Example sentences of "[pers pn] must be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is small wonder that the tree is an endangered species when you consider how many of them must be chopped down to provide one week 's worth of trade press . |
| 2 | Quality Control activities can be very costly , and since they represent an overhead cost in the production area , the degree of time and resources spent on them must be related to factors such as price , consistency , safety and legal requirements , for example . |
| 3 | In this discussion we shall have to make frequent use of the terms cost and expenses of production ; and some provisional account of them must be given before proceeding further . |
| 4 | If muggers can be deterred by punitive sentencing , then some of them must be made an example of . |
| 5 | Thus any differences between them must be caused , not by the shock , but by the fact that the mouse in the cage with the shelf is learning an avoidance response . |
| 6 | Similarly , although the smallness of the samples of 16th , 17th , and 18th Century publications in need of repair means that conclusions about them must be treated with some caution , it is worth noting that if all pre-1800 items are treated as a group and the proportion of them allocated to each of Categories 3–5 calculated , their pattern of distribution ( ‘ Poor' 78% ; ‘ Bad ’ 18% ; ‘ Fragile ’ 7% ) comes close to matching that already established for all defective items . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , anyone phoning who wants to buy shiny tights with the word ‘ climb ’ on them must be referred to The Samaritans . |
| 8 | We ordinarily think of values and obligations being really there , but we also think of them as intrinsically prescriptive. that is , such that one who knows them must be affected conatively in an appropriate way . |
| 9 | ‘ Some of them must be educated . ’ |
| 10 | These are only a few of the choices before them , but even these are very difficult to prioritize and at times some of them must be sacrificed at the expense of others in this play . |
| 11 | Some of them must be playing snooker three and four times a week in two or three different leagues . |
| 12 | The whole question of an adequate income in retirement can be achieved , and changes necessary to enable them must be worked at . |
| 13 | Capitalism is a system for the production of commodities , and to produce these commodities the things used to produce them must be reproduced , i.e. in its simplest sense , reproduction means the reproduction of labour power . |
| 14 | In order to infer that the effect of X on Y is a direct causal effect , any variable which is related to both X and Y and causally prior to at least one of them must be controlled . |
| 15 | I knew I must be nearing Clumber when I saw the Robin Hood and Little John Hotel from the train window . |
| 16 | I must be slipping , ’ he said , a hint of laughter in his voice . |
| 17 | ‘ I must be slipping . |
| 18 | Now I must be leaving . |
| 19 | ‘ When he discovered I wanted to be an actor he felt deeply responsible and thought I must be stopped . ’ |
| 20 | At the moment I can find no evidence of concussion , but any blow to the head can be potentially dangerous , so if there is nausea or blurred vision I must be called immediately . ’ |
| 21 | Sometimes colleagues may read my signals wrongly ; they think that , because I wear short skirts and I 'm not afraid to let the conversation get personal , I must be looking for an affair . |
| 22 | I wonder , I must be looking at on her |
| 23 | He explained that first I must promise not to fight against Lilliput or hurt Lilliputians , and that I must be searched for weapons . |
| 24 | How good that wine tasted , if only because I secretly thought , what a rare old vintage I must be quaffing , laid down no doubt before the Battle of Trafalgar ! |
| 25 | Think I must be blushing , and maybe she is too or is it her English rose complexion kissed , fuck , there I go , kissed ( I should be so lucky ! ) by sudden Mediterranean sunshine ? |
| 26 | I must be loving . |
| 27 | If I am to show what I can do I must be given a chance to make my own complete performance . |
| 28 | I simply could n't believe it … it did n't seem to make sense and I thought I must be mistaken but I 'm sure I was n't … ’ |
| 29 | He was smiling at her , saying again , ‘ I thought I must be imagining things or seeing double , or , as I said , you were a twin . ’ |
| 30 | In the paddock , he said , ‘ I must be getting old . ’ |