Example sentences of "they [vb mod] have to be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The quantities of waste water are often great , so that a treatment plant designed to cope adequately with them may have to be large and therefore expensive to install .
2 Aunt M. nags and nags , and Uncle John said outright that he did n't see why they should have to be responsible for me , when Mother was only half-sister to Aunt Millicent .
3 Well they 'll have to be equal prizes would n't they ?
4 ‘ And they 'll be slowed down because they 'll have to be discreet .
5 If the players really impress you with their heckling and barracking of the puppets ( and they 'll have to be witty as well as abusive ) , the puppets will eventually break off their performance , perhaps concluding with an important tip about a major location within the dungeons ( if the players did exceptionally well ) .
6 Well I 'd think they 'd have to be good , they er er at Bolton at the General Election , they put Bolton Southeast through a lot of Bolton West and Northeast but
7 She thought of the local cemetery : if they all woke up , they 'd come round demanding their houses back ; they 'd have to be sheltered and fed and appeased with promises .
8 Well I think for them to be in , in management , top management positions a lot of them they 'd have to be pretty sensing and thinking before well I do I mean I think there 's
9 They used to have to be brave , now they just have to hang around waiting for someone to press a button .
10 There was also the prospect of more poetry although " They would have to be new poems in a new idiom " .
11 I freely admit that , following that , the Government have been unwilling to introduce other proposals because they feel that they would have to be enforceable , workable and acceptable to a majority of hon. Members .
12 I certainly do not intend to reveal any of the discussions between my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and the leader of another state , as they would have to be confidential .
13 Travelling by horse and camel caravan , as dictated by the terrain , they would have to be self-sufficient for all of their needs as they traversed vast plains and mighty forests , mountain passes and arid deserts , experiencing great extremes of heat and cold .
14 They would have to be OK .
15 With the price cuts , they will have to be content making money on service and support .
16 Gift wrap presents — they will have to be unwrapped for security or customs
17 They will have to be patient for returns .
18 They will have to be able to recognise the various transient and accident conditions and the plant 's response to them and appreciate events that are caused , or worsened , by in appropriate action on their part .
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