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

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1 When , on 25 March 1859 , the tsar announced the principles on which Russian local government was to be based in the future , he acknowledged that provision had to be made for involving the public .
2 Two years ago , the Texas supreme court declared that money had to be spread equally between rich districts and poor , and that rich schools should send some of their revenues to the state to be shared out .
3 I needed crews such as Middleton 's badly and more especially captains like Middleton , but I was aware there was a weakness and that weakness had to be reinforced .
4 Nevertheless , each change had to be translated into local activity and if that translation did not take place , managers ran the risk of national decisions being superseded by yet further alterations .
5 Each category had to be put in a different container and taken to a collection centre .
6 Each cheque had to be signed and countersigned .
7 They were just that — guidelines , she said , and each case had to be dealt with on its individual merits .
8 Lord Wheatley said ( at p830A-B ) that although each case had to be decided on its own facts , there were four guidelines to assist in determining whether the valuer had the benefit of arbitral immunity .
9 At one point in the turbulence I felt certain I was going to be air-sick and the very thought was unsettling , because I knew we would have to write and file our first flight story from Calgary within an hour or two , and that story had to be sent , come what may , including sickness .
10 Each Spitfire had to be positioned on the flatbed in such a manner as to clear roadblock obstructions as well as overhead tramway cables encountered along the route .
11 Anything like the commotion that ensued , the hurricane deck and one of the steamer 's boats which was hung aloft broke its range so far , but some ladies who had got settled on that side had to be led down stairs dripping wet .
12 Each side had to be kept reasonably satisfied .
13 Each forgery had to be faultless , and each took time .
14 It is however impossible to believe that among these — bearing in mind that each applicant had to be sponsored by some reputable person — there were , as some claimed , barbers , man-milliners , tailors , shoemakers , mercers , mutton pie men , rat catchers , razor-strop makers , razor grinders , a druggist 's porter , insolvent debtors , and in general , the out-at-elbow fraternity .
15 Every aspect of this story had to be substantiated and amplified by further interviews with family , friends and counsellors of the Princess of Wales .
16 All members of the village knew their place and , whether they wished to change it or not , this division had to be recognized and tolerated .
17 However , some action had to be taken to bring the Scheme into line with the Court 's decision .
18 But the Collector had no time to worry about the locomotion of corpses ; this doorway had to be held until the defenders on the other side of the staircase had made good their retreat .
19 Some attempt had to be made to build new links with the existing problem-based material even before the full implications for clients were known .
20 Even this plan had to be revised when really bad weather struck and , after a couple of uncomfortable days hove-to off Jutland , she scuttled back down the Danish coast to Esjberg and , finally to the mouth of the Elbe and the Keil Canal .
21 Jenkins allowed himself to be convinced that ‘ some battle had to be fought ’ .
22 For anyone else this might have seemed ample funds for an expedition , but for Gould , the cautious man of commerce , even this nest-egg had to be used sparingly .
23 This child had to be born , and soon , or he would lose the pair of them .
24 but erm , we never used to get the new rates of grants and the new regulations out from the erm Ministry until oh early June and all this work had to be done , erm , obviously before the
25 Thus the court has modified a use covenant in a lease for the purposes of a rent review ( The Law Land Company Ltd v Consumers ' Association Ltd ( 1980 ) 255 EG 617 , in which Brightman LJ recognised that some modification had to be made to the strict wording of the rent review clause if it was to work .
26 On behalf of the defendant it was argued that some limitation had to be placed on the word " practice " and the natural and proper limitation was to imply the words " as medical practitioners " .
27 Four of the relieving kicks he launched in this match had to be seen to be believed , particularly as he varied his kicking foot .
28 Although the Board of Trade had been notified that the company proposed to construct a depôt in torr Road , Penge , this site turned out to be on a section of route which it was no longer intended to construct , so another site had to be found .
29 Owing to the withdrawal of one of the principal guests this event had to be cancelled , it was decided that an article be sent to the C.B. News and early notice publicised next year 's event and date .
30 Owing to the withdrawal of one of the principal guests this event had to be cancelled , it was decided that an article be sent to the C.B. News and early notice publicised next year 's event and date .
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