Example sentences of "they have [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Historically , people have looked to Europe as a place to make up the profit margins they had to give away in the States , ’ Apple spokesperson Frank O'Mahoney admitted to me immediately before launching into a lengthy explanation of how computer prices in Europe are now tumbling to less obscene levels . |
| 2 | They could not afford another campaign : they had run through the treasure inherited from Edward II so quickly that they could not even pay their Hainault mercenaries , and they had to borrow both from the Florentine banking house of Bardi and from English merchants . |
| 3 | They had to walk right past the tramp to enter the church and they made absolutely no attempt to help him in any way . |
| 4 | Change was unstoppable and they had to stay ahead of the game . |
| 5 | Carefully , slowly , Grace and her father tried to get the boat near the rock , but three times they had to pull away at the last minute . |
| 6 | Parishioners say if they want to speak to him they have to do so at the gate . |
| 7 | Bits and pieces are still filtering out from IBM Corp 's conference call with analysts after its third quarter figures last week , and its director of investor relations Jim Clippard finally acknowledged that IBM could cut its workforce even more than the 25,000 announced in December , late in second quarter or in the third quarter : ‘ It 's clear to me that they have to go well beyond the 25,000 , ’ said PaineWebber analyst Stephen Smith , ‘ Maybe even 50,000 ; ’ analysts told Reuter that IBM said the majority of its targeted 25,000 plus staffers will leave the company during the second quarter , leaving it open to another plan in the second half of 1993 . |
| 8 | They have to fly increasingly by the seat of their pants , knowing that their trouser-material is sometimes not going to be strong enough to hold them up . |
| 9 | Finely spread bait means they have to work hard for a meal and therefore remain in the swim for the maximum length of time . |
| 10 | If people think that the exchange rate will fall further , importers will buy now before the rate does fall and they have to pay more for the imports . |