Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [modal v] have [prep] be " in BNC.

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1 If they decide to arrest me and throw me in gaol , my plans will have to be drastically altered … ’
2 I knew from the moment I saw my squashed , bloated foot and my ankle that my trousers would have to be cut off .
3 But their reasons will have to be good !
4 The Council of Ministers could not function with so many interests present , and many of its powers would have to be shifted to central EEC institutions .
5 Other differences flow from the fact that whereas the rights of shareholders depend mainly on the provision of the company 's articles , which will have been drafted in the interests of the company , those of debentureholders depend upon the terms of a contract between lender and borrower and its terms will have to be acceptable to the lender .
6 He meant that her skirts would have to be tucked up around her waist .
7 One of its themes will have to be the confusion in our morality that the epidemic has exposed , and this has been much in evidence in the past few days in response to the ludicrous concert in commemoration of Freddie Mercury , and then the renewal of the controversial theory that Aids may not be linked to HIV at all , but instead , to cite one example , to promiscuous sexual activity that reputedly attacks the immune system .
8 Its decisions would have to be accepted by a majority of both the employers ' and the teachers ' representatives , but the government would retain the right to impose a settlement in the case of a deadlock .
9 Their interests will have to be taken into account .
10 Should a mother be encouraged to work , in which case her children might have to be taken into the workhouse , or should she and the children be given outdoor relief ?
11 It had not been easy without existing contacts in the region , and their reports would have to be treated with caution for a while , but on the whole he felt he had achieved as much as could have been expected .
12 The Trias in this country was a time of desert conditions so that the forms exhumed from beneath its rocks will have to be compared with modern desert landforms .
13 He made it clear to Verdeţ that some way around his promises would have to be found , but one which would not simply revive the workers ' militancy .
14 Maxwell still thinks he can run this himself , pay up and leave with his daughter rather than keep his money and have the case come to court so that his affairs might have to be examined — that could cost him more than the ransom .
15 For instance , being in the business , and purporting to understand the wider implications , our designs would have to be sensitive to the practicalities and compromises involved in production — whether or not these instruments ever got to that stage .
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