Example sentences of "[pron] must be [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And this is a matter which must be given some weight in decision when you combine it with the other factors also which we have gone through today .
2 Basically , the taxpayers are facing possibly ‘ bad ’ law which makes no provision for the special facts of their own case — which must be repeated many times elsewhere , particulary in , say , Northern Ireland .
3 You know , you may , you may be the best , and therefore think , think you have a , or have a high opinion of yourself , and therefore try your luck , you know , if somebody must be getting those jobs it could be me .
4 Then she spoke , ‘ You must be enjoying this war , ’ she said .
5 And she repeated , ‘ I said , you must be enjoying this war . ’
6 Well you must be losing some weight then mother
7 You must be having another growth spurt !
8 Erm she must be getting some kind of
9 Instead she suggests that the content of the formal curriculum should be entirely overhauled : ‘ for girls to become a more powerful group , they must be given some understanding of females ' past powerlessness … in other subject areas , like English literature , social studies , art , biology and — where it is taught — psychology , there is a similar need to examine what girls are learning about women 's abilities and potential , and therefore what they should ( realistically ) expect for themselves ’ ( Hannon , 1979 , p. 115 ) .
10 Both expansions of the European Economic Community led to the central institutions of the Community arguing successfully that , for the enlargement to function , they must be given more powers and the Community ‘ s political union must be strengthened .
11 So they must be paid all arrears of wages , granted full pension rights accruing through continuity of employment , and given any pay increases that would have been their due if they had not been dismissed .
12 In the early 1980s an estimated 228,000 Jordanian nationals worked in the Gulf and it must be assumed that East Bank Palestinians , with a large number of dependants on the East Bank , are a majority of these .
13 In a tightly-argued four page document , AoI said it must be accepted that coal is not on its way out and called for the disbanded Energy Select Committee to be resurrected immediately .
14 It must be recalled that money stands here as the symbol of abstraction in human relations .
15 It must be understood that engagement in those days was a very serious matter which involved a written contract of intent to marry and needed legal consent if the engagement was to be broken off .
16 In those studies with lower prevalences it must be presumed that dampness was not regarded as incontinence ( although the words ‘ damp pants ’ were included in the questions asked in the MORI poll ) .
17 Despite the use of country risk analysis it must be conceded that competition for loan business has sometimes encouraged banks to ignore their own country or regional risk assessments and indulge in what can be described only as imprudent bank lending ( dealt with in Chapter 8 ) .
18 It must be admitted that Château Meloch was a great deal better some years than others , and although it was often possible to be amused by its presumption , it was equally likely to be pronounced fit only for cooking — and on one occasion its only possible use was as a substitute for vinegar .
19 For completeness it must be mentioned that stylistics can have other goals than this .
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