Example sentences of "had to be [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adaptations were required of Christianity ; biblical colours had to be matched to Germanic ones . |
| 2 | Moreover , the notice that had to be given to temporary workers was always the statutory minimum ( one week if , as was usual , they had less than two years service ) rather than the extended notice ( often a minimum of four weeks ) which many of the organisations had granted to their regular workforces . |
| 3 | Mrs Rene Morris said she had been shown letters addressed to parents which said the form had to be given to head teachers before a decision could be made . |
| 4 | They were often in danger of forgetting that the good news they heard each Sunday had to be applied to everyday life if it was to have any validity . |
| 5 | In contrast , Haya de la Torre insisted that the orthodox Marxist theory concerning stages of production had to be applied to Latin America , and he urged completion of the democratic ‘ bourgeois ’ stage of political development through a combined anti-imperialist and anti-feudalist revolution . |
| 6 | He said that from 1991–1992 there were only five times when intensive care patients had to be transferred to other hospitals in the region , but in April and May this year alone there had been five cases . |
| 7 | Indeed in the Rubin and Kozin ( 1984 ) study subjects were asked to describe ‘ flashbulb memories ’ without the constraint that they had to be related to newsworthy events . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been an Overseas ’ Corporation Executive for the last ten years and I 've always been told that the reason the Corporation could n't pay me the salary it paid to Americans doing similar work was because my salary had to be related to British salary scales . ’ |
| 9 | There were several other incidents in Streatham and Brixton which interrupted the through service to Croydon and Purley and occasionally cars had to be lent to other depôts . |
| 10 | had to be promoted to Joint Principal Agent to look after the party . |
| 11 | Size was not a great problem , according to Cinefex 27 ( 1986 ) , but very lightweight foam pieces had to be attached to black leotards to substitute for the original heavy suit . |