Example sentences of "must [be] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Just as a statistical sample ( Chapter 5 ) must be of a certain size before reliable inferences concerning the population can be drawn , so a number of simulations must be run before the average behaviour can be treated as being descriptive of the real system .
2 The vision must be of a multi-lateral teacher placement programme between all community countries .
3 It follows from the foregoing that a condition of the type at issue in the main proceedings , which stipulates that where a vessel is owned or chartered by natural persons they must be of a particular nationality , and where it is owned or chartered by a company the shareholders and directors must be of that nationality , is contrary to article 52 of the E.E.C .
4 For the precision machine finishing process , the glass slides must be of a precise and standard thickness .
5 ‘ As soon as I am rich I mean to engage some of the very finest artists in their respective lines to paint figures into the landscapes , but these must be of a large size , and if executed in a superior manner will find many admirers ’ .
6 Invitations , posters and other publicity material must be of a high standard , as must your framing and presentation .
7 If this man had another career it must be as a professional singer .
8 The equivalent of each ‘ response ’ expected from the input page must be entered as there are no defaults ; each entry must be on a separate line .
9 The equivalent of each ‘ response ’ expected from each page must be entered ; each entry must be on a separate line , without leading spaces and without blank lines between entries .
10 Just as the causes of family failure are many and varied , so too the approach to family welfare must be on a wide front .
11 that the arrangement must be on a temporary trial basis ,
12 Under the regulations the national flag must be on a vertical pole .
13 The rehearsals for a tour this size must be on a massive scale .
14 However , for exact comparability between bonds and shares , both coupons and dividends must be on a net-of-tax basis since this is what recipients actually receive .
15 All entries must be on a proper entry coupon cut from IDEAL HOME and must bear the entrant 's own name and address .
16 In the case of the postal orderly , his sixty situps must be on a cumulative basis .
17 The speaker who uses it feels himself or herself to be stating , with an explicitness not found in the merely qualifying adjective , even when it is ascriptive , that the property expressed does hold of the entity identified by the whole noun phrase ; an inevitable concomitant is that the postnominal adjective must be to a certain extent salient in the situation where it is used .
18 Their conclusion was that most of the road signs in such studies are in fact initially detected and that differences found between signs and the poor overall performance in the Johansson and Rumar study must be to a large extent a memory effect .
19 There is no appeal from the decision of a county court registrar to the county court judge ; the appeal must be to a single judge -of the High Court ( Re a Debtor ( No 39 of 1974 ) ( 1977 ) 3 All ER489 ) .
20 Although it is true that warrants must be for a fixed period and may not be open-ended , the period in question is a relatively long one and may exceed the purposes for which the warrant is initially granted .
21 As made clear in s. 205(1) ( xxvii ) ( above ) this means that a valid legal lease must be for a fixed and certain period of time .
22 the tenancy must be for a minimum period of six months
23 ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) A closure order hearing must be before a full board meeting , but not necessarily before a quarterly meeting ( s.5 ) .
24 The use of restraint must be within a narrow context and affecting only a very small number of residents , he said .
25 You must be like a good wine . ’
26 The heading must be in a fixed position and fitted to a thin batten which is bent and fixed to the ceiling of the curve .
27 Th this company must be in a bloody sight worse a mess than we thought and the government are not letting us know this is what they 're look for are scapegoats and they they 're .
28 Furthermore , the training must be in a good centre and must be well supervised .
29 The problem solved with the ES must be in a narrow domain and of combinatorial type with many alternate solutions .
30 To be credible , it must be in a firm ‘ s best interest to carry out the threat at the time it is called upon to do so .
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