Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more significant the contribution of the dead person , the more powerfully the grief has to be shown , even if it means , as in some eastern countries , hiring women to act as professional mourners following the funeral procession , weeping and wailing . |
| 2 | Eventually the state came to be a repressive tool or instrument serving the interests of a new ruling class based upon the ownership of capital not land . |
| 3 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 4 | This agreement was renewed four times , the last in 1515 , but eventually the company had to be released from its responsibility on grounds of poverty . |
| 5 | Eventually the goods had to be returned to their shelves and Pete departed empty-handed , with a muttered quotation from Ezra Pound , or some other poetic shyster who used four letter words . |
| 6 | Eventually the time had to be decided by the stopwatch of an arena judge . |
| 7 | This seems to have helped for eventually the topic ceases to be discussed . |
| 8 | In contrast , the photograph the artist took of herself is more like a still from a film where paradoxically the subject appears to be caught off-guard , indeed caught in the act . |
| 9 | Rather the question has to be approached in two stages . |
| 10 | Suddenly the newspaper seemed to be full of the latest ‘ hopes ’ or expected advances . |
| 11 | His covered body was taken out to a cooler resting place , and suddenly the foundry seemed to be going round and round . |
| 12 | Apparently the movie has to be officially called off in some way and that takes time . |
| 13 | Naturally the lapse had to be covered up . |
| 14 | Obviously the officers had to be told what I 'd done , because injury forms and everything had to be filled in . |
| 15 | With time , as it became more lucrative a country for people to come , obviously the country had to be more restrictive about providing the nationality . |
| 16 | Obviously the ring had to be designed so that it was not uncomfortable to wear , but at the same time the key part needed to be intricate enough to serve a lock . |
| 17 | Why do all the hooligans seem to be on the row in front and the row behind me ? |
| 18 | So the changes appear to be , from what you are saying , first of all towards integrating children with special needs in the educational system , rather than by separating off perhaps just a very small number , a recognition perhaps that special needs extend on a broader base |
| 19 | So the Minister has to be very clear , when he comes to the Dispatch Box , whether any company applying to take over STG subsidiaries will be required to take on board the specifications laid down by the disabled persons transport advisory committee . |
| 20 | It may be that the only times the parents show joint concern is when the child misbehaves and so the child continues to be difficult as it keeps the family together . |
| 21 | Erm and so the approach has to be quite different . |
| 22 | So the bill had to be taken on the floor of the House and all selected amendments had to be debated and voted on . |
| 23 | Apparently he always reckoned a pretty girl with a lovely smile was more important than any other quality ; so the teeth had to be good . |
| 24 | Yeah , so the amp has to be match , match it then ? |
| 25 | The ref said the first time the ball was n't on the spot properly so the kick had to be retaken . |
| 26 | So the answer seems to be : talk like an indeterminist , act like a determinist . |
| 27 | So the sum has to be one , times a half , is greater than two , which it clearly is n't , cos one times a half is a half , and that is less than two . |
| 28 | With the degeneracy removed , there are three maxima in the spectrum , and so the band appears to be broad . |
| 29 | So the power needs to be just slightly slightly raised okay . |
| 30 | So the needle had to be replaced . |