Example sentences of "have [prep] be [verb] [is] " in BNC.

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1 What has to be explained is why in the long-term stagnant economies the innovators do not turn their hands to productive capital accumulation ( or , for that matter , to the mobilisation of political forces , though this would not be Baran 's argument ) .
2 Another feature which has to be explained is the emplacement of massive granite intrusions of various ages which cover about 464 000 km 2 ( about 15 per cent ) of the surface of the range ; this probably represents a volume in excess of 2x106km 3 — the greatest mass of granite intrusions on Earth .
3 What has to be decided is which non-meanings may be significantly regarded as existing " in their own right " , and which can not be so regarded ; what conditions must be fulfilled before a claim that a given topic does so exist can be accepted as meaningful ?
4 The first thing that has to be done is to obtain a death certificate from a medical practitioner .
5 In considering the issue of legitimacy in relation to our constitutional arrangements and the exercise of governmental power , what has to be done is to examine a range of practices , decisions , actions ( and non-practices , -decisions and -actions ) statements and policies which between them can amount to a portrait of power , so that we can form a judgment or an assessment of that power set against the principles of limited government outlined and discussed so far .
6 What has to be examined is transferable expertise , both in the practical and the theoretical senses of the term .
7 The question for the consideration of the court at the stage when the amount of contribution has to be assessed is how much , if anything , ought to be recoverable by the third defendant from the third party ‘ having regard to the extent of [ the third party 's ] responsibility for the damage in question . ’
8 The first question that has to be asked is whether in fact anything at all needs to be done .
9 If if it is considered that a new settlement is required to meet the housing provision in Greater York , then the first question that has to be asked is , is the criteria approach alone acceptable .
10 One compensatory reaction that has to be developed is that of rebelliousness .
11 I mean the question that has to be faced is that when you talk about cutting the costs in local government you also have to talk about the services which councils deliver , and you ca n't get something for nothing .
12 The fundamental question that then has to be answered is , who pays the bills ?
13 The first question which has to be answered is : what is the employer 's business ?
14 All that has to be established is that ‘ on the balance of probabilities ’ the alleged offence took place .
15 I think one of the things that has to be addressed is not " who does this belong to ? " but " what is the basis for a common approach ? " so that we can get a common assessment policy so that we can get reassessment whenever it 's required , so that we can get packages of care devised that are appropriate to the needs of people and so on .
16 Whatever has to be copied is typed or handwritten on to the exposed surface of the special paper creating a reverse image in carbon on the back of the paper .
17 A good application form can be helpful but what has to be considered is whether it stops the candidate from expressing him/herself .
18 What has to be considered is whether this is really in everyone 's interest .
19 Downing Street is a sure stepping-stone to becoming head of a department but the price that has to be paid is as exacting a life-style as can be found in Whitehall .
20 What has to be described is the sort of thing which Europeans took for granted as they went about their daily lives .
21 The puzzle that has to be solved is why many adults can not ’ .
22 Now it is easier as all that has to be shown is value for money and that the private sector is shouldering the risk of not being paid .
23 ‘ The question that has to be put is , do we have a cartel lobbyist in Washington ? ’ said Jack Blum , a former chief investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations sub-committee on terrorism and drugs .
24 Another way in which initially simple models of language comprehension have had to be modified is illustrated by another topic we discussed in this chapter , namely , the relation between syntactic and semantic processing .
25 The volume of information that would have to be absorbed is simply too great .
26 One problem not having to be faced is opposition from local residents .
27 The average number of casting faults which had to be repaired is well over twice as high in the alloy heads as in the copper ones .
28 The picture of studying law as a wearisome task in which lots of dull rules and regulations have to be memorised is a distorted one .
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