Example sentences of "have [prep] [be] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Sadly , the Macintosh is still slightly more expensive than an equivalent PC system — especially when it has to be made PC compatible by adding AppleTalk or extras like the PC disk drive .
2 I 'm also very worried , and this has been mentioned erm , by Mr , that the er , the Home Secretary seems to regard the police constabulary as a mere crime busting organisation , whereas really , the preventative work , the crime prevention , the work in the schools and the community work is absolutely vital if we are ever to solve , erm , we 're ever to stop , the er , if we 're ever able to stop the rise in crime , and this really has to be done hand in hand , I feel with local councils , and I 'm glad to say that there are some initiatives around , one of them in Mr 's own district , which is making erm , some very important steps towards that .
3 Still , Lazaroni has to be given credit for absorbing the pan-Europeanism of his squad into something the Europeans will need to be aware of in Italy .
4 Therefore , argue Trist et al. , the work group has to be given responsibility for the entire cycle of operations , and for handling the interdependence between those on different shifts .
5 If this were so we would not find the genuine uneasiness about an influx of strangers ( or outside influences ) that can not in any realistic sense threaten the members of the group as individuals , for instance , the insistence by sections of the US citizens that English — of all languages — has to be given protection against immigrant languages by the grant of an official monopoly of public use .
6 He argued that Dorset should continue to record unmet need as it had been doing in a pilot project , although the decision is so politically sensitive that it has to be given clearance by the politicians at their June committee meeting .
7 ‘ The issue has to be tackled head on .
8 This problem has to be tackled head on ; without it any other tinkering with the legislation is just a waste of time . ’
9 Each of these students has to be taught neurology in a hospital department that has fewer than 100 beds .
10 Eventually , though , the program has to be tested in-circuit .
11 All that has to be taken care of in designing experiments to probe local reality .
12 The directive is simply another obstacle which has to be taken account of by broadcasting authorities when giving effect to their duty to preserve due impartiality .
13 Yesterday Mr Olsen said the company had been approached by CITIC about the possible purchase of a holding back in November and the talks had reached a point at which they had had to be made public .
14 ‘ At least the race was completed and did not have to be declared void , ’ Arkwright added .
15 If the Attorney-General ( Sir Richard Webster ) took the post , Clarke would have to be appointed Attorney-General .
16 The three were closely linked and led to two important conclusions : part of the Strategic Reserve would have to be positioned East of Suez ; and there would have to be some stocking of heavy equipment and supplies , and the establishment of essential repair facilities , on the far side of the Arab air/sea barrier .
17 Automated office systems , which place a premium on the unique record , may have to be given preference over the more ephemeral e-mail .
18 A computer would have to be given knowledge about human eating habits before it could interpret this .
19 It is a well-established convention that a minister should be an MP or a peer ; the Ministers of the Crown Act , 1964 ( in limiting the number of ministers and parliamentary secretaries that can sit in the Commons ) forces the Prime Minister to select a nucleus of ministers from the Lords ; leading figures in the majority party practically demand a Cabinet place — and a ministry of their choice ; new young members need to be nurtured ; and even leaders of factions within the party might have to be given office if only in the hope of softening their opposition to the broad drift of government policy .
20 The National Curriculum subjects will therefore have to be given priority for resources , especially where schools have not offered the full curriculum to all pupils , or in primary schools which may have done little science and technology .
21 A built-up surround will have to be dismantled piece by piece , but with the other types , you can chop away the plaster just next to the surround until you find the brackets , after which the screws can be undone ( or the brackets sawn through ) and the fireplace surround levered away from the wall with a crowbar .
22 The French Open champion has ‘ a serious condition that will have to be taken care of in a substantial way , ’ said her agent , Phil de Picciotto .
23 The material deterioration in the company 's prospects had to be made public under Stock Exchange rules , and it was decided to issue the warning .
24 Hebrews 2 contains a fascinating idea that Jesus had to be made human in order to overcome death for us ; that is to say , he pioneered our way through the deep waters of death .
25 And er the bread and butter for their tea had to be cut wafer thin .
26 In Kenya bureaucracy provided 40 per cent of the country 's jobs and had to be kept content .
27 The funding money had to be matched pound for pound by other backers ; the people who believed in the paper had to put up £5,000 of their own money between them ; and the paper had to have a controlling group to protect it from an outside takeover which might change the political line .
28 As we were to take care of our own mounts during the trek , we were shown how to groom them , which had to be done morning and evening , and how to tack up .
29 Nestorius himself refused to attend and had to be given protection by imperial troops .
30 The woman police constable , who has been in the force for five years , had to be given emergency blood transfusions at the scene after being wounded in the stomach and arms .
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