Example sentences of "new [noun sg] had to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a new contract had to be signed urgently , why had n't Eric brought it to him there and then , rather than posting it ? |
| 2 | At this point , the builder on whose estimate the scheme was based went into liquidation , so a new contractor had to be found . |
| 3 | The new religion had to be seen to meet existing needs , and not to overtax the courage its converts would need to break with the religion of their ancestors . |
| 4 | Business was so good a new home had to be found when the Comedy had to go on to other previously arranged bookings . |
| 5 | After McGrath 's sudden departure Jack Henry Moore filled in , but with Moore 's commitment to the new Arts Lab a new editor had to be found . |
| 6 | For ethical reasons a new tube had to be inserted when the original tube extruded , fluid recurred in the operated ear , and the unoperated ear still contained fluid and showed subjective and audiometric loss of hearing . |
| 7 | For men , returning home after years away from their wives and children , a new beginning had to be made . |
| 8 | The sequence was then interrupted by a flood that was so devastating that a new start had to be made and again kingship had to be ‘ lowered from heaven ’ . |
| 9 | The Rachman affair brought matters to a head , and new legislation had to be brought in to control " houses in multiple occupation " … the modern equivalent of " houses let in lodgings " . |
| 10 | During the long periods between revaluations , distortions in the relative valuations of different properties occurred and , of course , new property had to be valued at the notional figure that would have obtained at the date of the previous revaluation . |
| 11 | If the factory was sold for more than it cost , if the net gain was treated as income and if a new factory had to be built at the new ( higher ) prices , then the capital would have been eroded . |
| 12 | As well as reducing continuity , the rapid turnover also disrupts the bargaining relationship and understandings between the minister and the railway chairman ; in the words of one respondent , each new minister had to be ‘ taught in ’ by railway management . |
| 13 | They picked the flowers of the hedgerows and every new find had to be identified in Blackie 's . |
| 14 | The company decided that any new location had to be within reasonable travelling distance from motorway and railway networks as well as be close to an international airport . |
| 15 | Plenty of new technology had to be devised to implement relational databases . |
| 16 | When , for example , the BBC began in 1922 , a great deal more than simply the use of the new technology had to be established . |
| 17 | There were also some difficulties in the supply of raw materials and a new target had to be set of 35 machine sets . |
| 18 | In contrast to the existing system , the new solution had to be fully flexible , and able to meet the future demands of and grow with the company . |
| 19 | Most High Sheriffs regarded this responsibility as purely nominal , impinging rarely and normally only when a new gaoler had to be found . |