Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [noun pl] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the council is defending its decision … it says it has to find savings to balance its budget . |
| 2 | We ve had to sell players to fund it . |
| 3 | She used to be with Grand Metropolitan and now , apparently , they 've had to appoint men to fill her post . |
| 4 | He was a river pilot in the sailing ship days and look at him now , having to catch elvers to supplement his income . |
| 5 | Do you have to walk miles to turn him out or bring him in ? |
| 6 | Campaigning for carriage of cycles on public transport ( we do n't like people having to use cars to get their bikes into the countryside ! ) ; |
| 7 | It would be pointless it would be messy it would be inelegant and it would create the problem of the relations between the two , you 'd have to have transformations to get you from one to the other . |
| 8 | Of course , he would probably have to raise taxes to rebuild his ideal country , and shoot a few of his highest officers before jealousy got the better of them , but that was only natural . |
| 9 | Chances of advancement are good although you may have to move agencies to get it . |
| 10 | Once you have cured the water pollution problem , you will have to take steps to avoid it happening again . |
| 11 | You had to frighten kids to make them behave , but there was no need to scare them too much . |
| 12 | When my rheumatoid arthritis was very bad it has been very bad and very chronic , and it still can be some days , erm I had more ways of getting up and down those stairs and I got up and down , but I had to invent ways to do it . |
| 13 | Most of the officers had to send orderlies to fetch their bows . |
| 14 | He 'd never had a good word to say for them before , a bunch o' thieving magpies , he always said , living off the fat of the land while he had to pay taxes to keep 'em . |
| 15 | The campaign was launched after parents in the east end complained they had to travel miles to take their children to nurseries . |
| 16 | This neatly matches the region 's external debt and , says David Forrest — underwriting director of the London-based political risk insurer EIGA — ‘ we have to encourage investors to give it the ability to earn the foreign exchange to repay that debt . ’ |
| 17 | Here in North Oxford we have to consider ways to get our streets cleaned better ; how to redevelop the area ( especially the West of the ward ) without spoiling it ; and how to cut down the nuisance and pollution of rush hour traffic . |
| 18 | It seems sometimes to be supposed that what is commendable about a communicative approach to language teaching is that it does not , as a structural approach does , have to get learners to puzzle their heads with grammar . |
| 19 | Yes , that does include you — it does n't mean you have to have examinations to prove it . |
| 20 | Then the flowers have to have devices to force their pollen on the insect . |
| 21 | This could be easier ; you still have to insert codes to control which of your MailList fields should go where , but the manual is helpful on this topic . |
| 22 | this happens automatically with a 1×1 rib , but when we come to the 2×2 ribs we have to take steps to make it happen . |
| 23 | ‘ Calico is horrible to use but you have to make toiles to perfect your design . |
| 24 | Suppliers grumble that GE keeps their margins on contracts so thin that they have to cut corners to fulfil them . |