Example sentences of "it have [to-vb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It has to do partly with the feeling , particularly powerful in the 19th century , that the proper role of education , at least at the top end , was to equip gentlemen to run the Empire ; and it seemed reasonable at the time to concentrate not upon mechanics , but upon grand ideals , and the classics were studied as if they were a form of theology , a way of revealing fundamental and lasting human truths This , perhaps , is why anti-science is strongest in Britain , because we took Empire most seriously . |
2 | It has to do rather with the infinite , universal wholeness of all things , of that all-embracing totality which may or may not be labelled ‘ God ’ , but which includes and enfolds everything within itself . |
3 | If trust is to establish itself again , it has to do so by such devious and long-winded means , and it has to use the tools of its antitype . |
4 | There is still real concern about the nature of the assessment process , though now it has to do more with its extreme complexity than with the simplistic naïveté of the earlier proposals , and with the fundamental differences of approach that are emerging between the examiners and the curriculum planners . |
5 | But it has to rely entirely on public donations . |
6 | There were some rumblings of dissatisfaction last Christmas about aspects of the catalogue ; though a market leader among seasonal book catalogues , it has to compete keenly with catalogues from other sectors . |
7 | If the Church is to keep its teenagers , especially , it has to compete successfully with many other attractions and activities which appeal to the young . |
8 | In other words for every three pounds , thirty membership fee , the National Federation it has to pay just over a forty nine pence to Customs and Excise . |
9 | On the contrary , there was attempts to the life of our Emir during the Iraq/Iran war because we were taking relatively trying to be neutral there , and there was a bomb attack on him , and he personally survived it , a few others died , and it had to do directly with the Iran/Iraq war . |
10 | It had to do too with William Blake , at the very beginning of the 19th century , who equated technology with industrialisation and industrialisation with despoliation . |
11 | With its finances balanced precariously , with Ministry restrictions on the appointment of tutor-organisers and the withdrawal of some of the university 's resident tutors , it had to rely heavily on voluntary effort — and no-one who reads the branch or Federation literature of this period can fail to be moved by the zealous commitment of ordinary WEA members , a commitment based upon the sheer love of learning and an earnest desire to offer something worthwhile to society . |
12 | As the unsatisfactoriness of the exercise was clearly not due to any limitations on the part of the participants , it had to lie squarely in the design of the exercise itself . |