Example sentences of "had [prep] be found for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was delayed because extra carriages had to be found for the unexpectedly large number of emigres . |
| 2 | In 1962 the increase in population had been 1,172 but in the same year only nineteen new houses had been built ; land had to be found for new housing . |
| 3 | Suitable recipients had to be found for the money raised . |
| 4 | Storage space had to be found for this unusually large collection of books which arrived in batches over a period of weeks . |
| 5 | Something had to be found for the men to do with their time , so someone had the bright idea of introducing ‘ Cook 's Tours ’ — trips over France and Germany in a Lancaster for any of the non-flying staff who cared to take advantage of it , including Waafs . |
| 6 | If investment in public education was a necessary political and humanitarian response to the problems of poverty and underprivilege , if it was an appropriate means of fostering and maintaining religious adherence , and if it was calculated to equip young people with the skills demanded by a changing industrial society , then a strategy had to be found for ensuring that value was obtained for the funds invested . |
| 7 | In another case Betty Jones who is 86 and unwell could n't cope with her senile husband of 83 , and because he could n't return home from the day centre a place had to be found for him . |
| 8 | For those of melancholy or saturnine disposition , the means had to be found for inducing receptivity toward Jovian or solar influx . |
| 9 | No policy orthodoxy had to be imposed and no places had to be found for clients of the former leader who wished to be junior ministers . |
| 10 | Now that the time had come for the depleted garrison to shrink back inside the new fortifications , accommodation had to be found for the ladies displaced from Dr Dunstaple 's house . |