Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] had [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a lot more professionalism to his jumping as , travelling strongly throughout , the top weight only had to be shaken up after the last to beat previous winner Wellknown Character two and a half lengths . |
| 2 | New land-working agreements frequently had to be negotiated , and enclosure into small fields for peasant cultivation may have replaced open land and the strip system of some villages on the coastal plain . |
| 3 | In the UK , for example , economic expans-ions often had to be cut short by restrictive domestic policies as an increased demand for imports led to a deterioration in the balance of payments . |
| 4 | Really serious attention now had to be given to the reconstruction or replacement of the Company 's rolling stock and although the ex-Croydon cars were in better condition than their own , it was decided to rebuild the J type cars on the Sutton route and not to commission any more ex-Croydon cars for service . |
| 5 | Appropriate clothes also had to be found . |
| 6 | Annual budgets still had to be checked by the Ministry and Treasury , and continued to be pruned . |
| 7 | That pretty girl just had to be Gaynor Summer 's sister , and , sure enough , that was where she went . |
| 8 | Refrigeration was in its infancy , so that perishable goods just had to be sold which meant that prices were gradually reduced in the hour or so before closing time . |
| 9 | The burden of war was thus more manageable , but large sums still had to be raised by parliamentary grants and the commons were seldom disposed to make such grants unconditionally . |
| 10 | The first , in Baltimore in 1980 , when the Cup was in its infancy and a satisfactory formula still had to be worked out , was an almost unmittigated disaster . |
| 11 | Disturbance to the day-to-day activities therefore had to be kept to a minimum . |
| 12 | Items of trade destined for southern Germany now had to be transported across the Corridor and then down the length of Germany . |
| 13 | Pedestrians were the main hazard , but rickshaws , curio sellers , money-changers and the odd sacred cow also had to be manoeuvred around . |
| 14 | Her worst was when she got in the way ; backstage timing sometimes had to be precise , and it was no place for someone who was still taking in the sights . |
| 15 | In his usual cold manner , Falkenhayn summed up the March results as follows : ‘ owing to the peculiar conformation we could not use these successes to bring our artillery far enough forward , and consequently the preparatory work here had to be continued . ’ |
| 16 | But by 6pm it was clear the final clauses still had to be agreed . |
| 17 | The myth of a Maronite majority thus had to be accepted by the Muslims for Lebanon 's ‘ democracy ’ to work . |
| 18 | Royal taxation usually had to be for the defence of the realm , but this was no longer interpreted with the narrow precision attempted by Winchelsey , and clerical objections and conditions more often turned upon other considerations : redress of grievances , exemption from lay burdens such as the ninth and purveyances , or simple impoverishment . |
| 19 | It was clear a formidable agenda still had to be tackled in Salford . |