Example sentences of "[noun pl] must have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Limited supplies of fruit and vegetables must have been available , while an abundance of natural fruits and nuts could have been gathered in season , for either home consumption or for sale in the local market . |
| 2 | In the early stages of cold-welding the planets must have been very similar in appearance , with massive outer gassy atmospheres . |
| 3 | ( Surely the birds must have been singing ? |
| 4 | The order of the list of land birds is almost exactly the same as appears in Darwin 's 1839 Journal of the Voyage of the Beagle , so these notes must have been used by Darwin as the basis for his subsequent publication . |
| 5 | To live in these courts must have been like living in perpetual gloom , thank goodness they were some of the first to go during the rehousing purge between the wars . |
| 6 | Indeed , the fact that serious crime was often punished by confiscation of all the malefactor 's possessions must have been a sore temptation , and doubtless tended to prejudice kings towards verdicts of guilty . |
| 7 | Surely an animal of this bulk , it was argued , must be partly supported by water , and their relatively inconsequential teeth must have been adapted for chewing on the kind of soft , luxuriant vegetation that flourishes in and around swamps . |
| 8 | The first fourteen hours must have been the worst of the journey as I was not able to sleep , whatever position I sat in . |
| 9 | Now I understand er that you know we are providing public service here and we have got allow for public access but the cost of the council of having all its officers outside of this building for over er two hours must have been absolutely horrendous and I would have thought this would be an area where improving security ought to be a high priority so what are you going to do about it ? |
| 10 | She felt sure that plans must have been well advanced for the action they intended to take , and she thought that councillors should have been asked to approve the use of emergency guidelines at that time . |
| 11 | Many issues and proposals must have been discussed : we know of one proposal , that of Cardinal Robert of Courson for compulsory poor relief , which was rejected . |
| 12 | Susan 's activities must have been well known to the police . ’ |
| 13 | The extent of these economic activities must have been constrained by the modes of transport available . |
| 14 | Many more single coins must have been found and have not been recorded . |
| 15 | ‘ And the police cars must have been OK . ’ |
| 16 | Much of Hollywood 's mass audience would have been oblivious to this but intelligent and respectable film-goers must have been very aware that society was shaping their film-going . |
| 17 | Robert Stewart , 28 , of Skipton Green , Low Fell , Gateshead had denied the charge at Newcastle Crown Court , saying he had bought the car just three weeks before being stopped by police and the 351 squares of the drug hidden in fog lamp covers must have been left there by the previous owner . |
| 18 | Hillsborough fans must have been surprised and delighted at the no-nonsense way their manager told Manchester United to get lost as they attempted to sign David Hirst . |
| 19 | Birmingham fans could n't believe it … the Swindon fans must have been rubbing their eyes too … ion the last minute Mitchell raced away for his hat-trick … they think it 's all over it was then … 6-4 … to Swindon … what a scorcher … |
| 20 | At 3:1 United were cruising again and the Manor Ground fans must have been thinking what could have been this season if there had been more games like this . |
| 21 | One of these units must have been entirely Genestealer brood in human guise . |
| 22 | Drivers must 've been celebrating too . |
| 23 | Both dorsals must have been a good twelve inches clear of the water . |
| 24 | Teaching history and religious education to cockney teenagers must have been something of a culture shock , but Eva seems to have thrived on It , and the lively East End lads would have appreciated her outgoing personality and no nonsense approach . |
| 25 | For Eleanor the contrast between her first and second husbands must have been immense . |
| 26 | As to apparatus , saws were evidently effective enough to cut nephrite into the relatively thin sheets from which many archaic jades were made , and bow-drills must have been available from the beginning . |
| 27 | The bursting upon the scene of an organized working class carrying out industrial action on a substantial level , or not just working-class suffrage but , for the first time , mass political parties , and especially working-class parties must have been at least partly experienced as an eruption of contingency and chaos into a world of order . |
| 28 | The transactions between the parties must have been sufficiently numerous to constitute a ‘ course of dealing , ’ |
| 29 | They were as follows : ( 1 ) there is a dispute or a difference between the parties which has been formulated in some way or other ( see 15.5 ) ; ( 2 ) the dispute or difference has been remitted by the parties to the person to resolve in such a manner that he is called on to exercise a judicial function ( see 15.6 ) ; ( 3 ) where appropriate , the parties must have been provided with an opportunity to present evidence and/or submissions in support of their respective claims in the dispute ( see 15.7 ) ; and ( 4 ) the parties have agreed to accept his decision ( see 15.8 ) . |
| 30 | As news of the result came through , it was blatantly obvious to most people that underhand tactics must have been used against the Tory rebels . |