Example sentences of "have [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She has been hopelessly sentimentalized and hopelessly magicalized by tradition , with the result that Christian feminism has come to be uncomfortable with her . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | She said apologetically " Well , he has had to be careful so long , watching every tiny little thing he does , I suppose … " |
| 5 | He has had to be able to turn his hand to almost anything . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | There 's a huge amount of detail and the technique has got to be perfect otherwise the painting should be an absolute mess . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 … |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Raising money for charity has got to be worthwhile . |
| 13 | ‘ This has got to be sure . |
| 14 | X times two hours has got to be equal |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The front has got to be tidy I did a bit last night when I went out . |
| 17 | This has got to be immoral if not illegal ! |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But one has got to be realistic . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Oh here , here is a fine example anything with in it has got to be doubtful . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Any guy wearing one of these has got to be fun . |
| 25 | This has got to be red . |
| 26 | Quinn has promised to be selfish in his quest for goals . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Existing published research on French primary education has tended to be quantitative in style with a strong statistical emphasis . |
| 29 | What little new fiction by youngish writers there has been has tended to be incestuous tales of fast-track living in the media boomtown of the Eighties : books sold and written in the Groucho Club bar . |
| 30 | As a producer , MacCabe is naturally enough dismayed by this pro-directorial bias : ‘ If you look at what 's been happening to British cinema over the last 10 years or so , then it 's clear that it has tended to be production-led — names like Working Title , Palace Films or Zenith are as important as those of any individual director . |