Example sentences of "got to be " in BNC.
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1 | You 've got to be truthful , like in a court of law . |
2 | Jobs are scarce at the moment , so you 've got to be realistic . ’ |
3 | ‘ Ever since I resigned , I 've had to put up with this incessant , ‘ You 've got to be realistic , ’ from you . |
4 | ‘ You 've got to be realistic . ’ |
5 | You 've got to be realistic . ’ |
6 | You 've got to be positive , or you 'll never get out of this mess . ’ |
7 | My favourites have definitely got to be those which flower early in January and February . |
8 | Our lists contained the names of the family ‘ prigs ’ we knew were professional thieves and burglars ; and of whom I was advised on my arrival in the department by an old detective : ‘ you only get one chance a year to nail these bastards if you are lucky , so when you do , its got to be watertight ’ . |
9 | I tend to be rather disorganised when packing gear , so anything that helps me keep things in the right place has got to be a bonus . |
10 | Something has obviously got to be done to make sure that these simple shelters , which are there to offer overnight shelter for anyone in need of it , are not used for holiday centres and the like . |
11 | ‘ Above all else , you 've got to be 100 per cent committed to the job and , most importantly , to your dog , ’ Keith advised . |
12 | But one has got to be realistic . |
13 | It had got to be worked for . |
14 | Our concentration has got to be on the teaching and on the stretching of children . |
15 | Any ambitions we have have got to be within the terms of those realities . ’ |
16 | ‘ With an auction , you 've got to be certain that at least two buyers are there who can commit themselves , and the difficulty is that buyers who can proceed are few and far between , ’ said David Phillip , a director of Yorkshire estate agents Dacre Son and Hartley . |
17 | Mr Baker also conceded ‘ there will be in the 1990s inescapable areas of expenditure where there has got to be increases , for example , in caring for the elderly ’ . |
18 | Kelly said : ‘ It 's not right that the end of year events are worth more than the early season classics just because the interest has got to be maintained to the finish . ’ |
19 | ‘ You 've got to be careful : they cause lots of trouble , ’ said Manoel , glancing nervously at the groups of patrolling military police and the slate-grey truck used to cart away vagrant minors who spend their days here sniffing glue , bathing in fountains , picking pockets and sleeping rough . |
20 | Anything after his terrible sitcom Home James has got to be an improvement , has n't it ? |
21 | Maybe the police has made me this way , but do you not see that if you 're going to come in here asking me questions about my family , if you 're going to want to know all these things , I 've got to be able to trust you ? |
22 | Describing the boredom of sanger duty , one policeman said , ‘ You 've got to be able to read in this job . |
23 | You 've got to be able to talk to people on their own level , you get the best out of people if you treat them a certain way . |
24 | Raising money for charity has got to be worthwhile . |
25 | No , no , no , no , no , he said , it 's got to be the real thing , you 've got to start out as you mean to go on Get it right from the beginning . |
26 | It 's got to be a good loaf of bread , like that one you buy down the road , the black one , that 'll do . |
27 | I thought it was all a joke , you 've really got to be some schmuck to fall for that one . |
28 | I think there has always got to be for any executive — and for any employee for that matter — new challenges , new frontiers to keep them enthused . |
29 | There 's got to be development and opportunities . |
30 | You 've really got to be able to play all the keys on the piano on this one . |