Example sentences of "must be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the abiding memory of the eighties must be of the greatest achievement , the enormous increase in passenger traffic . |
| 2 | In the habitual contexts of English Literature teaching , students assume that if a work is on a reading list then it must be of approved quality , otherwise why is it there ? |
| 3 | Judging by the sound of the guns , they must be of a heavier calibre , and their target many miles away . |
| 4 | For example , a quarter of all programmes must be purchased from independent production companies ; and a vague ‘ proper proportion ’ must be of European origin . |
| 5 | The ice to be melted must be of the transparent blue variety , which is free from fine cracks through which the hot water can drain . |
| 6 | ‘ You must be of an age , ’ she had said . |
| 7 | For helices to entwine together they must be of the same handedness , like the strands of a rope . |
| 8 | Our greatest fear must be of an alliance . |
| 9 | All manholes must have covers which give access for clearing blockages , and which must be of adequate strength to take pedestrian traffic or , in the case of driveways , vehicles . |
| 10 | video and film must be of the highest professional standard and rigorously edited |
| 11 | We must shift from viewing animals as made for our benefit to thinking that we must be of benefit to them . |
| 12 | It need not be exactly the same work but must be of the same nature and capacity and at the same place . |
| 13 | The elementary requisites of fair comment are : — first , the matter must be of public interest ; secondly , it must be an expression of opinion based on proved facts ; thirdly , the comment must be fair ; and lastly , there must be no malice . |
| 14 | The honourable calling of a councillor must be of the highest worth for no councillor must lower himself or his calling by obtaining any illegal financial gain from his activities as a councillor . |
| 15 | The vision must be of a multi-lateral teacher placement programme between all community countries . |
| 16 | ‘ As soon as I am rich I mean to engage some of the very finest artists in their respective lines to paint figures into the landscapes , but these must be of a large size , and if executed in a superior manner will find many admirers ’ . |
| 17 | Its muscles must contract more quickly ; and because its muscles must be of the fast , white variety to achieve this , they cost more , energetically , to generate the force the quail needs in order to run . |
| 18 | But to the historian it must be of the deepest interest . |
| 19 | It must be of their inward mental and subtle structure . |
| 20 | But of course , reliance on beans from a single source means they must be of a consistently high standard . |
| 21 | The lines must be of equal length , and fully paid-out before launch . |
| 22 | ‘ The nature of the trains means they must be of a very high standard . ’ |
| 23 | The item must be of sufficient quality to be displayed in a public collection whether national , local authority or university , and the owner has to agree to keep the object in the UK , preserve it and allow reasonable public access to it . |
| 24 | 'i A wide personal choice may be offered in recommended reading of authors , themes , periods or genres , but works for detailed study must be of sufficient substance and quality to merit serious consideration and must be selected from at least two literary genres . |
| 25 | External doors must be of robust construction , and fitted with deadlocks . |
| 26 | Let me be buried in lead at Claydon next to where your father proposes to lie himself , and let no stranger wind me , nor do not let me be stripped , but put a clean smock on me , and let my face be hid and do you stay in the room and see me wound and laid in the first coffin , which must be of wood if I do not die of any infectious disease , else I am so far from desiring it that I forbid you to come near me . |
| 27 | It seemed to concern his father and the stranger , and as such , must be of the most terrible importance . |
| 28 | But Tolkien would no doubt instantly have felt that Shakespeare had no copyright on the phrase , which must be of immemorial antiquity in English , ‘ as old as the hills ’ . |
| 29 | Naturally I exaggerate , but it must be of vital importance that people whose contact with the hills is likely to be brief , are taught not just to fulfil their potential but to respect the environment that enables them to do it . |
| 30 | HOW proud Karen Costen must be of her two-year-old son who battled on after being given two weeks to live and has finally had a kidney transplant . |