automatically have a right to all forms of screening or other selective treatments , we should ask whether such programmes should be in Operation at all , and if the resources would not be better deployed in alternative approaches .
27 It was not properly inflation proofed , but anyone who paid national insurance contributions , even at the reduced rate , during that period will have a right to some graduated pension , however small , or to an equivalent amount from an employer 's scheme .
28 It would be more accurate to say that although we do not have a right to such things we do have freedom to do them .
29 Only if some people , ‘ because of their special circumstances — because they are crippled or lack talents prized in the market , or for some such reason — end up below the minimum standard of living required to lead a decent , self-fulfilling life at all ’ ( Dworkin , 1978a , pp. 244 , 258 ) would they have a right to ‘ a minimum standard ’ , even at the expense of the general welfare .
30 My daughter finds everyday learning fun because it involves doing things together , but what of the working mother , or the one who has other children demanding all her attention , or the low-income family — do n't they have a right to pre-school education too ?
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