Example sentences of "have [prep] [be] some [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If production is to go ahead at all there has to be some minimum level of cooperation between management and workers , and workers require some autonomy if their initiative is to be counted upon .
2 However , the Secretary of State is not very keen to call in applications and there has to be some substantial justification , e.g. a public outcry .
3 Money , now this has to be some good shit .
4 There has to be some other reason for it .
5 It has to be some other woman you want . ’
6 It has to be some solid reason .
7 No , there has to be some deeper reason .
8 Every if the reason that something 's got ta change is obvious to everybody , then you do n't really need to have any influence over their It usually has to be some considered opinion that you want
9 And , yes , there has to be some eye-catching , nifty typography with lots of ‘ creative white space ’ so that it does n't all seem too indigestible .
10 I , I do n't often agree with Jim about anything , but I really do agree with him about this , that there has to be some clear guidelines , I think , as to how these are fixed , they are not going be have the potential of being very unfair to people because people operate in different ways in different areas and I would suggest that it would be a good idea if this community were to ask for erm guidelines to be drafted for this committee to agree so that there is a more even fair , laid down procedure for dealing with the cases coming before the panel .
11 Planners have estimated that belts of trees would have to be some 100 metres deep to reduce noise significantly .
12 It will have to be some other time , Ian .
13 It would have to be some unusual visitor to be thus announced by Matron .
14 ‘ There may have to be some tough decisions .
15 It is certainly true that if neither of the main parties emerges with an overall majority after Thursday there will have to be some intense horsetrading .
16 In terms of funding , there 's going to have to be some political decision as to how we allocate those resources .
17 There had to be some political acceptance both inside the country and , more importantly , outside , because since the end of the Cold War military take-overs were met increasingly by an immediate freeze of foreign aid .
18 Another used sweet saffron leaves , baked to dry and fed in the same way : ‘ Only you had to be some careful not to give the horse too much of the powder or else the sweat would bring it out and you could smell the herb on his coat . ’
19 This had to be some wonderful dream , because Felipe de Santis would not come here to England and seek her out .
20 There had to be some more deadly reason than that .
21 But dissimilar though they were in appearances , they were alike — very alike — in the way they thought ; precise , analytical , hard-edged , CI5 was a no-nonsense Operation for no-nonsense men , and when the dirty tricks division of the Secret Service was asked to turn its hand to a ‘ favour ’ , there had to be some tough negotiating by all concerned .
22 There had to be some missing piece to Jane 's story .
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