Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These statistics expressed in terms of expectation of life testify even more vividly to the distance Western society has travelled in being able to take the survival of our children almost for granted . |
| 2 | Visual communication has been categorised in various ways but none of them has succeeded in being comprehensive . |
| 3 | Once the kidnap has taken place , the woman is generally compelled to display ‘ her baby ’ , particularly if she has claimed to be pregnant , and this impulse presents the best opportunity for the child 's recovery . |
| 4 | She has been hopelessly sentimentalized and hopelessly magicalized by tradition , with the result that Christian feminism has come to be uncomfortable with her . |
| 5 | ‘ He is a good man , mademoiselle — all the world would tell you so — but he has had to be strong — to bear everything on his shoulders . |
| 6 | She said apologetically " Well , he has had to be careful so long , watching every tiny little thing he does , I suppose … " |
| 7 | He has had to be able to turn his hand to almost anything . |
| 8 | Spielberg , accustomed to close encounters in the extra-terrestrial sphere , has offered to be creative consultant on a drama-documentary loosely based upon the book , which has sold over 300,000 hardback copies in the UK and has been reprinted fourteen times . |
| 9 | There 's a huge amount of detail and the technique has got to be perfect otherwise the painting should be an absolute mess . |
| 10 | The intonation on your guitar has got to be perfect , because you 're fretting strings behind the glass and that has to be just right . |
| 11 | There 's a huge amount of detail and the technique has got to be perfect otherwise the painting should be an absolute mess . |
| 12 | This often sounds like the rap of a demented DJ : the way she moves has got to be good news , ca n't gel loose till I feel the juice — suck and spread , bitch , yeah bounce for me baby … |
| 13 | You know , I mean we revert a lot of trade here to next day , so the quality of service has got to be good or we lose them . |
| 14 | Raising money for charity has got to be worthwhile . |
| 15 | ‘ This has got to be sure . |
| 16 | X times two hours has got to be equal |
| 17 | There is a no we must n't , no , things are n't too bad , just leave it alone it 'll be okay , and somebody coming in and saying no that 's not the way you should look at it , that there is provocation if you 're gon na have a revolution it has got to be violent and it is right to be violent . |
| 18 | The front has got to be tidy I did a bit last night when I went out . |
| 19 | This has got to be immoral if not illegal ! |
| 20 | It has got to be explicit that the issue of a local authority majority and of co-option rather than the appointment is on the agenda for discussion between now |
| 21 | The fact is that any so called sport which involves the exhaustion , distress and eventual death of an animal has got to be obscene in the eyes of any human being . |
| 22 | But one has got to be realistic . |
| 23 | And I mean the actual the U K market those in those areas is quite developed and has got quite a reputation but obviously it has got to be able to develop develop and adapt accordingly over time . |
| 24 | Oh here , here is a fine example anything with in it has got to be doubtful . |
| 25 | With this shock news as well there 's going to be a lot more redundancies which has got to be bad for Plymouth and the economy of Plymouth as well . |
| 26 | Any guy wearing one of these has got to be fun . |
| 27 | This has got to be red . |
| 28 | Quinn has promised to be selfish in his quest for goals . |
| 29 | LENNIE Lawrence has promised to be ruthless in his Middlesbrough team selection in a bid to live with the best in the Premier League next season . |
| 30 | Existing published research on French primary education has tended to be quantitative in style with a strong statistical emphasis . |