Example sentences of "[det] the [noun] had [prep] be " in BNC.

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1	To do this the bureaucracy had to be a ‘ closed society within the state ’ , simply yet another closed and hierarchical corporation with its own particularistic interests .
2	For this the workers had to be brought together in factories .
3	In the case of small dogs , half the dose had to be put into each nostril , and with large dogs the full dose was put into one nostril .
4	Half the class had to be invalided home , and Clive 's name was still mud in Emilia-Romagna .
5	This heavy construction , which has good sound-insulating properties , provided an economic solution to the problem posed by the need to insert new floors in spite of the fact that all the beams had to be manhandled into position because there was no access for mechanical handling .
6	Initally all the cargo had to be manhandled off .
7	Coming from the lake , or down from the north , all the goods had to be unloaded because of the impassable barrier of the Rhine Falls , then taken to the waiting vessels on the other side .
8	The main problem was that all the furniture had to be scaled down to suit the smaller stature of the Japanese and to fit their smaller homes .
9	Nor did we have sinks and drains , so all the water had to be carried in and carried out again when it was dirty .
10	Limewashing began in October and all the houses had to be finished by the end of February , as many would then have the heat turned up to set their inmates into growth .
11	All the candidates had to be nominated with proposers and seconders and they all have election agents . ’
12	They made it to the end of the road in Bombay where all the cars had to be steam cleaned inside and out for the last leg of the journey .
13	Candid photography was possible but difficult at this time , so all the shots had to be set up .
14	‘ All the property had to be removed in three Transit sized vehicle loads , ’ she said .

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