Example sentences of "must [be] [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 If I am to show what I can do I must be given a chance to make my own complete performance .
2 A cat is a carnivore and if it is to be kept as a pet it must be given a carnivorous diet .
3 One has one or two friends who must be given a copy , and there it must end .
4 His devotion is to the destruction of ignorance ; his credo is ‘ hastened evolution ’ or , in popular terms , ‘ nature must be given a helping hand ’ .
5 We urged on him that the RUC must be given a ‘ fraud squad ’ as quickly as possible .
6 ‘ Maybe there will be someone to fill Lineker 's shoes in years to come but at the moment the replacements must be given a chance to do it in their own time . ’
7 If holist forms of explanation are to merit serious consideration , they must clearly be based on more than an uncritical acceptance of a crude version of historical materialism , and the claim that they are not threatened by counterfactuals such as those discussed at the start of the chapter must be given a less doctrinaire justification .
8 The person receiving a letter from a company must be given a degree of information about the organisation which they are dealing with .
9 He must know what evidence has been given and what statements have been made affecting him , and then he must be given a fair opportunity to correct or contradict them . "
10 A research programme must be given a chance to realize its full potential .
11 Since the defence must be given a copy of the statement of a proposed witness who has not made a deposition , it must follow that , if a Crown witness 's evidence is intended to depart significantly from his deposition and to be based on his statement to the police , it is the duty of the Crown to give the defence a copy of that statement in advance of the hearing .
12 But being a liberal-democracy also implies that the minorities must be given a chance to become a majority ; and that means , therefore , that they must be given a chance status and a means to convert the majority .
13 But being a liberal-democracy also implies that the minorities must be given a chance to become a majority ; and that means , therefore , that they must be given a chance status and a means to convert the majority .
14 Remember , your customers and staff must be given a choice between protected food or unprotected food , a healthy office or a sick building , a sterile hospital theatre or a source of dangerous infection .
15 The re-building of the science base must be given a priority in the longer term planning of the University .
16 Then , realising that sooner or later he must be given a reason for her presence , she repeated the one she had given Stella .
17 The private sector must be given a fair chance to compete for local authority contracts .
18 I think that in the light of the emerging government guidance , that the transport choice must be given a very s substantial weight in the in that decision mak making process .
19 The landlord must be given a specific date towards which to work ( with time being of the essence ) , which will obviously also be important from the tenant 's point of view as the tenant may be subject to seasonal trade variations in business and may wish , for example , to open the premises in time for the Christmas trade .
20 The program must be given a name ( file or device specifier ) an this name becomes the name of the file in which your program is saved .
21 If so , the mosaics from Broad Street and the New Market Hall site must be assigned a date before that of Tockington Park .
22 Livestock must be fed a wholesome , appropriate diet in sufficient quantity to maintain them in good health and to satisfy their nutritional needs , and have adequate fresh drinking water ; food and water must be available each day unless a vet says otherwise in the course of professional duty .
23 ( 7° ) I 'm writing to say I 'm having a marvellous time here The gestural usage must be glossed a little differently , as " the pragmatically given space , proximal to speaker 's location at CT , that includes the point or location gesturally indicated " .
24 Since that can not be effectively done under the law as it stands , there must be created a new body of law of the sort that has come to be called administrative law .
25 There must be created a new and vibrant organization to meet the challenge of the twenty first century and beyond .
26 Maintaining a sanctuary which must be kept a total secret .
27 To be a recognized bank , a bank must be granted a licence by the Bank of England .
28 For many there was a conviction that the post-war world must be made a better place , a view that recurred regularly over the next twenty years .
29 As my hon. Friend knows , our fundamental position on reform is that the intervention system must be made a great deal less attractive .
30 Variable-reluctance motors have two important advantages when the load must be moved a considerable distance , e. g. several revolutions of the motor .
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