Example sentences of "the [noun sg] had to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , in the case of scienter liability for animals mansuetae naturae , the keeper was only liable if the animal caused some harm of the kind to be expected from its known vicious characteristics ; secondly , in the case of cattle trespass , there was a rule that the damage had to be in accordance with the natural characteristics of the animal . |
| 2 | Even when he was resting the horseman had to be on the alert for incidents like this to see that nothing untoward happened to his team . |
| 3 | The answer to the question had to be in his tautly-held head at that moment and it was as inaccessible to me as Alpha Centauri . |
| 4 | Since the Crown could not afford an absolute loss of revenue , it is clear that this expansion of the waste had to be at the expense of society . |
| 5 | Previously the disposal had to be by an individual entitled to at least 25% of the voting rights , or at least 5% of the voting rights together with more than 50% of the voting rights being exercisable by the individual 's family collectively . |
| 6 | Sometimes my sisters would play the piano but the music had to be of the kind suitable for Sunday . |
| 7 | In the year in which he had been born , 1846 , the Secretary of the Education Committee — a certain James Kay-Shuttleworth — had introduced a system of apprentice schoolmasters ; the trainee had to be at least 13 years old , be able to read with ‘ fluency , ease and expression ’ , write neatly and accurately , and understand the essentials of arithmetic and the system of weights and measures . |
| 8 | So everybody got back round the table , fended off panic about the deadline galloping towards them — the image had to be in place for next week 's programme launch — and tried to figure out what next to do . |
| 9 | As far as his destination was concerned , the clue had to be in the dedication . |
| 10 | First , there had to be a major subversive or espionage activity that was likely to injure the national interest , and secondly the material likely to be obtained by the interception had to be of direct use in compiling the information necessary for the security services to carry out the tasks laid upon them by the state . |
| 11 | Thus the Commission saw these two vital controls on police power : the arrest had to be for an imprisonable offence and it had also , in addition to this , to be ‘ necessary ’ . |
| 12 | Since 16 July 1992 ( Royal Assent of the 1992 Finance ( No 2 ) Act ) , such enquiry time has included Customs making internal enquiries ; previously , however , the time had to be on enquiries with the trader , rather than on internal enquiries , following the High Court decision in L Rowland and Co ( Retail ) Ltd ( see ACCOUNTANCY , November 1992 , p 108 ) . |