Example sentences of "[ex0] had to [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One , firstly , if equal distribution was to be achieved peasant mobilization and increase produc erm if equally distribution was to achieve its goals of peasant mobilization and increased production , there had to be enough land available to bring most peasants up to an independent pe peasant status without encroaching upon the existing er middle peasants . |
| 2 | There had to be this place — this lawless pit — beneath it all . |
| 3 | There had to be some missing piece to Jane 's story . |
| 4 | There had to be some sort of telepathy at work . |
| 5 | But then , for women there had to be some exceptions — if one became pregnant , for instance . |
| 6 | There had to be some political acceptance both inside the country and , more importantly , outside , because since the end of the Cold War military take-overs were met increasingly by an immediate freeze of foreign aid . |
| 7 | If there had to be some sort of overall commander , he naturally felt that this should be himself . |
| 8 | There had to be some ‘ element of order or discipline to contrast … with the undisciplined nature of the streets ’ . |
| 9 | There had to be some reason why , some factor strong enough to outweigh all his obvious qualifications . |
| 10 | But dissimilar though they were in appearances , they were alike — very alike — in the way they thought ; precise , analytical , hard-edged , CI5 was a no-nonsense Operation for no-nonsense men , and when the dirty tricks division of the Secret Service was asked to turn its hand to a ‘ favour ’ , there had to be some tough negotiating by all concerned . |
| 11 | But there must be some way — there had to be some way of getting news . |
| 12 | There had to be some enemy skirmishers close by , yet the Prince blithely ignored their threat . |
| 13 | There had to be some link with Helsinki . |
| 14 | It seemed that there had to be some medium throughout space through which the light traveled . |
| 15 | For there to be any who succeeded , there had to be some who failed ; there was no better without worse . |
| 16 | There had to be some more deadly reason than that . |
| 17 | There had to be some around somewhere , from before he 'd quit smoking when he 'd first started to worry about his health . |
| 18 | Er and if he 'd of walked up to John two minutes later he probably would n't have made it because we had a right erm but we did feel there had to be some initials . |
| 19 | OK , so he was well-built , and he was going to make a tough opponent , but there had to be some chink she could work at . |
| 20 | There had to be some way of putting an end to his domineering activities . |
| 21 | There had to be some way to break out of it and get back to reality . |
| 22 | There had to be some rationalisation of research funding in this field , and if the earth sciences are typical , other subjects could be expected to show similar effects in varying degrees . |
| 23 | In schemes of sharing such as these , there had to be some form of common management . |
| 24 | He said there had to be some mistake . |
| 25 | ‘ He told me that in every war there had to be some casualties . |
| 26 | Joan Cameron , a former Provost of Bearsden and Milngavie , who will chair the trust , said there had to be some vehicle for liaison . |
| 27 | There had to be another source of money and you realized what it was , and that they had acquired the Villa Fiesole to use in that business . ’ |
| 28 | So there had to be another way . |
| 29 | There had to be another reason . ’ |
| 30 | SCHOOLS Minister Michael Fallon yesterday denied that there had to be any cuts in the education budget in Northumberland . |