Example sentences of "[noun] had [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Religion had to be integrated with its surrounding society , not in a subservient position , but forming the vital heart of the culture . |
| 2 | The new religion had to be seen to meet existing needs , and not to overtax the courage its converts would need to break with the religion of their ancestors . |
| 3 | In 1897 , a new Master of the Rolls had to be appointed . |
| 4 | Trefgarne wrote back on October 5 1989 , claiming the guidelines had to be ‘ reconsidered ’ . |
| 5 | More and more self-build projects are taking off all over the NorthEast and Mr Edwards said clear guidelines had to be laid down . |
| 6 | They were how his thinking had to be . |
| 7 | A FORMER Mayor of Prestatyn , Mark Garfield Jones , offered a £200 reward last night after his daughter 's horse had to be put down following a collision with a van which did not stop . |
| 8 | The women on the part-time farms were often the only people around during the short winter days so all outside stock had to be attended to by them . |
| 9 | County transport officials also feared that bus companies would face huge bills within the next five years as stock had to be replaced . |
| 10 | But when the coach arrived , young Linton had to be carried into the house . |
| 11 | Anything like the commotion that ensued , the hurricane deck and one of the steamer 's boats which was hung aloft broke its range so far , but some ladies who had got settled on that side had to be led down stairs dripping wet . |
| 12 | Each side had to be kept reasonably satisfied . |
| 13 | The experiment had to be abandoned however as drenching rain was continuous and the tent was blown down . |
| 14 | The experiment had to be ended early because of the behaviour it was inducing in both guards and prisoners . |
| 15 | In the aftermath of Kristallnacht the NL had to be treated by the authorities as more than an eccentric lunatic fringe organization . |
| 16 | Both her legs had to be amputated above the knee . |
| 17 | The West Coast had love-ins ; now London in considerably less welcoming climes tried the same , complete with an obligatory visit by Andy Warhol , Pink Floyd , and celebrants shinning up organ pipes as the night wore on and boredom or chemically induced demons had to be exorcized . |
| 18 | There can be no serious defensible pedigrees here ( even if we could decide what characteristics had to be inherited to ensure pure descent ) . |
| 19 | Other methods had to be found . |
| 20 | Other , more subtle methods had to be employed . |
| 21 | But wider , deeper and larger considerations had to be taken on board and at this stage I do n't know if any of the money will be available to me for replacing Batty if he goes . ’ |
| 22 | But wider , deeper and longer considerations had to be taken on board . ’ |
| 23 | Almost all politicians thought Giuliano Amato 's scandal-battered four-party coalition had to be replaced by a broader-based one . |
| 24 | To administer and collect income tax a new arm of administration had to be created comprising experts , officials and clerks : an " army " which in terms of its efficiency and rapacity came to be the equal of the long-esteemed Excise . |
| 25 | This meant that the guest lists had to be scrutinized with great care and it required considerable awareness on the part of Eugénie to be able to decide who would match with whom . |
| 26 | Profits suffered at the EW Payne reinsurance business and River Thames Insurance , where underwriting reserves had to be increased . |
| 27 | The English politicians and Whitehall civil servants sent to govern Northern Ireland were quick to grasp that Provisional IRA violence had to be contained by physical force or their administration would collapse in chaos with probably some of their own number murdered in the process . |
| 28 | New offices had to be found . |
| 29 | Potential candidates had to be able to spell ‘ train ’ . |
| 30 | A general election , when all candidates had to be members of KANU , was held in March 1988 [ see pp. 36136-37 ] . |