Example sentences of "[adj] that it [vb past] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm just sorry that it had to be Oldham . ’ |
| 2 | The picture was so circumstantial that it began to be convincing , and Harry 's heart hammered in his breast with hope and dread . |
| 3 | At the extreme , some nuclear waste was so intensely radioactive that it had to be kept isolated from the human environment for thousands of years . |
| 4 | Their clothing was so radioactive that it had to be destroyed . |
| 5 | Fortunately for the Labour Party , the position of the Tories as the party of government was less secure that it appeared to be in the late '50s . |
| 6 | It was so bad that it had to be buried in quick lime in Toby Wood ; special ‘ funeral ’ cards were printed for the occasion . |