Example sentences of "is [adj] [pers pn] must [be] " in BNC.

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1 This may not be easy to prove , as if the precaution is possible it must be taken , even if the risks involved in taking it outweigh the benefits .
2 Where the credit of the debtor is doubtful it must be more so .
3 No drain should pass under a building , but where this is unavoidable it must be specially protected by encasing in concrete and supported against settlement where it passes through a wall or foundation .
4 ( For example Manu the lawgiver recommended to Hindu society more than twelve centuries ago that ‘ the chief function of a woman is to give birth , nurse those who are born and attend daily duties ' or ‘ A girl must be married before she attains puberty and after she is married she must be kept busy looking after elders , cooking , cleaning , keeping accounts and saving money and of course doing Dharma ) .
5 He said , ‘ So far as this court is concerned it must be taken as settled that the proper construction to be given to [ s.14(2) of the Water Act 1973 ] is to exclude liability for escapes in the absence of negligence ’ .
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