Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [vb pp] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a huge amount of detail and the technique has got to be perfect otherwise the painting should be an absolute mess . |
| 2 | There 's a huge amount of detail and the technique has got to be perfect otherwise the painting should be an absolute mess . |
| 3 | The McGhee decision has proved to be controversial as the plaintiff never established that the defendant was a cause of his damage . |
| 4 | In good British fashion , however , that change has tended to be piecemeal rather than comprehensive . |
| 5 | Moreover each kind has continued to be important ; it is not a simple question of successive stages . |
| 6 | The intonation on your guitar has got to be perfect , because you 're fretting strings behind the glass and that has to be just right . |
| 7 | Turnour has changed from being relaxed and comfortable with what he was about to do to feeling uneasy in a strange environment which has now put him in a bad mood . |
| 8 | Allen ( 1983 ) argued that provided treatment is directed at the underlying cause , most leg ulcers will heal spontaneously , which experience has proved to be true . |
| 9 | The Association has continued to be active since 1946 , monitoring the progress of new towns and seeking to further the principles and practice of good planning . |
| 10 | The link with Labour has got to be more than just signing a cheque . |
| 11 | After leaving the Navy , it took a little time to become used to a normal bed again , as the hammock had proved to be such an ideal sleeping arrangement . |
| 12 | His attitude has changed from being one of someone superior punishing someone who had insulted him to that of him being a bully and chasing down a poor wretch . |
| 13 | However , so far the attitude has tended to be sympathetic — it is not , after all , in the creditors ' interests to exclude a member and thereby reduce earning potential . |
| 14 | But now that the question has ceased to be one of recognition , the theoretical possibility of rebuttal must exist . |
| 15 | The underlying philosophy has tried to be selective in aiming at farmers with intermediate and non-viable enterprises . |
| 16 | Yet most people would agree that the fax machine has got to be one of life 's easier contraptions to master . |
| 17 | But in spite of the immense authority which he now possessed , his poetry had ceased to be fashionable or " chic " in the way that The Waste Land or even Ash-Wednesday had originally been : the new , or at least young , poets were no longer particularly interested in what he had to show them . |
| 18 | The deputy editor had tried to be helpful . |
| 19 | If this process was properly carried out as a matter of public law , then the consequential private law right of the plaintiff was simply a right to the accommodation which the council had decided to be suitable . |
| 20 | The Newcastle boss had hoped to be able to reveal the identity of the player yesterday before the move hit a hitch . |
| 21 | So he 's filling in the application form of the dating agency , he said the girl 's got to be five foot ten , living in China , |
| 22 | Work 's got to be social . |
| 23 | Hateley has got to be one of the best target me in Britain . |
| 24 | In some cases such strife has proved to be recurrent over twenty years , as in Zaire , Sudan , and Burundi and in others more or less endemic , as in Chad and Uganda and in Ethiopia in its fight to contain Eritrea . |
| 25 | The product has proved to be stable over the anticipated lifespan of the building and has advantages over alternative methods of roof insulation , namely , energy efficiency , ease of installation and speed of erection . |
| 26 | His prophecy had proved to be correct , for the trade he brought her way currently accounted for a good thirty per cent of her income . |
| 27 | The Million Sterling had proved to be powerful bait . |
| 28 | With as much robustness as he could spare , he said that he did n't think the director had meant to be flippant . |
| 29 | ‘ Nobody 's said the team 's got to be official , like . |
| 30 | Maris Peer , Maris Piper , Pentland Crown , Pentland Dell and Pentland Squire have proved to be suitable . |