Example sentences of "has [vb pp] to [be] [art] " in BNC.

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1 This has proven to be a strong deterrent against theft .
2 Paul , who commutes daily — a weekly total of 630 miles — from his home town of Dundee has proven to be an excellent draughtsman both manually and on CAD , gaining expertise on CADvance , AUTOCAD and Microstation Intergraph systems which are supported throughout FWWG .
3 This has proven to be the case in all of the uses of to examined to date .
4 The rambling 58-minute statement from Koresh , who has claimed to be the Lamb of the book of Revelation , broadcast on radio stations at the request of the FBI .
5 Yet for women religious , celibacy has come to be a statement in direct opposition to western cultural norms of women having to be available to men and usually defined by their relationships to them .
6 wheat has come to be an important imported product which reflects the increasing consumption of bread as a staple , rather than maize-based food products such as tortillas .
7 At some stage in a competition , competitors have to be ranked in order , and this has come to be the role of public examinations .
8 For the majority of people living in rural areas , the private motor car has come to be the main , or vastly preferred , mode of transport .
9 The income figure , particularly expressed as a ratio of net investment , has come to be the ultimate test of a company 's success or failure .
10 Those two finals in 1986 and 1987 were the climax of his 24-year career at the top of the game that has grown to be a part of the national heritage .
11 AUSTRALIAN Mutual Provident was founded as a mutual life society in 1849 and has grown to be the largest life office in Australia and New Zealand .
12 Yet perhaps it was the easy accessibility of English which made it so popular ; it has grown to be the second largest university subject .
13 Although such censorship is not the most common type of censorship in libraries , it is the one in recent years that has threatened to be the most damaging .
14 These days he has decided to be the sort of man who does not hit people .
15 While of course the whole business game involves doing better than most of your competitors , the attempt to diversify away from one 's basic business , which so much experience elsewhere has shown to be an extremely difficult operation , is a risk that I have always tried to avoid .
16 erm but that specifically is one of the developments that is has had to be the cut with the budget that was made last month .
17 I tend to be rather disorganised when packing gear , so anything that helps me keep things in the right place has got to be a bonus .
18 ( laughter ) Allen : This has got to be a long-term plan .
19 ‘ This has got to be a Budget for jobs .
20 There has got to be a full investigation .
21 So there has got to be a source of equity or semi-equity instruments available .
22 and er and the last I believe there was herself then er the middle item has got to be a particular type of item .
23 This has got to be a record for our group all on one day !
24 ‘ This has got to be a first .
25 There has got to be a willingness on the part of all the groups on this council and the officers of the various connected departments of this council to make sure that those teams are given the utmost support in delivering the youth and community service that the Highfields area needs and deserves .
26 And in order to put a stop to it , there has got to be a resurgence of a belief in values , whatever those values may be .
27 Now when this is all over , and Saddam has got to be stopped , forcibly stopped , when this is over , I believe that there 's got to be no reneging as this country has constantly done with the Arabs ; there has got to be a Middle East conference , and the Israelis said ‘ yes , we agree to your State , but return to your original frontiers or you will get the same treatment as Saddam has got . ’
28 If they want to settle out of court , then it has got to be a really substantial settlement to satisfy these people because er those that have already died , er they entered into the litigation in the hope of seeing it through and making sure that , er if anything did happen to them , their wives and families would be catered for and would be er financially settled .
29 ‘ The first thing passengers do when they are served is have a look at what their neighbour has got — their piece of chicken has got to be the same size , ’ says Karen .
30 It has got to be the Premier League , ’ he added .
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