Example sentences of "[noun sg] must [verb] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Her mother called the doctor this morning when she could n't wake her and her GP must have called the police . ’
2 The driver must have seen the prepared patch of ice reflected in the moonlight , for I saw his white face lean close to the windscreen .
3 The buyer must contract to buy the goods by description .
4 Anyone interested in joining the course must have completed the retail management training scheme .
5 The noise must have attracted the attention of the people in the pub because the next thing I heard was Dad 's voice booming above the bedlam .
6 Of course it need not follow that separate assessment must have cast the younger members of every family as wage earners , any more than it did in other shires where traces of an emergent discrete labouring class were already manifest .
7 Others , however , think it proper to speak of the intention of Parliament , in the sense of ‘ the meaning which Parliament must have intended the words to convey . ’
8 The false statement or trick must have deceived the victim into acting as he did .
9 Revelations that the Home Office estimates that as many as 70 per cent of all offences may be committed by people awaiting trial must have shocked the nation .
10 In 1887 its commanding presence must have seemed the very epitome of British rule .
11 It therefore seems clear that in order to found an action for breach of confidence the defendant must have obtained the information as a result of a disclosure by the plaintiff in circumstances of confidence .
12 The judge has a discretion to exercise in determining whether-to make such an order , taking account of whether the defendant chose to contest a strong case against him or her and if the defendant must have known the real truth of the matter .
13 To go — to disappear without trace must have seemed the ideal — the only solution . ’
14 ‘ There is much more , ’ said Huy , convinced that Merymose must have seen the other similarities too .
15 Certainly the industry must have encouraged the growth of local villas and houses exploiting the potential of their agricultural resources to the full , while the town in its turn would have provided a workforce and essential access to the necessary marketing facilities .
16 The mind must try to lull the body into the automatic response that has been instilled during practice .
17 In those groups where subsidies are needed , the partnership must extend to include the private sector . ’
18 The young priest must have caught the new note of authority in his voice .
19 Production staff must be conscious that how they build products may affect its EMC performance ; service engineers , likewise , must be sure that they do not compromise EMC once products are in the field ; the purchasing department must be aware that EMC constraints placed on suppliers may make a component more expensive to buy , but will probably save money when the end product is tested as a whole ; and the marketing and sales department must plan to sell the advantage which EMC brings to a product .
20 Some railwayman must have opened the doors , perhaps sensing he was in trouble .
21 While the US and USSR continue to play their game of trying to reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons , the battle must continue to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to seemingly peaceful nations .
22 The role of the specialist must include teaching the nurse as well as the patient .
23 A genuine working class origin must have impressed the former Viscount Stansgate .
24 The taxi took them off to a small restaurant , and with everywhere seeming crowded to full capacity Fabia guessed , when they were straight away shown to a table , that Ven must have had the forethought to book in advance .
25 Weed control must have been a major problem for a one pass cultivation system before the development of herbicides , and the extra weight of the rotor unit and the engine must have made the plough difficult to handle at the headlands .
26 Coal tar condensate must have closed the small hole in the lid , and the resulting explosion put a nasty black ring on the dining room ceiling .
27 The sun must have cleared the hill beyond Grandtully , its light showed them weapons bristling above a river of faces , small boys with cudgels , women with stockingsful of stones and shards , men with shot-guns and blades set in poles .
28 The exception to this rule was Norfolk , but here clerical wealth must have reflected the yield of tithes in the leading cereal-producing region , momentarily augmented perhaps by the high grain prices of recent years .
29 From this it can be seen that the rate of exchange must fall to make the US$ more expensive .
30 Her arguments were ridiculed by Tobias Smollett [ q.v. ] ( a former pupil of Smellie 's ) in an essay in the Critical Review ( 1760 ) , which nevertheless paid her the compliment of insinuating that her husband must have written the book .
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