Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [ex0] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course there had to be detonations , and of course there had to be shooting practice , but Monday morning was hardly the appropriate time . |
| 2 | Of course there had to be detonations , and of course there had to be shooting practice , but Monday morning was hardly the appropriate time . |
| 3 | And then of course there needs to be a a budget for the rest of the year does n't there ? |
| 4 | Of course there have to be some rules but try and ensure that there is a good reason for them . |
| 5 | But , of course there have to be paradoxes . |
| 6 | As in the days of slavery there seems to be two Jamaicas divided by class and colour . |
| 7 | To be an abuse of process there had to be ‘ some element of bad faith or sharp practice or oppressive or overreaching behaviour or , to use a colloquialism , some form of dirty trick . ’ |
| 8 | Even in this story of co-operation there has to be a hero . |
| 9 | As a rough rule of thumb there seems to be a ratio of 90 per cent teacher comment of the ‘ do n't do ’ and ‘ stop it ’ variety to 10 per cent praise . |
| 10 | For example , for the acquisition of speech there has to be at least adequate hearing , an adequately functioning speech apparatus and the opportunity to hear others ' voices for imitation . |
| 11 | With synthesis there has to be a desired purpose . |
| 12 | Local residents were evacuated in case there needed to be a controlled explosion . |
| 13 | In science there seems to be an odd inversion of stereotypes . |
| 14 | The 386SX machine Xtradrive was installed on showed no tendency to run Windows any the slower — in fact there seemed to be a positive speed benefit , which could only be due to the quicker load times compressed files must enjoy . |
| 15 | We 've heard a lot about the accuracy of the continuing bombardments , but erm anybody who 's been in a war will tell you that erm once you 're in a war situation , things do n't always go the way you expect them to , in fact there has to be an element of luck and erm the accuracy of bombing in particular erm sometimes leaves something to be required . |
| 16 | But in fact there appears to be little a company chairman can do other than try to ride out the fashion of the moment . |
| 17 | In fact there appears to be no doubt that Stalin simply resented the independence that the Yugoslav leaders were displaying and believed they could be brought to heel as easily as communist leaders in other parts of Eastern Europe . |
| 18 | In time there came to be installed six sets of two jigs , each set holding 5 tons in the base and requiring emptying twice weekly . |
| 19 | ‘ But when you go on telly there has to be some compromise , like I swear all the f—ing time , but that does n't bother me , I do n't feel like I 'm selling my life away just to get on the telly . ’ |
| 20 | Museums and archaeology both suffer from chronic under-funding , and at present there seems to be no cause for optimism that this situation will change . |
| 21 | At present there seems to be a contradiction in these ideas since the current ideology stresses growth policy on the one hand yet at the same time supports the notion of tradition . |
| 22 | By contrast there seems to be no increase , or even a decrease , in less serious gastric mucosal injury . |