Example sentences of "must have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the young , there must have existed an inherited inborn enjoyment of life , for it can fairly safely be assumed that the pleasure experienced by them when at play , so obvious to modern man , must have been observable all through evolution . |
| 2 | The expectation that the new borrowings will be available , if required , must have existed at the balance sheet date and this expectation should be reviewed in the light of any post balance sheet events to ensure it remains reasonable on the date the financial statements are approved by the directors . |
| 3 | None of these large animals could possibly have passed over the arms of the sea which now separates these countries , and their presence plainly indicates that a land communication must have existed since the origin of the species … ’ |
| 4 | In this one site , conditions allowed a uniquely large proportion to be preserved , but even this is only a hint of what must have existed . |
| 5 | A similar situation must have existed in Peru at the time of the Spanish Conquest . |
| 6 | More than enough work for at least one such practitioner must have existed in most towns , as there would have been for slaters , tilers and masons in those areas where building stone was in regular use . |
| 7 | A great number of equestrian statues must have existed but there are scanty remains of these . |
| 8 | If we found an object such as a watch upon a heath , even if we did n't know how it had come into existence , its own precision and intricacy of design would force us to conclude that the watch must have had a maker : that there must have existed , at some time , and at some place or other , an artificer or artificers , who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer ; who comprehended its construction , and designed its use . |
| 9 | They , they must have existed these characters |
| 10 | You must have cared an awful lot about her to deliberately stay away from London because of her . |
| 11 | She had hurt him , therefore he must have cared … |
| 12 | He hated changing in front of others — and this from a man who played rugby with fourteen other men week in week out for years and must have huddled with them in the cramped and corrugated spaces of dressing rooms up and down the country . |
| 13 | If this were so then these other clubs must have breathed a sigh of relief when City 's books were not produced . |
| 14 | Then a woman in the street — the Via Monserato , between the Tiber and the Farnese Square , they talked about it so much , Mena and my grandmother , when I was little , I think they talked about it every day : Il Quartiere Papale , it does have a magnificent sound , has n't it ? and so much of it a slum ; the rich live above on the piani nobili , the ground floors and cellars are rented out to artisans ; my mother , who was brought up in those streets , says to know them you must have breathed the air in the evenings when the wine-shops are full and they are lighting charcoal braziers on the pavements ; she says I will go one day , but I think I know already — well , a woman in Mena 's street who sold salad greens knew the cook who worked for Anna and the prince round the corner and Mena was given things to do in the kitchen . |
| 15 | And remember that change is the essence of the short story — by the end , something significant must have altered in character or plot . |
| 16 | You must have altered it . |
| 17 | ‘ He must have stored things here . |
| 18 | It turned out that she did n't realise they were down , but thinks she must have pushed them into that position when dropping the ribber . |
| 19 | Jimmy Adams , too , who must have pushed match-award adjudicator Everton Weekes close to a three way split , sat head bowed in the dressing-room , contemplating the following week 's engagement at Eppleton in the Durham Senior League . |
| 20 | ‘ I told Nathaniel that he must have completed two jumps . |
| 21 | Magistrates sitting in the Juvenile Court must have completed the special training for the Juvenile Panel . |
| 22 | Siferwas must have completed the decoration of the Lectionary before 1408 , the year of the death of John , fifth Baron Lovell of Titchmarsh , who commissioned the manuscript for Salisbury Cathedral . |
| 23 | As his commentary stopped I realised that she must have completed her purchases and was very likely surveying the room for somewhere to sit . |
| 24 | To qualify for an ultra race , runners must have completed a full marathon in under three hours 30 minutes . |
| 25 | To be eligible for the DBA programme candidates must have completed an MBA or a similar degree-level qualification in management . |
| 26 | To be eligible for the DBA programme candidates must have completed an MBA ( Master of Business Administration ) or a similar degree-level qualification in management . |
| 27 | Anyone interested in joining the course must have completed the retail management training scheme . |
| 28 | … the earliest agriculture must have grown up round the shrines of the Mother Goddess , which thus became social and economic centres , as well as holy places , and were the germs of the future cities . |
| 29 | A conservative estimate is that power must have grown by about 30bhp ; in any case , this figure is likely to be overtaken soon when the four-valve cylinder heads known to have been developed by sister company Cosworth are installed in the car . |
| 30 | It was too large for me at that time , but over the next twelve months I must have grown considerably because , with wooden blocks fixed on the pedals , I was able to reach it in comparative comfort . |