Example sentences of "[pron] must [be] to " in BNC.
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1 | If the mind is so conceived that its relation to the world can only be a causal one , then to perceive something must be to be causally affected by it . |
2 | Although they are , they must be to the people concerned but I mean , a pet 's usually a dog , cat or bird is n't it ? |
3 | ‘ God and the King ’ , he proclaimed , ‘ are so in a league … as one can not be enemy to the one , but that he must be to the other . |
4 | The more the star has moved at the end of the Earth 's journey of 186 million miles , the closer it must be to the solar system . |
5 | Oh how wonderful it must be to be an indie musician ! |
6 | How wonderful it must be to be a great artist like Mr Beaumont or a musician like Mr Fergus or even a teacher like half the church . |
7 | It must be to the south , across Teviot , for the Tweed , to the north , was the greater river , with no fords nor bridges available for a considerable distance upstream ; and downstream , at Kelso , the Scots could be trapped too easily . |
8 | I used to wonder just what the kestrel was looking at , what it was thinking , and I 'd imagine how wonderful it must be to be suspended in mid-air , looking down on the Earth as it was . |
9 | ‘ I was thinking how very unpleasant it must be to be shot . ’ |
10 | But just for a moment she had felt the weight of emptiness , she had felt how it must be to be shut away down here , bereft of even human companionship , away from the light , losing count of the days . |