Example sentences of "'s [verb] to be a " in BNC.

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1 er present work , and so I mean , you , you , could say we 'll take it , er two or three hundred complaints from London , and buy time I suppose , erm to see if if if er work up here had picked up or natural wastage went or what ever , erm , if it did n't go up then , I mean in the long term , erm one could n't envisage keeping on with more staff than what 's thought to be a fairly generously assessed formula anyway , says we need .
2 It 's got to be a good loaf of bread , like that one you buy down the road , the black one , that 'll do .
3 ‘ I would n't feel dressed without something on my head or a really good hairdo — it 's got to be a hairdo or a hat ! ’
4 ‘ It 's got to be a sugared pill , always .
5 That 's got to be a good thing . ’
6 Not that you suspect him because you do n't like the look of him walking the streets — he 's got to be a suspected person .
7 There 's got to be a Happy Medium Between
8 ‘ There 's got to be a ‘ ’ side' ’ to go over to , ’ said the Leader .
9 But it 's got to be a case of saying ‘ hello ’ and then getting on with business .
10 There 's got to be a bit of irony somewhere there .
11 ‘ It 's got to be a magician who takes off the spell .
12 ‘ A taxi bike like this is good for the environment and with the parking problems in London , it 's got to be a good thing .
13 ‘ Everyone 's got to be a Mary Whitehouse , there are too many hypocrites using football for their own purposes , ’ he said before the Sheffield derby that is Sky 's live game tomorrow .
14 So I think you 're right , it 's got to be a massive change for people .
15 They think so totally different and there 's got to be a reason for that .
16 We took a risk because there 's got to be a better way ’ ( Perry , 1984 : 3 ) .
17 There 's got to be a reason why I 'm playing you bar nine as well as bar ten .
18 Straiton would suit me if er there 's got to be a move .
19 not just a not a high E , it 's got to be a very low E.
20 Just before seven she left Jed to pick out some toys and books to be taking with him — and it 's got to be a portable amount , she warned and went to check that she would n't be needed for a while .
21 It 's got to be a shock .
22 Sir tells him straight that he 's got to be a tree But he wo n't wave his arms around .
23 But as far as , as far as erm the , the er the , the investment in , in premium bonds , it 's got to be a flutter , it can be nothing else .
24 there 's , there 's got to be a reallocation .
25 ‘ There 's got to be a watch and a box somewhere , Bernie . ’
26 There 's a link — there 's got to be a link .
27 not sure how this would work but I think there 's got to be a place for both Strach and rocky in the team .
28 The difficulty is if we move to something , er , which is supply based as is being suggested , then it could impact even , even greater and so there 's no perfect er , system for this , but there 's got to be a better way .
29 " It 's a long-term project , and to help it there 's got to be a forest sense among the general public .
30 This discussion has actually sort of change my perspective on it erm and so it 's it 's not that there 's an element of doubt in my mind I 'm just I if I 'm gon na go into something it 's got to be a hundred percent .
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