Example sentences of "all [noun] [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before filming started , all scripts had to be cleared by the office of the Motion picture producers and Distributors of America ( MPPDA ) , headed by the conservative and all-powerful Will Hays . |
| 2 | In 1887 special rules decreed that no member of the cricket club was allowed to bowl , and all bowling had to be underarm . |
| 3 | All operations had to be halted . |
| 4 | For once communication of information was brisk and free , all channels seemed to be open and listening to each other . |
| 5 | All currencies came to be expressed in terms of the dollar , and the dollar was officially convertible into gold at a fixed price . |
| 6 | The revolution was here at last , and social commentators spoke with alarm about the march of freedom , and said the youth of all nations appeared to be abandoning traditional values to embark on journeys into the unknown , pushing out into previously unexplored and destructive avenues of life . |
| 7 | A general election , when all candidates had to be members of KANU , was held in March 1988 [ see pp. 36136-37 ] . |
| 8 | The ‘ appointed day ’ when all tramways had to be handed over to the Board , was 1 July 1933 . |
| 9 | I can understand that with competitions it is correct for employees of all companies involved to be excluded from entry , but surely there is not a problem in selling Hovis to your employees , or any other product for that matter ? |
| 10 | All transactions had to be recorded on government-provided fiscal receipts with special stamps . |
| 11 | The alloy of which they were made age-hardened quickly at normal temperatures , and all rivets had to be chilled before use . |
| 12 | It may mean that all lambs expected to be put before live exporters will have to carry a flock identification mark . |
| 13 | A number of safeguards were said to be in force , the first being that all applications had to be made in writing . |
| 14 | After 1948 all workers had to be members of the national scheme and pay a fixed ‘ contribution ’ . |
| 15 | In short all nature seemed to be united — its wells , its plants , its birds , its beasts , its reptiles , and even inanimate things in sympathising with human credulity ; in predicting or in averting , in relieving or in aggravating misfortune . |
| 16 | The political parties of the narrow and fragmented centre of the political spectrum , from which all governments had to be drawn , were agreed only on the fundamental issue of preserving the Fourth Republic : they had , as it were , reserved their right to disagree on everything else . |
| 17 | It is perhaps obvious to state that it is essential for all stories shared to be authentic i.e. not to make up stories — for if stories are fabricated the work of passing on the flame of faith will not happen . |
| 18 | All tenders had to be lodged with the Bank by 10.00 a.m. on Thursday 2 June 1988 with a down payment of 40 per f 100 nominal bid for . |
| 19 | The company must send proxy forms , with provision for two-way voting on all resolutions intended to be proposed , with the notice of meeting . |
| 20 | To attract the best patrons the movie-houses had to ape the conventions and the standards of theatres and opera-houses but very quickly the whole industry realized that the appeal of the movie palaces was not unrelated to the fact that all customers had to be treated the same and so they became temples of a new classlessness . |
| 21 | All shelters had to be altered so that queues faced the trams , new signs were erected and the traditional round stop-signs disappeared . |
| 22 | Lack of shelter meant that all cattle had to be housed for 7 to 8 months . |
| 23 | The year 1660 saw a major revolution in grave-clothes , indirectly leading to the firm establishment of undertaking as a distinct trade , the birth of a new industry and some additional work for the jobbing printer ; for in this year an Act came into force , which decreed that all persons had to be buried in shifts , shrouds and winding-sheets made of woollen material , rather than linen , and free from ‘ Flax , Hemp , Silk , Hair , Gold or Silver , or other than what is made of Sheeps Wooll only ’ . |
| 24 | Nearly all GPs wanted to be able to take violent patients off lists immediately . |
| 25 | All items had to be packed so that they weighed less than twenty-two pounds and sometimes there were so many parcels filling the room that it was impossible for other customers to pass through the door ; the postmaster would then telephone the Newtown depot to request a special van to come and collect them . |
| 26 | Once past this hurdle , there came the committee stage taken on the floor of the House , when detailed amendments could be moved clause by clause , and again all amendments had to be taken and this stage went on until each had been dealt with . |
| 27 | As a consequence of this initial perception he felt the general awareness of all staff had to be built — and built rapidly . |
| 28 | A rule book from the hospital in 1917 said all patients had to be discharged within four weeks of admission and could only stay on if absolutely necessary . |
| 29 | All matches had to be two-day ones . |
| 30 | Again , as it was impossible for wheeled implements to cross the frequent deep water-cuts of a field ploughed in this way , all cultivation had to be done along the stetch itself ; and this meant that implements — drills , hoes , harrows , etc. — had to be adapted to fit the width of stetch used . |