Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] must [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not an area I was likely to visit but , nevertheless , my poor mother , hearing the report on the wireless , was sure that I must be among the casualties ! |
| 2 | On the basis of earlier work relying on measuring footprints , it had been estimated that their must be at least 60 rhinos in the park . |
| 3 | Your inexperience told me that you must be in love with me — but I could n't be sure . |
| 4 | Born in 1930 , so she must be on the verge of retirement now . |
| 5 | I agree with the Prime Minister that we must be at the heart of Europe , working with our partners to build Europe 's future . |
| 6 | We must shift from viewing animals as made for our benefit to thinking that we must be of benefit to them . |
| 7 | Mr Kinnock 's preference for his successor to be in place by the end of June proved impossible to meet , as the party 's rules decree that there must be at least 12 weeks in which to consult the three groups that make up the electoral college — MPs , constituency activists and the unions . |
| 8 | Their calculations of reaction rates in the Sun 's interior imply that there must be at least 10 20 times as many monopoles in the Sun as is possible according to the limits set by the non-detection of monopoles here on Earth . |
| 9 | These courses attract both couples and single people , and a holiday atmosphere prevails , as the lectures are less intensive than they must be in the shorter courses . |
| 10 | If the government thinks that they 're going to solve the problem by just lashing out four hundred thousand pounds for sixteen pitches , then they are certainly mistaken , because the mere fact of these people 's business , whether they 're in scrap , whether they 're dealing in furniture , means that they must be on the move all the time . |
| 11 | Even if we are assured that the creatures in question are not in any pain , some people will prolong the argument either by insisting that they must be in some sort of distress , or by claiming that even if they are not overtly suffering , what is happening to them is cruel and unwarranted exploitation . |
| 12 | Will he remember that more and more people reaching retirement age wish to have independence in their own hands , which means that they must be in receipt of policies that encourage that independence , including savings , during their working career ? |
| 13 | Well , they ca n't get into the gardens from this side , so they must be in the woods . |
| 14 | No one knew it — although it must be on her medical records somewhere . |
| 15 | In view of the conclusion which their Lordships have reached , namely , that the defendant 's conviction should be quashed and that it must be for the Court of Appeal in Jamaica to say whether a new trial should be ordered , their Lordships consider that it is unnecessary , and indeed undesirable in the interests of justice , to examine the rival contentions and the facts to which they relate with the same particularity as their Lordships would have felt bound to do if their recommendation had been in favour of dismissing the appeal . |
| 16 | ‘ No ! ’ he said in a hoarse scream ; and even then he was still able to feel that it must be by the grace of God that what felt like the terror of an animal in extremity should produce a cry of respectable human rage . |
| 17 | My mother left me a property in Lesotho when she died , and they insisted that it must be in my husband 's name . |
| 18 | You will tell him that it must be in secret and that it is very , very important . |
| 19 | A Chambers colleague remarked on seeing it that it must be like driving around in a Smartie . |
| 20 | ‘ God and the King ’ , he proclaimed , ‘ are so in a league … as one can not be enemy to the one , but that he must be to the other . |
| 21 | She had lost one son — lost him truly , for she realized that he must be in Ireland now — but she was determined that she would not lose a daughter . |
| 22 | Vologsky took over control again , knowing that he must be within twenty miles of the outer warning ring around Alma-Ata . |
| 23 | He is in for the ride , so he must be on the payroll . |
| 24 | Thus , just as it is dangerous to superimpose standard-based analyses on a present-day vernacular , so it must be at least equally dangerous to do this in dealing with past states , which are of course also divergent . |
| 25 | And I must be on top to let him take the full force of the impact . |
| 26 | I am not looking for money , just a deep involvement and I must be worth a telephone call . |
| 27 | Space must be left so that they get an uninterrupted view , extra lighting may need to be laid on and someone must be on hand to make sure the photograph has an accurate caption . |
| 28 | All manholes must have covers which give access for clearing blockages , and which must be of adequate strength to take pedestrian traffic or , in the case of driveways , vehicles . |
| 29 | ‘ Two games against Barnsley have been tight this season and we must be on our guard . |
| 30 | At the start of the battle there must be at least two Goblins in the unit to carry a prodder fork , and there must be at least five models in total . |