Example sentences of "[conj] it must [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ruthless and totalitarian , of necessity , yet also in the long run cherishing the human race , although it must needs manacle the minds of men ; absolutely , as never before .
2 Oliver wondered why the old man lived in such an old , dirty place , when he had so many watches , but then he thought that it must cost Fagin a lot of money to look after the Dodger and the other boys .
3 While this is not insignificant ( a weakness of the lecture or the teacher-directed lesson is that it must take place at a pre-set time irrespective of student readiness ) it is hardly Liberty Hall .
4 After being among the first of the former Soviet republics to fight to free itself from the embrace of Moscow , it has now come full circle with the recognition that it must look East as well as West for its own benefit .
5 Jesus did it ( Luke 4 : 28–30 ) so it must make sense !
6 And it must help pupils to come to their own commitments as they live their lives in a world of confusing , diverse and often conflicting values and beliefs .
7 And it must find time to sort out its politics .
8 If the truth is at last unavoidable , it ran , and if it must bring consolation in its train , then surely there should be no need to dread its disclosure ?
9 ( A local party may choose someone not on the list , but it must obtain approval from the national party for its choice . )
10 However , the cell can not be surrounded by an impermeable membrane , because it must acquire substances — ‘ food ’ — from outside .
11 The state lacks integrity because it must endorse principles to justify part of what it has done that it must reject to justify the rest .
12 A shorter maturity date raises the effective annual yield required to justify the investment , since it must cover capital pay-back as well as interest .
13 Only the Barrier is new : a long row of big silver bathtubs upended in the water , waiting for that one freak high tide when it must stop London sinking beneath the rushing sea .
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