Example sentences of "has get [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 I tend to be rather disorganised when packing gear , so anything that helps me keep things in the right place has got to be a bonus .
2 But one has got to be realistic .
3 Our concentration has got to be on the teaching and on the stretching of children .
4 Mr Baker also conceded ‘ there will be in the 1990s inescapable areas of expenditure where there has got to be increases , for example , in caring for the elderly ’ .
5 Kelly said : ‘ It 's not right that the end of year events are worth more than the early season classics just because the interest has got to be maintained to the finish . ’
6 Anything after his terrible sitcom Home James has got to be an improvement , has n't it ?
7 Raising money for charity has got to be worthwhile .
8 There has got to be rivalry and life can be very frustrating . ’
9 There has got to be rivalry and life can be very frustrating . ’
10 Any bands that sack a bass player for not spending enough money on the right clothes , especially when ‘ he was a good musician as well ’ , has got to be brain dead .
11 This myth has got to be quashed !
12 ( laughter ) Allen : This has got to be a long-term plan .
13 ‘ And when you look at some of their shops and you see the same old wooden table that has been sitting out the front for months priced at £10 , or £20 , you realise the money has got to be coming from somewhere else — and we know it 's coming from knocking . ’
14 There has got to be some kind of responsibility to deliver what they think they are buying . ’
15 Fell told New Scientist , ‘ but Sizewell 's case has got to be made without relying on LOFT ’ .
16 People are now waking up to the fact that the natural world is our primary source and has got to be conserved if man is to continue .
17 There 's a huge amount of detail and the technique has got to be perfect otherwise the painting should be an absolute mess .
18 And when you consider that you 're getting all this for only £450 the competition has got to be sweating .
19 The intonation on your guitar has got to be perfect , because you 're fretting strings behind the glass and that has to be just right .
20 ‘ The first thing passengers do when they are served is have a look at what their neighbour has got — their piece of chicken has got to be the same size , ’ says Karen .
21 Ian Garrett , who is head of the West Midlands police driving school , said : ‘ Something has got to be done .
22 It has got to be the Premier League , ’ he added .
23 Almost every town has got to be rebuilt .
24 The brute has got to be right up to you before you can reach its nose . ’
25 ‘ The House of Lords has got to be reformed , ’ she says .
26 The transfer is a great coup for Alex Ferguson and , at £1.2m has got to be classed as a bargain .
27 ‘ It used to be really good for scarce reedbed species but it is so dry now its basic birds are tawny owl and whitethroat and there has got to be something wrong with that .
28 This brings him back to another of Mr Major 's weekend promises , to give people more of a stake in their local administration : ‘ If they are going to bring local government closer to people , it has got to be more responsive to the wishes of people , and less to the wishes of central Government .
29 ‘ This has got to be a Budget for jobs .
30 There 's a huge amount of detail and the technique has got to be perfect otherwise the painting should be an absolute mess .
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