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

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1 For my money , the worst team in the world has to be Birmingham City — they 're crap !
2 fjortoft has not scored a single goal in the premiership yet ( he kept them coming at a very steady rate at rapid vienna ( under manager Hans Krankl — one of my favorite strikers — favorite striker of all times has to be Der Bomber , Gerd Muller , who scored something like 60 goals in 50 internationals ! did he in fact score against us in our 2–0 defeat vs Bayern Munich ? ) ) — i guess Fjortoft has problems adjusting to the english play and swindon is not the best of teams anyway .
3 ‘ As for the new series , it has to be Captain Picard .
4 ‘ I feel this has to be Ben Needham . ’
5 First among them has to be Hugh Laurie 's facial interpretation of Bertie , now brought to a fine pitch of eye-popping , open-mouthed imbecility .
6 The foundation of all political campaigning has to be opinion research .
7 Erm that the time has now come to accept that we do have to do the same things and it has to be in black and white and it has to be E E C wide .
8 ‘ There has to be quality leadership by example .
9 ‘ It has to be George Orwell , does n't it ?
10 Tim , My favourite ex player has to be John Sheridan .
11 Well , chaps it has to be Tony Currie. remember that goal … yes that one that he curled into the corner … who was that against again ?
12 I guess my fave team has to be Nottingham Forest ( such attractive shirts , do n't you think ? ) .
13 Just one ground in the entire country does not pay for its police service , and of course that has to be Derby County football club , yet it is the Derbyshire police force that so desperately needs the money .
14 Ken replied without hesitation : ‘ It has to be Princess Diana . ’
15 So it has to be Thursday morning .
16 Why had it had to be Travis McKenna , of all people , who had made her experience things she never had before ?
17 It would have had to be York Ham .
18 Dolo , scolo does it have to be O L O ?
19 ‘ There will have to be reorientation courses as people change jobs , but we should be doing that now anyway .
20 Fortunately , all this does n't have to be hair raising .
21 ‘ I am afraid it would have to be Captain Owen , ’ he said .
22 If I had to name the twentieth-century figure who reminds me most of corduroys , it would have to be Albert Einstein .
23 However , you do n't have to be Shirley Basset or Tom Bones to take part in Top Dog '91 .
24 The bottles did n't have to be champagne bottles .
25 Does every move have to be Judgement Day ? ’
26 Well it 'll have to be school dinners Friday , is that what you 've ?
27 ‘ My favourite hairdresser would have to be Trevor Sorbie .
28 ‘ If we are talking about who has contributed most to hairdressing , it would have to be Vidal Sassoon .
29 But when I got home and found my answerphone knee-deep in angry messages I did n't really have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out that you had something to do with it . ’
30 You ca n't all be company directors , some of us are gon na have to be shop floor workers are n't we .
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