Example sentences of "[adj] that [noun] had to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had never been as stubborn or single-minded about anything else , or as insistent that things had to be a certain way . |
| 2 | ‘ Every member of the commission was sorry that Leeds had to be dealt with at all . |
| 3 | Even so the sum of money Minton had donated was so large that drinkers had to be brought in from the street . |
| 4 | It became obvious that pushy-aggression had to be replaced by calm , reassurance , and bribery . |
| 5 | We have recently received a claim from a class member who had an accident in a class and as the teacher was in no way responsible that claim had to be refused . |
| 6 | Local gentry and landowners found the gang 's exploits so expensive and unremitting that measures had to be taken to apprehend them . |
| 7 | ‘ He was aware that Oz had to be diverse ’ , observes David Widgery , ‘ and that there was an interesting debate going on between the hippies and the politicos . |
| 8 | During my relatively short period as a city detective , I was implicitly aware that quality had to be sacrificed to quantity , for the ‘ arrest list ’ was checked monthly and the numerical totals counted . |