Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [adj] to have " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is as much a part of the family as Mrs Lewis 's own baby sons … we think she is very fortunate to have found such a wonderfully happy home . ’ |
| 2 | Consequently , it is rather amusing to have Gergiev tell you that the only thing he misses about the bad old days before perestroika is the order . |
| 3 | It is quite unrealistic to think that you can spend every waking moment working , but it is equally unrealistic to have hobbies and interests which fill every evening and the weekend and for you to expect to pass the course . |
| 4 | It is doubtless embarrassing to have to explain to a client that some needs are recognised but ca n't be met without depriving someone else whose needs are even more urgent . |
| 5 | It is most annoying to have unintelligible chattering somewhere behind you whilst watching the fish or beating the eggs . |
| 6 | Outside the wall , except on the north side , where the river came to its foot , there appears to have been only a single ditch , some 6.5 m ( 21 ft ) wide and 2.5 m ( 8 ft ) deep , which had been truncated by the medieval ditch ; it is most likely to have been contemporary with the early rampart . |
| 7 | It is most convenient to have a relatively small room near the byre for mixing and storing feeds in the short term . |
| 8 | HIRE AUTHORITY Although it is undeniably preferable to have your own well-made dinner suit , hiring is nevertheless an increasingly viable alternative . |
| 9 | As to the unfair and entirely predictable venom that was poured on the head of my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford ( Mr. Tebbit ) a moment ago , it is increasingly impossible to have a sensible talk about sensitive matters without such abuse . |
| 10 | One of the difficulties confronting students of Renaissance literature is that , at a time when critical and cultural theory is asking us to expand our familiarity with a wider range of reading , it is increasingly difficult to have access to the range of texts we would like to read . |
| 11 | It is clearly helpful to have a cause that readily attracts the sympathy of influential people . |
| 12 | Although there may not be any benefit on mortality from very good diabetic control immediately following myocardial infarction , it is clearly undesirable to have uncontrolled diabetes at this time . |
| 13 | With the inferential approach it is clearly necessary to have a good understanding of the psychological processes involved in performing the test procedures we use and good theories of those processes themselves . |
| 14 | Incidentally , it is also useful to have a list of relevant phone numbers . |
| 15 | It is also useful to have an archaeologist examine the area while construction work is going on since archaeological remains are not always easily recognized by those concerned with construction . |
| 16 | It is also helpful to have some knowledge of trends in publishing . |
| 17 | It is also helpful to have the LH simply read down the list of words before you start the actual checking . |
| 18 | It is also helpful to have the names of any handicapped people in the area so if you are a parent or an aunt or a friend , again give the name of the person to someone with a board at the back of the church — age does not matter ( our oldest handicapped SPRED friend is 70 ) . |
| 19 | It is also essential to have some way of measuring distance from this boundary region . |
| 20 | It is also possible to have your dog 's bite and eyes certified by the veterinary surgeon while the dog is sedated . |
| 21 | It is also possible to have locating systems fitted to all muzzled ferrets but a snag is revealed when a number are used together . |
| 22 | It is also possible to have what seem like experiences of past-life regression while dreaming . |
| 23 | It is also possible to have a rigidly fixed exchange rate system in which the exchange values of currencies are fixed in terms of some common unit such as gold . |
| 24 | It is also desirable to have the possibility of shifting staff between design and operational duties . |
| 25 | It is also supposed to have a therapeutic effect of a ‘ brutal , surgical ’ separation of unconscious and rational convictions in order ‘ to cure us of our images or at least to limit their power ’ . |
| 26 | If you choose where to sit or loiter carefully , however , avoiding the principal sea front by the casino , it is just possible to have an illusory few minutes of the old Biarritz . |
| 27 | It is desperately important to have an outside interest if you 're in politics . |
| 28 | But it is obviously undesirable to have ex parte residence orders other than very occasionally . |
| 29 | It is obviously impractical to have bulky salivary glands in the slender retractile proboscis and they lie at its inner end , anterior of the cerebral commissure . |
| 30 | However , it is obviously essential to have some way of comparing the cost and reward of borrowing and lending in this way with other methods which pay interest . |