Example sentences of "[noun sg] to have [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worse still , in their programmes of records , of which there are many , it is common practice to have to endure several minutes of discussion on the item to be played . |
| 2 | It 's a shame to have to write that sort of thing into a contract , but you ca n't trust the buggers . ’ |
| 3 | However , it goes against the grain to have to say this , as it is our land after all . |
| 4 | ‘ After eight months , I recently won an admission from the BMA that our proposals in the White Paper would not and could not cause any doctor to have to refuse any patient medicines which that patient would need . |
| 5 | We had to explain to them what a three-dimensional , you know , lock-up page was and why , you know , gutters were a certain width and if you had column rules and gutters , you know , why they were centered and why you could n't , if you had a wide margin below three columns of text why you did n't move the gutter beyond where the text was n't so white , or why you did n't move it down and have it join a rule here because it would have been a real pain in the arse to have to do that in metal , so you just sit and do it . |
| 6 | Mr Lang stated : ‘ I 'm not going to start answering specific questions about specific aspects of how one of the individual solutions we may chose will apply until we have reached a conclusion about the right way forward then we can address this issue and debate it fully , but as things stand at present I see no reason to have to change that law . ’ |
| 7 | Now that 's a bit of a change for a recruiter to have to do that . |