Example sentences of "[noun] have [prep] [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 To be of any real value core units have to be fairly big for the reasons discussed .
2 Even archer units have to be fairly big , and they need the Bosses , standards and all the trimmings just like other units .
3 ‘ The images have to be just right , the right time of day , the right angle , the right perspective , the right illusion .
4 In fact , mums and dads have to be pretty tough to bring up children nowadays .
5 Because tin lodes are apt to end at any time , miners have to be continually ready to open up new levels or drives , and to extend new ones in a series of crazy changes in direction .
6 This came somewhat late to the RUC because of the added security risks its members run by admitting outsiders , and because police authorities in divided societies like Northern Ireland have to be more sensitive about public perceptions of the police and therefore more conscious of the risks they run through research .
7 And parents have to be appallingly bad before they do .
8 Now we bill out the divisions , okay , and the divisions bills have to be quite accurate , and obviously we one or two extension numbers which are new .
9 Did the choice of alternatives have to be so narrow , so dramatic ?
10 The dogs have to be very bright and able to recognise all the sounds .
11 For a skiing development to win architectural prizes really is extraordinary , particularly since the tough conditions often mean the buildings have to be brutally functional .
12 Two conditions have to be sufficiently satisfied by a Government if its accounts of its performance is to satisfy the electorate .
13 Owners have to be especially vigilant in the first few moments when the dogs are brought back together , and while they settle down to rest .
14 Not , I hope , that ny of my staff or students would batter any of my old ladies but my machines have to be very solid and reliable .
15 And these things have to be instantly recognisable .
16 Things have to be very cheap , ’ he says .
17 First of all , the concept of service excellence has to come from the top ; the partners have to be fully supportive and client care must become an integral part of the organisation .
18 Indeed , Marx argued that in most cases , because the social system is based on exploitation , people have to be consciously unaware of the basis of society if they are to continue working it .
19 People have to be very careful when they have sex together ( sexual intercourse ) .
20 Elsewhere there is a preponderance of older lecturers who have heavy teaching loads , a discouraging success rate for grant applications , and a shortage of people actually to carry out the research , so physics departments have to be very determined indeed to maintain a thriving research programme .
21 Producing much more than 800dpi from a dry toner system is a major problem , the particles have to be very precise and tend to clump together , but this level of quality is probably sufficient for anything an office is ever likely to need .
22 The methods of excavation have to be extremely rigorous , and putting the finds into a dated sequence often relies heavily on individual judgement , although statistical techniques and computers are nowadays used to handle and control the data .
23 Professionals and family members have to be very clear about an individual 's own internal experiences and personal needs ; clearly it is no good pretending , for the sake of normalization , that delusions , hallucinations and abnormal moods do not exist and that aberrant and unsocial behaviour is not a real and sometimes pervasive aspect of mental disorder .
24 Elections have to be less bogus when supervised by Yankee foundations with cash and counsel .
25 Indeed , a popular view amongst community relations police in the area is that many more schools would welcome them but for intimidation , a factor which the community relations police have to be very sensitive towards if they are not to threaten the safety of children and teachers .
26 That 's , that 's true , eh , I mean the alloy in the other ones have to be quite crafty when you get up to twenty two carat for example and eh , very eh , eh , large chunk of gold in it , and it can indeed be very soft , but then you see that 's an eighteen carat ring that I 've had for , worn , all the time for twenty four years
27 Caernarfon MP and Plaid Cymru president Dafydd Wigley added : ‘ Ministers have to be particularly careful with their use of patronage . ’
28 Now claimants have to be both available and be prepared to accept full-time employment .
29 Supermarket trolleys have to be fairly cheap and brakes would make them less economical to produce .
30 At the level of political action two components have to be carefully distinguished .
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