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 | Immediate matters arising from the appointment of Louis Gerstner as the next chairman and chief executive of IBM Corp : Gerstner says he made three IBM executive decisions — all of them undisclosed — during the five-block walk from the Midtown Manhattan Hilton where the announcement of his appointment was made and IBM 's Madison Avenue offices ; and while many say that it has looked to be that way for most of this year , it seems that for a couple of days , IBM really will be leaderless , because John Akers says he will resign at today 's board meeting , and Gerstner is not due to take up his posts until Thursday . |
| 6 | However , sexual history records remarkable cases of feminine pubic hair that has grown to be longer than the hair on the owners ' heads . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | She said apologetically " Well , he has had to be careful so long , watching every tiny little thing he does , I suppose … " |
| 9 | He has had to be able to turn his hand to almost anything . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 13 | There 's a huge amount of detail and the technique has got to be perfect otherwise the painting should be an absolute mess . |
| 14 | 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 … |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Raising money for charity has got to be worthwhile . |
| 17 | ‘ This has got to be sure . |
| 18 | The last of the fish for this tank has got to be one of my old favourites , the Tyre-track eel ( Mastcembelus armatus ) . |
| 19 | Yet most people would agree that the fax machine has got to be one of life 's easier contraptions to master . |
| 20 | Hateley has got to be one of the best target me in Britain . |
| 21 | X times two hours has got to be equal |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The front has got to be tidy I did a bit last night when I went out . |
| 24 | This has got to be immoral if not illegal ! |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But one has got to be realistic . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | There has got to be some kind of responsibility to deliver what they think they are buying . ’ |
| 30 | Well I just wonder you , there has got to be some kind of relationship between the fact that most people who take drugs live in really run down deprived areas . |