Sentence examples for had to erect from inspiring English sources

The conference was so popular that the organisers had to erect a huge tent to take the overflow.

I have had to erect a bell tent in our garden for my new private secretary and chauffeur.

In the end, renovators had to erect a steel structure to support the building and replace its roof.

Dye had to erect lights so his crews could work at night, first to clear the site and then to revamp it.

First, weaving through patrons, the assistants had to erect tall frames for black curtains that cloaked the chosen dioramas, to eliminate reflection on the glass.

The Border Agency in Croydon had to erect an emergency facade to prevent tabloid photographers catching and shaming the children, for the crime of needing help.

"In Europe or Bonnaroo, for instance, they have to erect an entire village in a remote location.

What right does the state have to erect any barrier, however trivial, to citizens participating in the election of those who will govern them?

When the intruders broke in, it "ruptured that perimeter of denial that all Joburgers have to erect if they are to sleep comfortably at night".

"If a council puts in zebra crossing they don't have to erect a sign saying: 'Caution, cross at your own risk,'" he says.

The more the press blurs these lines on its own, the more openings government propagandists have to erect their Potemkin villages with impunity.