Example sentences of "we must be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We must be reactive rather than proactive , because becoming motivated and taking initiatives involves gaining power .
2 We must be polite to him , ’ whispered Coggan , ‘ if he 's married the mistress . ’
3 We must be resolute and get on with it .
4 We must be married ; there must be some way . ’
5 Well I , I take the implicit point that erm we 're all suffering cuts throughout the country , therefore why should n't higher education suffer similar cuts , but of course , higher education is in a different category to erm many other fields that the government pays for and sponsors , in that higher education is investment in the future , and therefore , if Britain is to survive erm as a , a nation of erm of some economic standing , is to well in the national , in the international stakes , then we must be innovative , we must create new things , and we must erm in , in that , to do that we must invest very strongly in higher education .
6 I answered my own question , and said that I thought we must be middle class , and reflected very precisely in that moment on my mother 's black waisted coat with the astrakhan collar , and her high-heeled black suede shoes , her lipstick .
7 We must be confident this time because we have that same feeling again .
8 When we finally make proposals to build a repository we must be confident they will satisfy safety standards that are amongst the toughest in the world .
9 We must be confident .
10 We must be tolerant of others who do not have our gifts or drive as each of us can only perform to the extent of our own personal capacity .
11 In order for our businesses to succeed , our customers must be successful and we must be profitable as suppliers .
12 We must be sure that they are alive to the evidence here , no less than in the East , that socialism does not work . ’
13 But we must be sure that what we are seeing is a true feeding roll and not just any surface activity , for bream do frequently appear at the surface when feeding is far from their thoughts .
14 Before we embark on a major explanatory exercise , however , we must be sure that the effect is truly causal , and not just the spurious result of joint association with a prior explanatory variable , as explained in chapter 12 .
15 But we must be sure that , however shaped in our imagination that goal is , it must be inspired by our lord 's own will for his church praying that his disciples would be one as he and the father are one .
16 In the general interest of certainty in the law we must be sure that there is some very good reason before we so act .
17 ‘ She may be relying on our efforts , you know , so we must be sure we do n't let her down . ’
18 Before submitting the document we must be sure that a full Information memorandum exists , and ideally the data on input form should be taken from the completed Information memorandum .
19 Although patients need to be protected from risk , we must be sure that the precautions taken are justified and that social support networks that have taken years to develop are not unnecessarily shattered .
20 As damages are paid on a full and final settlement basis , you will appreciate that we must be sure that the report is full and accurate before I begin any negotiations to try and settle the case .
21 We must be certain we can do justice to the wonderful things past engineers have bequeathed us .
22 We must be grateful to past landowners who planted in the knowledge that they would not see the results of their endeavours , but that successive generations would .
23 We must be grateful to those who did visit the island and for ever regret that it was not included in Dr. Johnson 's itinerary .
24 We must be grateful to those who did visit the island and for ever regret that it was not included in Dr. Johnson 's itinerary .
25 ‘ The first and best word we could ask , and we must be grateful for it .
26 But , to quote Cicely Harris , ‘ We must be grateful that Beryl touched our lives with her very special qualities ’ .
27 If someone at work is not pulling their weight , we must be straightforward and talk to them without anger , remaining tolerant even if they are cynical .
28 ‘ If they want us to service local communities , we must be accountable to them .
29 We must be reasonable .
30 We are so constituted , that if we insist on being as sure as is conceivable , in every step of our course , we must be content to creep along the ground , and can never soar .
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