Example sentences of "[noun sg] had to be [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost all politicians thought Giuliano Amato 's scandal-battered four-party coalition had to be replaced by a broader-based one . |
| 2 | The English politicians and Whitehall civil servants sent to govern Northern Ireland were quick to grasp that Provisional IRA violence had to be contained by physical force or their administration would collapse in chaos with probably some of their own number murdered in the process . |
| 3 | Since the tracks were not completed into Croydon , a car had to be taken by lorry to Wallington and off-loaded onto the track there ’ . |
| 4 | The sin-offering had to be accompanied by confession , and , where possible , a genuine attempt to put things right ( Leviticus 5:5 ; Numbers 5:7 ) . |
| 5 | Take the value of loyalty , loyalty that is being milked as if the national milk quota had to be filled by the Banks . |
| 6 | The priest had to be denounced by his parishioners ; many with concubines would have escaped challenge . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Henceforward the black vote had to be considered by every politician , and black leaders became more outspoken as they demanded an end to segregation . |
| 9 | Obviously this contained its own contradictions ; the patriotism of the football hooligan had to be tempered by the authority of the law . |
| 10 | However , his co-chairman Lord Owen , appointed by the European Community , warned that peace talks could not go on forever , saying there would come a time when action had to be taken by the international community . |
| 11 | The work had to be finished by another tomb-maker . |
| 12 | Marot continued his translations but had produced only fifty when he died in 1544 , so that the work had to be finished by Theodore de Beze . |
| 13 | Furthermore , the DUC also realized that the mining had to be prevented by preventing prospecting and not waiting to begin opposition with the planning applications for the mining itself : ‘ We always felt that if it came to an actual application for mining that we would lose . |
| 14 | One onlooker had to be restrained by police as Mrs Wignall was led away . |
| 15 | The mined ore had to be transported by packhorse to Keswick for smelting . |
| 16 | Every generalisation had to be accompanied by qualifications and exceptions . |
| 17 | The process had to be completed by the end of May so that our agents could ensure that cancellations took effect from the earliest possible date . |
| 18 | So sensitive was the occasion , approval had to be given by none other than the Cabinet Secretary and the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury before Mr Hibbert could be exposed to the harsh winds of public controversy . |
| 19 | Rather than let them squander the meagre fruits of their labour as they saw fit , their output had to be confiscated by the state for more long-lasting purposes . |
| 20 | There were , in fact , large areas of responsibility where the Assembly had to be consulted by the Council of Ministers , but its suggestions and amendments could safely be ignored with impunity by the Council . |
| 21 | Prior to the invention of photocopying machines , the preparation of an epitome of title in the way described above was not possible , and this meant that abstracts of title had to be created by our predecessors , who were in fact charged with the duty of tracing title back over 30 or 40 years or more . |
| 22 | The lack of ground cover and the convection current produced by the sun-heated exposed rock had resulted in little ground water and in reduced rainfall , so that the bulk of the island 's drinking water had to be transported by the ships arriving to collect phosphate . |
| 23 | A hydraulic platform from Hartlepool fire station had to be used by the fire brigade to bring him safely down . |
| 24 | At the same time it gave a signal to aspiring heads that a commitment to the improvement of education had to be accompanied by a capacity to marshal minds and money . |
| 25 | Second , the political and strategic decisions of this global alliance had to be made by an organization that included French representation and did not reserve a monopoly of decision-making to the United States . |
| 26 | On Sept. 28 the Volkskammer elected Joachim Gauck ( Alliance " 90/Greens ) as the special commissioner for handling Stasi files ; his appointment had to be approved by the West German government . |
| 27 | This flat had to be sold by the council , and the ADC states that by allowing tenants to purchase such dwellings , the Government will ensure that over time younger households will buy up accommodation formerly occupied by older people ; |
| 28 | The slate roof was treated similarly , although the need to install central heating meant that the roof ridge at the junction of the main block with the nineteenth-century extension had to be punctuated by a new chimney . |
| 29 | ‘ One does not fight with men against materiel ’ , was one of Pétain 's favourite maxims ; attrition had to be performed by guns , not infantrymen . |
| 30 | The bath had to be dismantled by the fire service to remove the ring and the attached toddler . |