Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun] had [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Crude ’ and ‘ loud ’ , according to Eugene Zukor ( in an industry where these traits had to be marked to draw comment ) , he was in frequent conflict with his collaborators . |
| 2 | Subsequent or alternative drinks had to be paid for at saloon-bar prices , so Clive managed to turn a profit on the evening . |
| 3 | Where several components had to be soldered together it was vital that the heating for the last piece to be attached did not melt the solder already in place . |
| 4 | An approved rod or other instrument had to be used for this purpose , and the punishment was not to be applied more than two hours after the offence . |
| 5 | Where most instructions had to be given verbally , you needed a lot of people to do it . |
| 6 | Previously when bottlenecks arose in the benefit delivery system regional or local decisions had to be made that might affect implementation , now there is a central ‘ directorate ’ which is likely to be involved in the examination of policy feasibility and which plays an important part in determining how policy is implemented . |
| 7 | The cases involved the states of Minnesota ( where both parents had to be informed 48 hours prior to an abortion ) , and Ohio ( where 24 hours ' notice to one parent was required ) . |
| 8 | This meant that reserve assets had to be at least 12½ per cent of eligible liabilities . |
| 9 | Mr Delors admitted that economic reality had to be taken into account , but he said the timetable of January 1 , 1999 , at the latest was on course . |
| 10 | The siting of the machine-guns inside the pillboxes provided interlocking zones of fire , which meant that each position had to be attacked and taken out individually . |
| 11 | It is however impossible to believe that among these — bearing in mind that each applicant had to be sponsored by some reputable person — there were , as some claimed , barbers , man-milliners , tailors , shoemakers , mercers , mutton pie men , rat catchers , razor-strop makers , razor grinders , a druggist 's porter , insolvent debtors , and in general , the out-at-elbow fraternity . |
| 12 | Lord Wheatley said ( at p830A-B ) that although each case had to be decided on its own facts , there were four guidelines to assist in determining whether the valuer had the benefit of arbitral immunity . |
| 13 | Senior ministers last night emphasised that the British position had remained unchanged since the Madrid summit , where they had stressed that adequate preparation had to be made long before stages II and III of the Delors plan could be settled . |
| 14 | Senior ministers last night emphasised that the British position had remained unchanged since the Madrid summit , where they had stressed that adequate preparation had to be made long before stages II and III of the Delors plan could be settled . |
| 15 | In particular , the rapid ossification of the Soviet hardline position in the East and the Cold War division which resulted from this meant that clear decisions had to be taken . |
| 16 | Thus the court has modified a use covenant in a lease for the purposes of a rent review ( The Law Land Company Ltd v Consumers ' Association Ltd ( 1980 ) 255 EG 617 , in which Brightman LJ recognised that some modification had to be made to the strict wording of the rent review clause if it was to work . |
| 17 | On behalf of the defendant it was argued that some limitation had to be placed on the word " practice " and the natural and proper limitation was to imply the words " as medical practitioners " . |
| 18 | He was not slow in pointing out that some facts had to be taught , and learnt , for which there was not , nor sometimes was there ever likely to be , a satisfactory explanation . |
| 19 | The main problem for engineers was the location of underground rivers in the area , and more than 300 columns had to be put in to support the shopping centre . |
| 20 | Although the Board of Trade had been notified that the company proposed to construct a depôt in torr Road , Penge , this site turned out to be on a section of route which it was no longer intended to construct , so another site had to be found . |
| 21 | Independence three years later meant that this arrangement had to be altered . |
| 22 | It is indicative of the particular local society in Sheffield that this gesture had to be made . |
| 23 | He warned the congress that old dogmas had to be abandoned and new principles adopted for the changing times . |
| 24 | When he came out , Kahn was advancing the thesis that thermo-nuclear war had to be made into a practical proposition , because a totally disarmed world which renounced war was unbelievable . |
| 25 | But even in Etruria , although different processes had to be synchronised , the rhythm of labour was still determined by hand work . |
| 26 | In Hong Kong yesterday the Group of Seven leading industrial nations said they wanted to give new help to Moscow 's reforms , but both they and Russia 's deputy premier stressed that future aid had to be tailored to win Russian hearts and minds . |
| 27 | He declined to comment on a looming trade war between the US and the European Community , stressing that such problems had to be dealt with by Bush , who Clinton insists is the US 's only president for the next two and a half months . |
| 28 | To recognise that reality meant that such plans had to be rigorously controlled to take account of actual conditions . |
| 29 | This illustrates the need for effective skills training , but it was agreed that such training had to be voluntary and should provide some incentive to encourage unemployed people to take it up . |
| 30 | Garway was a staunch Royalist , who nevertheless , like his early associate John Vaughan , seemed to believe that constant vigilance had to be exercised to prevent the loss of England 's liberties or the wasting of its wealth . |