Example sentences of "things that [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were other things that had to be reconciled , and we hear presently of ‘ a role of inherent superiority which came to me from outside , from the servants among others . |
| 2 | Clair George , listing the things that had to be done — — finding private money , transferring it out of the country , buying arms , shipping them , procuring boats and aircraft — noted that North had been obliged to do all this ‘ with a gum band and some balsa wood ’ . |
| 3 | But seeing the confusion on her desk , all the things that had to be done , she lost heart . |
| 4 | Branson had drawn up what was to become known as the ‘ Million List ’ — the number of things that had to be taken care of in the next three months before the airline could fly . |
| 5 | There was a whole host of things that had to be monitored by the stewards er on a daily basis . |
| 6 | In his reference to the poll tax , the hon. Member for Teignbridge referred to the many things that had to be built on to it and the many anomalies that had to be addressed . |
| 7 | Well I often think there , there could be something for women priests because they would see the more practical things that had to be done |
| 8 | I think one of the things that has to be addressed is not " who does this belong to ? " but " what is the basis for a common approach ? " so that we can get a common assessment policy so that we can get reassessment whenever it 's required , so that we can get packages of care devised that are appropriate to the needs of people and so on . |
| 9 | Some are things that have to be known if anything at all is to be known . |
| 10 | They find a backlog of work building up , in which important but less urgent planning and discussing never get to the top of the pile , being submerged by the constant stream of things that have to be dealt with immediately . |
| 11 | I mean , there must be meetings you have to go to , people you 've got to see , things that have to be organised . ’ |
| 12 | But you 're right , there are several things that have to be dealt with immediately . |
| 13 | ‘ Why do n't we make a list of things that have to be done ? ’ she suggested practically . |
| 14 | The danger of writing when you are abnormally tired — as well as bitterly cold — is that you can too easily lose control by digressing too far from the important things that need to be expressed free of any other clutter . |
| 15 | By consciously controlling our behaviour we are more likely to do things that need to be done to achieve the objective . |
| 16 | What the model does is to suggest at least two things that need to be examined critically . |
| 17 | There are certain things that need to be considered before you attempt to keep Butterflyfish . |
| 18 | The Right has prompted the Left to ponder that perhaps capitalism and democracy have come to the parting of ways ; perhaps there is more life in the democratic road to socialism than many have chosen to suppose ; and so perhaps there are things that need to be defended and advanced from within the British constitution itself . |
| 19 | Although Norman 's actually ticked that the project manager was gon na be responsible for certain things I think it 's one of these things that need to be brought out . |
| 20 | I just do n't want to be left here when I have things that need to be done ! ’ |
| 21 | I have a couple of things that need to be seen to before the programme goes out . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I think , Dr Markham , ’ she said firmly , ‘ if we are to improve the atmosphere around here and have a reasonable working relationship , there are one or two things that need to be said to clear the air . ’ |
| 23 | One of the first things that needed to be done was to get a short survey of existing conditions , and with the help of all departments the following summary was made : Burma Today |
| 24 | Chris took the chair and I went through the list of things that needed to be done to get us off the ground : a bank account , an address and telephone number somewhere , an eye-catching logo . |
| 25 | But there were still things that needed to be said , explanations to be given , and in the end it was David who broke the silence . |
| 26 | ‘ But since Sir Charles died , I have heard about a number of things that seem to be supernatural . |
| 27 | I think that what we have to decide today , or one of the things that needs to be decided is , is the new settlement in the longer term a sensible answer given that all the all the various considerations , and that erm arguing about residual numbers , here or there has to be taken in the much longer context , I think that 's what all I would like the to say at the moment on on new settlement erm because of the situation I am in of not being able to er say too much in detail about it , I sha n't be making very many contributions to this particular debate . |
| 28 | And Leeds acknowledges that one of the things the other things that needs to be taken into account by North Yorkshire if if R P G two is to be conformed with , is the need to revitalize West Yorkshire . |