Example sentences of "must have been a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that each adult Korean both male and female , must have been a member of eight organisations — which one must recognise as absurd . |
| 2 | To be eligible to attend a meeting of the General Committee referred to in paragraphs ( e ) or ( h ) , a person must have been a member of this Constituency Labour Party for at least twelve months prior to the date of the relevant meeting and have attended at least one previous meeting of the General Committee during the same period . |
| 3 | its inflation must be no more than 1.5 per cent than the average of the lowest three inflation rates in the EMS ; 2. its long-term interest rates must be no more than 2 per cent than the average of the lowest three member countries ' rates ; 3. it must have been a member of the narrow band of fluctuation for at least two years , without a realignment ; 4. its budget deficit must be no larger than 3 per cent of GDP ; 5. its National Debt must not exceed 60 per cent of GDP . |
| 4 | ‘ All we do know , ’ he concluded , ‘ is that the assassin must have been a member of the community at the Tower who knew Sir Ralph had changed his bed chamber , and he or she either committed the murder or hired a professional assassin to do it for them . ’ |
| 5 | But it made me think you must have been a friend of Hugh 's . |
| 6 | Stella 's illness must have been a godsend to you . ’ |
| 7 | Although one should not read too much into this , given that the families in the survey had at least one child in primary ( board ) school by definition , and therefore the oldest were sometimes the only ones of an age to be working , it can safely be said that the openings for girls in the printing trade must have been a godsend for low-income families with several children . |
| 8 | Such conditions are all too rare today ( works bought for public institutions like the Tate disappear from view for decades together ) , and it must have been a factor in the decision of some artists to give in the first place . |
| 9 | In any case , it must have been a question of degree . |
| 10 | Each monastic order established a religious foundation in the town resulting in a proliferation of churches until as Samuel Sharp says : ‘ Stamford … must have been a kind of monastic metropolis . ’ |
| 11 | In 1923 the LNER was born , and the great variety of locomotives and coaching stock must have been a paradise for the enthusiast . |
| 12 | Very little research has been carried out on the functions of domestic pottery ; there must have been a variety of functions which , glibly , can be placed under the headings of cooking and storage , but behind such distinctions there is little clarity . |
| 13 | Well he star I think probably the first He must have been a joiner for a wee while before he was you were just asked to do this the same I suppose as any other job any other joiner job |
| 14 | There must have been a misunderstanding about that … |
| 15 | There must have been a proportion of shy , bashful ones around , but they were not in evidence amongst the mob which harassed us day by day as we tried to make our way around the town on our own affairs . |
| 16 | We used these techniques to show that there must have been a state of infinite density in the past , if the general theory of relativity is correct . |
| 17 | He must have been a fool for her er , you know ? |
| 18 | ‘ You must have been a kid in school ! |
| 19 | Must have been a couple of hundred feet deep , ’ said Paddy from his sleeping bag . |
| 20 | And everybody was I 'm not joking , there must have been a couple of hundred people that either they 're shopping or watching , you know if they could . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , that must have been a bundle of laughs . |
| 22 | I started right in by saying there must have been a bit of a misunderstanding . |
| 23 | I had to drive , of course , and I think this must have been a bit of a trial for Michael , for like most men , he 'd rather drive than be driven — especially by his wife ! |
| 24 | Mr. Russ must have been a bit of a psychologist as he had us singing ‘ Summer Suns are glowing ’ quite often at morning assembly . |
| 25 | ‘ His hearing aid and glasses were smashed so there must have been a bit of a tussle , ’ he said . |
| 26 | It must have been a bit of a culture shock for him . |
| 27 | It must have been a bit of a shock to her . |
| 28 | I think if I 'm just a splinter out of his head , then he must have been a bit like me , not much though . ’ |
| 29 | For a start he 'd given up being a hippie , which must have been a relief to the Fish , not only professionally but because it meant the Fish could play Charlie soul records — Otis Redding and all — the only music he liked . |
| 30 | It must have been a relief to everyone who knew her when , in 1414 , she started from Yarmouth on her pilgrimage to the Holy Land . |