Example sentences of "it must [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In relation to appraisals , it must again be pointed out to members that the completion of numeric targets is purely on a voluntary basis .
2 At the risk of wearying the reader it must again be stated that some degree of incestuous feeling exists in most if not all parents and children .
3 To do the navy justice , however , it must again be emphasised that powerful interest could rarely secure promotion for the unqualified , and in the naval service some ability was a prerequisite for advancement .
4 Sexual problems of the child may stem from any of the above considerations , although it must again be stressed that they are not inevitable .
5 It must eventually be split up into , the Muslims , the Serbs , the Croats , and that , that is in fact very sad .
6 It must not be followed rigidly but should be modified in the light of information that becomes available as the test progresses .
7 It must NOT be connected permanently to the mains .
8 It must not be shackled or restricted .
9 There 's a littleness about it all : again it must not be seen as mere chance that we encounter Swift 's Lilliput on the first page of the novel .
10 Thus education was to be productive of a ‘ good ’ , politically respectable State ; but it must not be seen as instrumental in any narrow or vocational way .
11 It must not be prescribed without a careful history ; if the child 's real problem is not enuresis but psychogenic polydipsia , desmopressin may provoke water intoxication and hyponatraemic fits ( RAF Bell et al , personal communication ) .
12 It must not be assumed that the absence of a 24-hour rhythm in newborn babies means that they have no rhythms at all .
13 It must not be assumed that the most likely date is in the centre of the range ; to quantify the distribution of the calendar dates , one of the probability methods ( which require computerisation ) must be used .
14 Although owning a car is common today , it must not be assumed that all nurses can provide their own transport .
15 However , at present it must not be assumed that sales always produce immediate problems .
16 So also , it must not be assumed that Ministers and civil servants regard judicial decisions as necessarily embodying the ultimate wisdom , especially where those decisions limit their powers .
17 The lists of items in Categories I , II , III and IV are not exhaustive , and it must not be assumed that items of storage not specifically mentioned are regarded automatically as coming under Category I. In general , items under Categories II , III and IV are those where experience has shown that the materials produce exceptionally intense firms with the high rate of heat release .
18 It must not be assumed that everyone wishes to participate — ‘ active citizenship ’ ( to use one of the Conservative Party 's catchphrases ) is not for everyone .
19 It must not be assumed that everyone initially agrees about the implications .
20 About the withheld novel of mine she wrote nobly : ‘ It must not be spoiled by being adapted to the sensibilities of living persons .
21 Editor , — The article by Lesley Rees and John Wass is an excellent example of factual and well reasoned analysis ; it must not be ignored .
22 It must not be concluded that the Sahara was well watered in the Pleistocene : it probably had a hot steppe type climate rather than a true desert climate as at present .
23 It must not be waterlogged , but when improved with garden compost or manure it is ideal .
24 It must not be thought that these are neglected in the French nuclear programme .
25 It must not be thought that such differences are mere matters of imagination , and that we take the sensations to be different because we represent each of them to ourselves as occupying a different place .
26 But it must not be thought that papal conciliar decrees which seem so clear-cut to the modern scholar , who sees them in all the clarity of the printed page , had a similar force and clarity for contemporaries .
27 But it must not be thought that he was in this alone in his society : there were others also who were not .
28 Examples of this category are black — in blackbird , blue in blue-tit , and red in red wine ( it must not be thought that red here is merely a colour term : a red wine is a type of wine , whereas a red dress is not a type of dress ) .
29 But it must not be thought that this domination is exercised only through the repression of dissent by police , though this certainly is important .
30 The baton is , however , necessary at the Opéra , where large choruses are frequently sung in the wings … it must not be thought that such a distant group of singers can hear the orchestra , however numerous : each person sings in his neighbour 's ear , and I have sometimes surprised myself by singing off the beat and incorrectly conducting [ conduisant ] the chorus surrounding me .
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