Example sentences of "we must [vb infin] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , the Board was virtually alone in this support , and to understand why , we must return for a moment to the sixties , when the test was used almost exclusively to curb the spread of erotica . |
| 2 | We went out to meet him at the airport and Signe hugged him and told him how much she 'd missed him and how she had cooked all his favourite foods for one vast homecoming meal but she had had an urgent phone call about sickness in the family and the dinner had all burned up so now we must eat in a restaurant . |
| 3 | On the whole we are , until suddenly panic reigns and we must rush to a class again and limber up . |
| 4 | Moreover we must refuse by a criterion often rhetorically invoked in these doubtful positions ; by the criterion of the strictest intellectual coherence and rigour . |
| 5 | We have often heard our prime Minister say : ‘ We must negotiate from a position of strength . ’ |
| 6 | But we must distinguish between a type of interaction which is precisely regulated by the syntactic structure of the sentence , and a more diffuse type of interaction , not dependent on syntax , but merely on discourse propinquity . |
| 7 | well we must wait on a bit , we 'll have to now , if she had n't phoned it would of been , you know something nice to think about wo n't it ? |
| 8 | We must look for a way of establishing a relationship between the key of the record and its address , and using this relationship to retrieve the record rapidly . |
| 9 | ‘ We must look for a compromise , ’ said Paul . |
| 10 | We must look for a scheme that will ensure that that does not happen again . |
| 11 | We must insist on a system of tests that will be for the benefit of the pupils ; that will test what each one can do in practical work and in theoretical understanding ; and will serve as a motive for each to go on to the next stage . |
| 12 | We must insist on a world where natural diversity is valued and protected for the benefit of all . |