Example sentences of "must have been [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He remembered a swamp draining into a lagoon some distance to the right of the highway — the road must have been raised for him to have seen that distance . |
| 2 | They are distributed along the shorelines in innumerable enclaves ( sensu Crisp , 1 978 ) * many of which must have been isolated for long enough ( since the sea level rose to its present height after the retreat of the last ice sheet ) for them to have evolved local forms to suit the particular selective influences of their habitats . |
| 3 | Though put beautifully into the mouth of Hannah by the storyteller , it did not have its origins with her , but , to judge from its mention of the king at the end , must have been composed for national celebration at some point during the time of the monarchy . |
| 4 | Well he must have been transferred for some reason or other . |
| 5 | There was little spare cash in the home , so real sacrifices must have been made for me . |
| 6 | At first I thought this must have been intended for someone else and began grubbing about in the wastepaper basket to find the envelope . |
| 7 | These settings must have been intended for private use since Calvin objected to polyphony in church , but when the Lutherans adopted them , using Ambrosius Lobwasser 's translation of Marot-de Beze ( Leipzig , 1573 ) , their congregations undoubtedly sang the tunes . |
| 8 | ( b ) The property must have been intended for private use , occupation or consumption . |
| 9 | It must have been mistaken for a deer . " |
| 10 | Each clone must have been grown for at least 18 months at Kew before being distributed ; during this period , the plants are regularly inspected for disease and insects . |
| 11 | The keys must have been lost for some time . |
| 12 | It is not known where the Gospel was written but it must have been written for a Jewish Christian community . |
| 13 | This has the appearance of an emergency military operation which may not apply to the other civil defences , but these too must have been commissioned for a specific occasion , but where the emergency may not have been too critical . |
| 14 | The folding of a protein is a highly cooperative process ; in the case of R2 the energy cost of the clustering of carboxyl side chains in the interior of the protein must have been accounted for by other means . |
| 15 | Every office shall , on each day that it is open for business , be supervised by a practising solicitor who need not be a partner in the firm but must have been admitted for at least three years , and be managed by a practising solicitor ( of whatever seniority ) or a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives of good standing and of at least five years ' seniority . |
| 16 | Surely an animal of this bulk , it was argued , must be partly supported by water , and their relatively inconsequential teeth must have been adapted for chewing on the kind of soft , luxuriant vegetation that flourishes in and around swamps . |
| 17 | Some ore was so intermixed with gangue however , that the concentration by hand was extremely laborious and the mill must have been needed for a long time . |
| 18 | A full licence must have been held for at least 1 year , and the minimum age is 21 . |