Example sentences of "[noun pl] have had to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The field would be the maximum allowed on the course for safety and several lightweights had had to be balloted out . |
| 2 | They had had high priority since the fuel crisis of February 1947 , but boilers and site work had in many cases been delayed ( mainly because of steel shortages ) so that 300–400MW of plant completed by the turbo-alternator manufacturers had had to be put in store for a year or more . |
| 3 | In a few instances the height difference between the route and the surrounding ground has meant that steps have had to be installed . |
| 4 | In a few instances the height difference between the route and the surrounding ground has meant that steps have had to be installed . |
| 5 | Not even all Conservative politicians were happy with the implications of the notion of compulsory sales , particularly as they might affect rural areas , and certain safeguards have had to be incorporated . |
| 6 | In the past few years two academic posts have had to be frozen to keep the photographic collection and library funded . |
| 7 | Only small areas have had to be re-drilled because of flooding , although that can mean relatively large areas in some localities . |
| 8 | The Australians have had to be content with the second favourites slot in front of their home crowd . |
| 9 | Surrey managers said that many elderly day patients who would normally be carried by non-emergency crews have had to be readmitted to hospital in the past three months . |
| 10 | True , the men at City Hall admit , belts have had to be tightened since a recessionary squeeze in 1991 . |
| 11 | So far the evidence for drinking water prosecutions has had to be wrung from the Water Authorities themselves . |
| 12 | This was the branch line station from which , in time long past , my grandfather 's forgotten London guests had had to be retrieved . |
| 13 | Pending the finalisation of the selection scheme additional applications have had to be made for approval of an interim scheme for entry in 1992/93 and a developed scheme for 1993/94 . |
| 14 | But exceptions have had to be made for words like prie-Dieu ( prayer-stool ) , which will remain without an x in the plural so as to avoid blasphemous implications . |
| 15 | It is now commonplace to say that the Thatcher governments have had to be highly interventionist in order to extend the market , increase the rights of consumers , and reduce producer power . |
| 16 | As you 've heard we 've been cutting costs pretty significantly over the last couple of years erm what we 're talking about is three thousand people having been er made redundant over the two and a half years and as we were saying earlier substantial redundancy costs have had to be borne . |
| 17 | Since the building of the huge medieval tithe barns , constant changes in farming methods have meant that most farm buildings have had to be adapted to new uses or else demolished or simply abandoned to the elements . |
| 18 | Physical access to the building where Leisure Choice is based is difficult ; other buildings have had to be used for our meetings . |
| 19 | This has been no small task , Mr Chairman , as a mass of conflicting evidence from a variety of sources has had to be sifted . |
| 20 | Post-school education for young people with disabilities and learning difficulties has had to be fought for . |
| 21 | This has meant that questions have had to be asked . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , the decision to sell Saatchi 's ailing business consultancy division has put additional strains on Saatchi management and a number of senior managers have had to be moved to new positions . |
| 23 | No wonder specialist media departments and even media buying businesses have had to be established , and a vast body of research into every aspect of media has been undertaken . |
| 24 | At the time the first radiocarbon dates were calculated , the half-life was thought to be around 5,568 years , and so early dates have had to be corrected . |
| 25 | I 'm thinking particularly of the footpaths leading to and climbing up the side of Malham Cove , where artificial ways have had to be created to cope with erosion caused by millions of feet . |
| 26 | In addition to the cuts in its ground forces , some military orders have had to be postponed . |
| 27 | Erm that is an area where , that and road traffic accidents which has grown considerably in , in the time that I 've been in the service in more recent years , which has become more sophisticated , the equipment has become more sophisticated , the techniques have had to be developed to deal with them and firemen are becoming more expert in , in handling these er er situations with , with equipment er which is much more technical , and , and er |
| 28 | The Gospel Green wooden truckle ends have had to be replaced with pvc equivalents to satisfy current health standard requirements . |
| 29 | At first the local farmers provided any bales of straw they had left , but in recent years the bales have had to be bought and transported from Selby . |
| 30 | Plummer , a bank manager in Camborne , commented : ‘ All sorts of arrangements have had to be made , which I thought would be difficult . |