Example sentences of "have [prep] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dope , liquor , gambling , anything video — these have to be the deep-money veins . |
| 2 | Being peacemakers , we have to be the open-hearted go-betweens , to enable the Spirit to work through us . |
| 3 | To be No. 1 you have to be the best ; fast pace on court , quick thinker , footwork spot on , lob the ball , serve well . |
| 4 | These have to be the finest among American concertos : the Barber is standard repertoire now , but Serenade ( after Plato , ‘ in praise of love ’ ) is only just beginning to emerge as one of Bernstein 's highly select group of masterpieces — about time too . |
| 5 | They have to be the good mother , when they themselves may need mothering . |
| 6 | Flowers have to be the good place . ’ |
| 7 | But accountability and care no more have to be the absolute precondition , the ever-present animating ethic , of sexual relations , homosexual or otherwise , than they do of any other kind except in the obvious sense that care of some kind is the precondition of almost any shared social activity . |
| 8 | The stars of the show here just have to be the aged scratchplate , covers and knobs that I mentioned earlier . |
| 9 | It does not , of course , have to be the first stage of the drama work . |
| 10 | ‘ But honestly , marriage and children have to be the biggest thrill there is in my life . |
| 11 | ‘ Honestly , marriage and children have to be the biggest thrill there is in life ’ |
| 12 | For further discussion of " facilities of the same or similar kind " , see Collins v. Hamilton District Licensing Board , 1984 S.L.T. 230 , where it was held that it is the facilities which have to be the same or similar , not the type of licence . |
| 13 | I currently have a box of 40 on my desk and , even forgetting the off-white interiors and envelopes , these have to be the worst cards this side of Bethlehem . |
| 14 | These have to be the worst roads in the world . |
| 15 | But this er American pilot , Commanding General , stands before this group with a great sense of humility and a , a sense of great honour , recognizing the only reason I 'm here is because I have to be the Commanding General . |