Example sentences of "which must [adv] have " in BNC.

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1 perhaps the Company 's lack of comment on its own future , which must increasingly have been worrying them at the turn of the century .
2 We shall remember Jack Nicklaus shedding the years in 1986 , and spiriting the ball into the hole with a long-bladed putter which must surely have made a fortune for its inventor .
3 Having expected a casual Italian place , Belinda was a little perturbed to realise that this was L'Epoque , Brisbane 's newest and most talked-about French restaurant , which must surely have required a booking in advance .
4 He hurried back to the Limousin and completed a piece of business , negotiations for which must already have been in train .
5 He conquered the still-surviving British kingdom of Elmet ( HB ch. 63 ) and extended over the men of Lindsey ( among whom the missionary Paulinus baptized at Lincoln and Littleborough ( HE II , 16 ) ) , a lordship which must soon have come to embrace the Mercians north of the Trent and , no doubt by slower degrees , those south of it .
6 The large steersman 's oar , which must always have been located at the stern , is the only clear indication of the vessel 's orientation .
7 ‘ Anti-Harry fever was publicly at its height on Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday , but by the Sunday before , at least , you 'd begun to spread your investigation outwards … which must horribly have alarmed our man .
8 Scraps of sedge and meadow rue still cling to its margins , the last remnants of a marsh which must once have inundated the whole valley floor .
9 The daring actions of slaters , copper and lead and iron miners were described , bringing to life those now deserted valleys throughout the centre of the area which must once have been hives of industry .
10 Eva also insisted on Dad improving the service : she got him to consult esoteric library books early in the morning before work and asked him at breakfast , in a voice which must once have enquired of Charlie if he 'd done his technical-drawing homework , ‘ And what did you learn this morning ? ’
11 A British viceroy of India spoke of them as ‘ those countries which must inevitably have attracted the attention of Europe , partly from increasing infirmity , but still more from the opportunities suggested by their latent though neglected sources of strength ’ .
12 As for our own species , the oldest evidence , going back to possibly about 35,000 BC , reveals that the dead were not only equipped with weapons , tools , and ornaments but also with food , which must often have been in short supply among the living .
13 The question was one which must often have arisen in this period of extensive rebuilding : Did an altar require to be reconsecrated after it had been moved ?
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