Example sentences of "[not/n't] have to [be] [adj] to " in BNC.

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1 Repton himself comments in his Enquiry that ‘ the ‘ antiquated cot ’ , whose chimney is choked with ivy , may perhaps yield a residence for squalid misery and want ’ ; and an awareness develops that cottages do not have to be ruinous to be picturesque .
2 ‘ Then you do n't have to be loyal to her , do you ? ’
3 You do n't have to be strong to be a policeman .
4 A cork does n't have to be long to be good .
5 But then you do n't have to be dead to be ignored .
6 World champion passenger Simon Birchall and arch-rival Gavin Simmons tell JOHN McKENZIE you do n't have to be mad to be a GP sidecar co-pilot .
7 A pond does n't have to be large to be effective — if it 's big enough to install a small submersible pump you could even have a fountain .
8 You do n't have to be aggressive to be assertive , look at some of these comments we 've got here how confident you are in yourself and how you put your point across .
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