Example sentences of "had [prep] be [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose a judgement about reaching criterion performance had to be made on the basis of the results of the tests used in the consistency experiment described above , what would be the decision for individual pupils ? |
| 2 | Many of the tools had to be made on the spot specially for the task . |
| 3 | Justin had such confidence in the rationality of the gospel that the phenomenon of unbelief had to be explained on the hypothesis of evil spirits spreading misinformation and prejudice in the interests of polytheism and superstition . |
| 4 | Police controls over such gatherings had to be exercised on the spot , rather than in advance . |
| 5 | The Brecknell-Munro ‘ B/1 ’ trolley mast was slightly offset towards one side and one end , although identical in appearance to those on Corporation cars , these could only be turned to one side and small arrows had to be painted on the bulkheads ( later inside the headlamp . ) |
| 6 | Salina arrived at the clinic with a grossly swollen foot which had to be lanced on the spot . |
| 7 | Oliver choked and had to be thumped on the back . |
| 8 | She burst out laughing , and jumped up and hugged Bryony , who was laughing so much that she could n't catch her breath and had to be thumped on the back . |
| 9 | Imperialism , therefore , had to be built on the " efficiency of the nation " . |
| 10 | To his credit , or possibly his ignorance , Michael then immediately filmed the next scene , where he had to be seen on the underside of a fire engine 's turntable ladder twenty feet up in the air , being lowered to the ground . |
| 11 | Dozens of animals were so weak they had to be shot on the spot . |
| 12 | And for RSPCA inspectors , who found cattle on the farm so weak they had to be shot on the spot , it was an important victory . |
| 13 | Aline choked and had to be banged on the back . |
| 14 | The new platforms increased the overall length to 36 feet and the seating had to be re-arranged on the upper deck , reducing it by one . |
| 15 | Large mounts of timber had to be handled on the property and it all had to be brought in from outside . |
| 16 | Each Spitfire had to be positioned on the flatbed in such a manner as to clear roadblock obstructions as well as overhead tramway cables encountered along the route . |
| 17 | ( 4 ) Reasonable limits had to be placed on the use of deputies to enable the doctor to fulfil his fundamental obligation of giving treatment personally . |
| 18 | Entry into the artillery or engineer branches through Woolwich demanded early action , for a candidate had to be placed on the list at eleven years old , in order to hope to secure a place before the age limit of fifteen had been passed . |
| 19 | On behalf of the defendant it was argued that some limitation had to be placed on the word " practice " and the natural and proper limitation was to imply the words " as medical practitioners " . |
| 20 | With little in the way of landmarks , accurate navigation had to be based on the position of farm buildings , roads and the occasional flash flood riverbed . |
| 21 | His idea was simple : seats on Skytrain were not bookable in advance , they had to be bought on the day of travel in New York , London , or later San Francisco , and food on the flight had to be paid for . |
| 22 | In fact Salisbury poured scorn on Lord Wemyss — ‘ the great prophet of North Berwick Law ’ — and insisted that interventionist legislation had to be considered on the merits of the measure in question . |
| 23 | A little late in the day as it happened , but they did and one of the things that helped was the fact that as an Irish citizen I had to be entered on the aliens ’ register by the local police and that required a passport photo . ’ |
| 24 | All three of these judgments proceeded on the premise that any duty of care had to be founded on the special relationship that exists between carrier and passenger . |
| 25 | Shares in had to be suspended on the Paris stock exchange collapsing after the company announced a massive loss . |
| 26 | As part of the training programme , you had to spend this period underground , of which eighteen months had to be spent on the coal face and during that time you did lots of jobs that mineworkers did . |
| 27 | With its mainframe-based system , the machines ground to a halt at the end of each month as sales reports from shops and sales locations around the country had to be collated on the head-office mainframe . |
| 28 | Jam fell like rain , cake had to be tidied on the floor . |
| 29 | Our canvas stretcher-beds were quickly drenched with blood , because we used them for the worst wounded — the others had to be laid on the tiled floor . |
| 30 | Meanwhile Parratt had to be restrained on the ground . |