Example sentences of "[noun] have to be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is not to say that they do not have particularities , for a particular instance of a shirt has to be of a certain colour , and have pockets or not , or it would not be a shirt . |
| 2 | I think also on the inherent fault situation , I mean when somebody buys a vehicle the vehicle has to be of a standard obviously and if there are problems there then obviously people appreciate the fact that they can go back and this is really the point of dealing with a reputable dealer from the word go . |
| 3 | One argument ( see Caves and Christensen , 1980 ) is that in competitive industries , all concerns have to be of roughly equal efficiency , whereas in the absence of competition , publicly owned concerns will be inferior . |
| 4 | It was always said that water-sellers at Indian stations had to be of a high caste . |
| 5 | At the same time , the central office may argue that local offices are too parochial and that central control and the imposition of a uniform provision of service has to be of paramount importance . |
| 6 | You may work out that the two holes have to be of a suitable size for an individual ( ? ) to put two fingers in , possibly near enough to each other to put two fingers of the same hand in , and , having established this scale , it seems likely that the object referred to as the finger stop is only centimetres removed , rather than kilometres removed . |
| 7 | Secondly it says that for pedestrian severance , that changes have to be of the degree of thirty percent before they become s significant . |
| 8 | To achieve such a blend of the absurd and the tragic , the writing as well as the acting have to be of exceptional quality — and Courtenay has drawn his inspiration from a remarkable novel by Venedikt Yerofeev which has been adapted for the stage by Stephen Mulrine . |
| 9 | Cook is the most observant woman , and parlourmaids have to be of a noticing cast of mind , otherwise they would n't be any good for the job , would they , sir ? ’ |
| 10 | Sometimes my sisters would play the piano but the music had to be of the kind suitable for Sunday . |
| 11 | The actual state of the market is that it 's flooded with property , so we have a case where supply has increased , demand is still at a fairly low level , so we 're having to be very honest with our clients , our vendors , and let them know that the situation is that their property has to be of good value in the market place . |
| 12 | Achieving high standards is something Eleanor is conscious of , ‘ A number of our customers are Hotel Inspectors for the Scottish Board so we are doubly aware that our standards have to be of the highest and we work very hard to achieve this . ’ |
| 13 | The illustrations had to be of ruined castles and dark forests , mythical monsters and fire-breathing dragons , unicorns , trolls and goblins , and a golden-haired boy who fought against the forces of the night . |
| 14 | First , there had to be a major subversive or espionage activity that was likely to injure the national interest , and secondly the material likely to be obtained by the interception had to be of direct use in compiling the information necessary for the security services to carry out the tasks laid upon them by the state . |
| 15 | His signs have to be of a special kind , directed at non-participants in the fiction . |
| 16 | From this case , it would appear that all the goods supplied under the contract have to be of merchantable quality which is of significance with regard to " free gifts " and promotions supplied with goods . |
| 17 | Because taekwondo is a combat sport , in which full-power attacks are allowed to the face and body , tournament contestants have to be of black-belt standard , but even so , many of the more dangerous techniques of the art are not permitted . |
| 18 | the main or background yarn has to be of a thickness your machine can knit , but the weaving yarn can be much thicker because it is n't actually knitting stitches . |