Example sentences of "have [to-vb] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Our perception of the pub has to work at a number of levels — mostly obvious , but nonetheless worth clarifying .
2 You 'll have to look at a map .
3 You 'll have to look at a map , a map on the wall in the tube .
4 So it 's nought , point , six , two , so for our thirty seven minutes it 's , four point six , two , there we are look , but the thing is you can now do it without having to look at a scale
5 You do n't have to start at a attitude , but yeah , if you 're watching for them , and you start to see signals , you need to be aware of these , because that 's really the situation , is n't it , that 's why I think you to be aware of influence .
6 As can be imagined , trying to obtain reasonable samples of the general population for relatively short interviews on such topics as voting behaviour or food preferences can result in a lot of interviewers having to call at a lot of houses over all towns and cities in the country .
7 But you do n't want to have to look at a woman too much — it 's too romantic . ’
8 He would have done the same in her position if he had to appear at a press conference — appearance was important to Dexter .
9 Then James had to look at a tray containing 20 objects and , when the tray was removed , see how many he could remember .
10 Each campesino had been given instructions to always have ready 20 extra tortillas in case we had to leave at a moment 's notice , but even so , it was very hard .
11 Any proposals to alter the situation faced by older workers have to work at a number of levels : developing new social roles ; using legislation to change attitudes ; improving work prospects ; raising income levels ; increasing the effectiveness of health and social policies .
12 Have you ever said , ‘ I think I was meant to be big ’ or ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2 lbs ( 0.9kg ) ’ or ‘ I ca n't diet ’ ?
13 ‘ I was a big baby — I 'm obviously meant to be this size ’ , ‘ all my family are big ’ , ‘ I 've tried every diet , they just do n't seem to work for me ’ , ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2lbs ( 0.9kg ) ! ’
14 You only have to look at a prole in this book and it rolls over to have its tummy tickled .
15 The theory argues that we can not develop one universal scientific approach to create the perfect organisational structure , but rather we have to look at a number of variables and see how they interact with each other within particular organisations .
16 ‘ You only have to look at a picture of him when he resigned and compare it with one from six months beforehand .
17 ‘ I know that , ’ Candy returned ruefully , ‘ and it 's always been the bane of my life that you can eat your way through a tuckshop without gaining a pound while I only have to look at a picture of a cream cake to make the scales groan . ’
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