Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] have to be " in BNC.

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1 Excitable children can have a similar effect , and so they may also have to be shown how to behave towards a puppy .
2 So compared with the commercial clout of the continental magnums , they 'll just have to be satisfied to remain as miniatures .
3 The result is a discourse in which certain expressions , such as " the river had not gone away either or the mountains " ( p. 31 ) must be interpreted as " literally " representing the perceptions of the people , whereas for us they would normally have to be interpreted metaphorically .
4 If , by some political catastrophe , government social services were abolished , they would soon have to be recreated in private form .
5 It was clear then that the staff would not only have to work extremely hard , and be at their most alert , they would also have to be unusually flexible .
6 They will particularly have to be wary of the aerial threat posed by striker Kevin Francis , at 6ft 7ins the tallest player in the Football League .
7 Not only will internal verifiers need to understand the operational requirements of the scheme , they will also have to be aware of the exact nature of the role of the assessor and have the ability to oversee groups of assessors .
8 However , their deployment is justified in nuclear ideology , not as a potential self-defence second-strike force , but on the basis that they will never have to be used , since their possession alone deters a potential enemy , and therefore it does not constitute a threat to use illegal weapons .
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