Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to go on special courses to carry guns |
| 2 | I personally think you must be a very unhappy man if you have to go to such lengths to find fault with things . ’ |
| 3 | But New York 's 250,000 commercial concerns have to contract with private hauliers to have their rubbish removed . |
| 4 | I have come into this chapel to commit murder . |
| 5 | This has resulted : from a succession of negotiating rounds within the framework of GATT to reduce tariff levels on a wide range of imports ( with important exceptions ) ; from the policies the IMF and , more recently , the World Bank and other aid agencies have imposed on poor countries to liberalize imports ; and from the policies several countries have pursued ( especially under World Bank tutelage ) to expand their export sectors . |
| 6 | They have prayed for new ways to effect transformation and green consumerism has been revealed to them . |
| 7 | As regards Monktonhall mineworkers ' consortium , it is encouraging that a group of ex-mineworkers have applied to British Coal to take over the pit , and I hope that they can make a success of it . |
| 8 | with the problem of hunger still in evidence in LDCs , some Third World governments have turned to other strategies to make the best use of resources and organise distribution , the onus being on distribution as much as production . |
| 9 | THE English soccer authorities have moved with uncharacteristic speed to try to minimise possible fall-out from the World Cup meeting of England and Holland , the European teams whose supporters are most associated with hooliganism , in the Sardinian capital of Cagliari next summer . |
| 10 | Numerous questions have been asked in the House about the police national computer , but to my knowledge this is the first opportunity we have had in recent times to discuss wider issues . |
| 11 | Others have appealed for retired nurses to help bridge staff shortages . |
| 12 | A group of 25 communicators , sociologists and people from the religious communities of North America and Asia have agreed on specific plans to work together for a more just global communication environment . |
| 13 | Some 40 producers of religious television programmes from 16 countries in Eastern and Western Europe have agreed on practical steps to stimulate the production and exchange of high quality worship services in Europe . |
| 14 | The new scheme , the Social Fund , offers only limited help through grants with the result that most families have to look to discretionary loans to cope with large items of expenditure or with an emergency . |
| 15 | I have called to this pub to see a friend , the tall attractive barmaid in black , the Irish one , my lover 's ex , by the way . |
| 16 | Britain 's Liberal Democrats have called for urgent measures to tackle the health risks posed by air pollution , including more investment in public transport to cut down on exhaust emissions , the acceptance of World Health Organisation ( WHO ) monitoring guidelines , and an increase in air pollution monitoring stations . |
| 17 | Friends of the Earth have called on FKI plc to launch a full investigation . |
| 18 | Father , you know that we have many links with your people in other lands through those that you have called from this congregation to serve you overseas . |
| 19 | On the other hand , an impressive array of novelists and critics from Thornton Wilder to Henry Miller to Somerset Maugham have competed with each other to hail his prose style , his plots , his insight into human nature . |
| 20 | Your success could be resented by others , which may mean that you have to fight for dear life to hang on to what you 've got , or there will be little time to enjoy your personal or social life . |
| 21 | So far , I have attempted in limited compass to render plausible the claim that an account of law which synthesizes salient features of natural law and positivism is possible . |
| 22 | A spokesman said : ‘ They have gone to great lengths to gather information useful to criminals . ’ |
| 23 | The floors are inexpensively tiled , though they have gone to great lengths to achieve the right effect . |
| 24 | Corporate concern in the US tuna industry has been far more interested in maintaining profits than in saving dolphins , and they have gone to great lengths to protect their commercial interests . |
| 25 | However , the hon. Gentleman will know that the Government have gone to great lengths to help the Northern Ireland economy and I am sure that the measures that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is taking will continue to alleviate the situation in the Province . |
| 26 | A number of companies have gone to great pains to point out to the shareholders that the goodwill adjustment does not affect the company 's net asset value , but Company Reporting named a number of companies that have actively avoided showing the full extent of losses on disposal . |
| 27 | Because of concern about the trouble , the British authorities have gone to great length to prevent hooligans getting to Italy . |
| 28 | The Bible laws of mikva are so important for women , that women have gone to extraordinary lengths to keep them . |
| 29 | Or who have gone to other humans to get help either for their own kind or for others with whom they are associated , human or otherwise . |
| 30 | Signs that you have gone to some trouble to find out about the firm will be very much in your favour . |