Example sentences of "[modal v] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But how long must it be ? |
| 2 | Must it be so ? |
| 3 | Not only must it have an overall structure which makes sense , but individual paragraphs and sentences must knit together in a coherent fashion that others can readily follow . |
| 4 | ‘ Must it be the whole ? |
| 5 | What must it be like to have a substantial body of work behind you and yet have the creeping sense that you are being remembered only as a bore in Under the Volcano , as the inventor of a word about Greene , and as the friend of Lowry , of Orwell , of Patrick Hamilton ( himself , something of a forgotten figure ) ? |
| 6 | I shall of course notify the company straight away , but how soon must it inform the London Stock Exchange and what details must it supply ? |
| 7 | I shall of course notify the company straight away , but how soon must it inform the London Stock Exchange and what details must it supply ? |
| 8 | At the close of the interview , I said forcibly that , if a press statement were to be released , on no account must it contain the usual smear phrases . |
| 9 | Must it follow fashion or be above it ? |
| 10 | ‘ Rave ’ is now a dirty word , ‘ Manchester ’ is best forgotten , and as for the Mondays , how daft must it feel to be a rebel role model for spotty teenagers when you 've got kids yourself ? |
| 11 | Oh God , how must it feel , arriving in the fad pop capital of the world , a round year after said green and pleasant land dug early graves for your close spiritual cohorts , the Home Counties fey brigade ? |
| 12 | Fire must fight fire , must it not ? |
| 13 | ‘ How must it seem , ’ Jaq asked , ‘ to live one 's whole life down here ? ’ |
| 14 | If she had failed to love her mother , she the missionary , what must it be like for people who , without God , had not even got a Christian obligation to try ? |
| 15 | Once the murder is done the hypocrisy must continue : in Marvell 's version of Machiavelli , ‘ The same Arts that did gain/A Pow'r must it maintain ’ . |
| 16 | The date must not be a future one , nor must it be out of date ( more than six months ) . |
| 17 | " What must it consist of ? |
| 18 | Does effort now lead to a cost reduction that lasts for ever , or must it be applied in every period for example ? |
| 19 | Must it be ? ’ |
| 20 | A question must be raised concerning the appropriate level at which socialist planning can take place : can it be national in scope or must it be international ? |
| 21 | Convention be construed independently of the Convention or must it be construed according to the law applicable in the individual case ( lex causae ) , which is determined by the private international law of the court applied to ? ( b ) Does article 5(3) of the E.E.C . |
| 22 | Must it provide fragrance and a haven for butterflies , and a happy hunting-ground for bees ? |
| 23 | First , must it be murder ? |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , Tyler … must it always be like this ? |
| 25 | What must it be like for Joshua ? |
| 26 | How much more tenuous must it therefore be for non-departmental bodies operating at arm 's length from ministers , and which ‘ for most of the time … rub along without much awareness of the Minister and his officials ’ ( Johnson , 1982 , p. 213 ) . |
| 27 | How must it be to work here day after day , month after month , knowing there was no end to it ? |
| 28 | How must it be to tend your bit of land and sow crops and vegetables and perhaps rear animals , knowing you were building up a comfortable home and an inheritance for your children and then see your children taken and forced into slavery by the Robemaker ? |
| 29 | What must it be like to be imprisoned here , day after day , month after month ? |
| 30 | " Must it be one of the children ? |