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Example sentences of "[noun sg] we must be [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	When we finally make proposals to build a repository we must be confident they will satisfy safety standards that are amongst the toughest in the world .
2	Yet even on this issue we must be cautious : marriage was an irrevocable step ; though death almost as often and as rapidly parted married couples in the twelfth century as it does in the twentieth , a prince might well take careful thought before he threw the dice , just as , even then , a prudent man might spend many years looking for the woman of his choice .
3	In the general interest of certainty in the law we must be sure that there is some very good reason before we so act .
4	Of course we must be cautious about taking on difficult tasks as if to prove our social virility .
5	I 'm afraid she has a most irreverent attitude — and some of our gentlemen have quite a wide circle of acquaintances , so of course we must be able to offer complete discretion … ’
6	Of course we must be concerned for justice , and for where justice is violated .
7	‘ If I managed to get it home with the help of a cabbie we must be able to move it between the two of us .
8	In the end , however , to diminish the welfare of some animals is a price we must be willing to pay for making the world better for others , both human and nonhuman . ’
9	But to be able to include these indications intelligently and with musicianship we must be able to play in our minds .
10	Before submitting the document we must be sure that a full Information memorandum exists , and ideally the data on input form should be taken from the completed Information memorandum .
11	The legend must go — but at the same time we must be careful not to let the queen out with the asses ' milk .
12	As we explained in the AEA Times bulletin we have not yet resolved all the issues and to some extent we must be flexible in taking account of the way Government thinking develops .