Example sentences of "this [adj] [noun] must [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This age-old technique must have worked , for in April 1908 Mr. Groves , the Water Board 's Secretary , attended a Committee Meeting and with a sub-committee was appointed to settle the details of laying water . |
| 2 | For that surely is the disconcerting , downright depressing , reflection that this sorry catalogue must leave us with . |
| 3 | Players competing at the Blue Circle Club for this prestigious championship must register between 12.00 and 12.30pm . |
| 4 | ‘ This facing wall must mark the perimeter of the drum-shaped structure where the — where the brains are kept . ’ |
| 5 | Well , this old bell must have fallen off a ship , or perhaps it got washed out here in a flood . |
| 6 | The sadness and disappointment of this lost generation must have been a salutary warning to younger students not to follow the party unquestioningly , otherwise they too could have their lives wasted . |
| 7 | The main variables for the inner-city research ( most of which were reported in J. Milroy and L. Milroy , 1978 ) were therefore selected on the general principle that a large number of tokens must be identifiable in the data , and it is clear that this stark necessity must override any other consideration . |
| 8 | In ancient times this magnificent monument must have been much admired and it is hardly surprising that Imhotep was remembered as a great man and eventually became a god . |
| 9 | This corporate issuer must review this range of activities carefully to ensure that the risk of underpricing the bonds is minimised . |
| 10 | This very landscape must have played no small part in the formation of Tennyson 's poetic mind , as it is vibrantly alive with nature and natural forces . |
| 11 | This definable zero-point must have some relevance to the archaeological site being dated : potassium-argon dating of a piece of volcanic rock will date the formation of the rock , but it does not necessarily provide any useful information for the archaeologist ; the rock may simply be part of the geological environment of the site . |
| 12 | In combination , this double neglect must mean that certain children , when working in certain areas of the curriculum , are getting a distinctly raw deal . |
| 13 | Atheists , who have destroyed the continuum by insisting that death is the end , have failed to take into account that this arid conclusion must feed back into life as it is lived , making it seem haphazard and futile and emphasising its injustices . |
| 14 | This revolutionary violence must destroy the fetters on the development of society , i.e. the old forms ‘ of concentrated violence ’ which have become counter-revolutionary … the old state and the old model of relations of production … |
| 15 | I mean , let's face it , penis envy is a is a pretty wacky idea however you look at it , and you ca n't blame people for thinking , oh you know , this Viennese professor must have had a , had a diseased mind or something to come across such a crazy idea . |
| 16 | Accept her cold rebuffs without anger or impatience ; be there for her as best he might in the fond hope that this dreary rain must cease , that Spring must come again , and she might wake one day to that glorious span of light across the water-meadows . |
| 17 | This new structure must accomplish two special purposes . |
| 18 | Wolves 1 Middlesbrough 2 THE final 25 minutes of this nerve-wracking game must have been as dramatic as any in Middlesbrough 's history . |
| 19 | ‘ There is no doubt , the prosecution suggests , that this young defendant must have realised what had happened , but witnesses saw him accelerate away . ’ |
| 20 | No , this recent information must have been relayed partly out of pride but obviously with the hope that Celia might have some suitable friend who needed a nanny . |
| 21 | They obviously do n't mean anything to you , so it looks increasingly as if this whole business must have been a dreadful mistake . |