Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] must [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If Vitor did take her to court it would be in Portugal , where she was a foreigner and where he must have all kinds of contacts , muscle , sway .
2 I told him this evening that I must have some daylight .
3 It follows that I must translate those conclusions into figures .
4 Even now it has me enslaved — so that I must follow this madman willynilly and protect him from harm .
5 I wrote to the Secretary of State for the Environment and was told that it was really a matter for the chief environmental officer of the local authority , but when I took the matter up with the local environmental officer , his response — and it is to his credit that he responded — was , ’ Well , it may be bad , but it is not really so bad that I must take any action . ’
6 After a fortnight 's visit with her mother to her aunt Mrs Poole at Ramsgate , Helen decided that she must earn some money and , if possible , live away from home where her mother 's grief-stricken restrictions and excessive dependency — so she thought — would curtail that freedom of action and expression in which her father had encouraged her .
7 She did n't recognise anyone in the shadows , although she knew that she must know several people from Monte Samana .
8 The idea was not new ; it had been first put into operation in the preceding reign of Louis-Philippe , but during that period it was made clear to France that she must play second fiddle in the European concert otherwise Britain would turn her out of the orchestra .
9 It is certainly not unreasonable to refuse to give up a bank note which you pick up in the street to the first stranger who alleges it to be his , if you tell him that you must make further inquiries or that he must produce evidence which will authenticate his claim .
10 Being critical means that you must question any information , material or statement you come across to test and establish its meaning and truth .
11 You would just say things that pop in to you mind and er it 's essential of course , if you 're gon na do dream analysis properly , that you must obey that rule .
12 There are enormous numbers of possibilities when you got over the thought that you must have some sort of fabric at the windows .
13 a fraction so you must have some idea of fractions .
14 Nevertheless , although we must reject any dichotomy based upon the assumption of radical differences between the mental attributes of literate and non-literate peoples and accept the view that previous formulations of the distinction were based on faulty premises and inadequate evidence , there may still exist general differences between literate and non-literate societies somewhat along the lines suggested by Lévy-Bruhl .
15 One is that we must admit verbal reports of inner experiences of human beings as valid evidence for studies of consciousness .
16 They are so frequent these days in London , which has eight of 20 First Division clubs , that we must expect aesthetic considerations to be overridden .
17 I and a few others who only that morning had begun to look forward to a peaceful summer ahead , swiftly concluded that we must make some gesture of our own in order to demonstrate the feelings of many of our fellow conservative Members of Parliament .
18 I have always been led to believe that we must pay due regard to a Bill 's title .
19 The sampling theorem indicates that we must sample these phenomena at a frequency of no less than half their wavelength if we are to avoid bias in measurement .
20 It does mean , however , that we must consider human beings as conceptualising animals , reflecting on what is taking place to them and , furthermore , doing something about it .
21 ‘ That means opening doors so that people are not denied the best education and the best health care ; it means that we must have equal opportunity , greater fairness . ’
22 I would therefore add a word of caution and agree with Professor Sleight that we must have that data before we develop a general policy .
23 It is chiefly in the realms of historical context , social customs and economic arrangements that we must have specialist knowledge of the context to enable us to interpret the passage accurately .
24 But Mr Edmonds said : ‘ I believe that we must have some boldness and imagination in our policy .
25 No , do n't bother to voice the protest I see forming on your beautiful lips ; it will happen sooner or later , but I agree with you that we must get this business of Garry cleared up first .
26 It is the right of slaves to be free , their right not to be treated as another 's property , their right not to be used as a mere means to another 's end — it is these basic moral rights that a system of chattel slavery systematically violates , not the principle that we must count equal interests equally .
27 I do think there are problems and difficulties , I do n't think it will be easy , not least because we do n't have a shared morality and a shared consensus , on the objectives for the voluntary sector , but it is a set of concerns which we must address , er , and I believe that if , if I 've done nothing else today , I 've kicked off a debate , or I 've contributed to a debate which was already rolling , erm , and that we must address those difficulties , and try and find ways through them , because there are opportunities as well as threats in the current situation and I believe we have to look at all of those er , so that we can move into the nineteen nineties which I believe will be a very exciting period for the voluntary sector , and one which the voluntary sector should er , see as exciting , grab the opportunities and move forward .
28 Hence the possibility of saying , when neither speaker nor addressee is at home : ( 83 ) I came over several times to visit you , but you were never there So we must append another clause to our gloss , namely : " or motion towards the home-base maintained at CT by either speaker or addressee " .
29 Accustomed to the doctrine of ministerial responsibility , used to the idea that they are the repository of the collective wisdom and experience of their departments , accepting that they must handle outside agencies and pressure groups as well as the vagaries of the politicians and the press , they operate with caution but also with great confidence knowing that they alone are in possession of all the facts and that without their activity the whole machine would come to a halt .
30 I hope the current wage negotiations will shortly come to a satisfactory conclusion , ’ said Hartington , adding a warning to owners that they must expect higher training fees to permit lads to be properly paid .
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