Example sentences of "had to be [vb pp] each [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In compliance with the rules laid down by Sir Hans Sloane 's original deed of conveyance ( see p. 22 ) , dried and labelled specimens of fifty species grown in the Garden had to be sent each year to the Royal Society . |
| 2 | Unemployment was , she said , " the primary cause of the inequalities in our society " and 300,000 new jobs had to be created each year . |
| 3 | In colonial Ruanda-Burundi , several weeks of free labour had to be given each year by the commune to build up terraces , bunds and other erosion works . |
| 4 | Even for somebody who spoke French it was a mouthful , and it was tedious because it had to be repeated each time one spoke to a Corporal or Sergeant . |
| 5 | About one-fifth of the force had to be replaced each year , partially because many recruits were found unsuitable . |
| 6 | Loyalty had to be reaffirmed each time it was required ; it could not be assumed merely by reason of inhabiting a particular locality . |
| 7 | ’ A book in the J. C. R. had to be signed each week to record the hours of war work required of us in return for the privilege of remaining students , and the variety of jobs was immense , including , in the long vacation , harvest and fruit-picking camps in various parts of rural England . |