Example sentences of "must [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gorbachev must be facing a similar problem in the USSR , in the taciturnity of Soviet youth . ’ |
| 2 | The landlord must be given a specific date towards which to work ( with time being of the essence ) , which will obviously also be important from the tenant 's point of view as the tenant may be subject to seasonal trade variations in business and may wish , for example , to open the premises in time for the Christmas trade . |
| 3 | A cat is a carnivore and if it is to be kept as a pet it must be given a carnivorous diet . |
| 4 | His devotion is to the destruction of ignorance ; his credo is ‘ hastened evolution ’ or , in popular terms , ‘ nature must be given a helping hand ’ . |
| 5 | He must know what evidence has been given and what statements have been made affecting him , and then he must be given a fair opportunity to correct or contradict them . " |
| 6 | The private sector must be given a fair chance to compete for local authority contracts . |
| 7 | The penny share flourishes on the fallacy that if you get more shares for your money , you must be getting a better buy . |
| 8 | Livestock must be fed a wholesome , appropriate diet in sufficient quantity to maintain them in good health and to satisfy their nutritional needs , and have adequate fresh drinking water ; food and water must be available each day unless a vet says otherwise in the course of professional duty . |
| 9 | ‘ They must be expecting a nuclear attack . ’ |
| 10 | She realised she was on her own ; George must be expecting a true Conflict Situation if he was already saving his last bullet for himself . |
| 11 | Since that can not be effectively done under the law as it stands , there must be created a new body of law of the sort that has come to be called administrative law . |
| 12 | There must be created a new and vibrant organization to meet the challenge of the twenty first century and beyond . |
| 13 | Maintaining a sanctuary which must be kept a total secret . |
| 14 | For many there was a conviction that the post-war world must be made a better place , a view that recurred regularly over the next twenty years . |
| 15 | As my hon. Friend knows , our fundamental position on reform is that the intervention system must be made a great deal less attractive . |
| 16 | Variable-reluctance motors have two important advantages when the load must be moved a considerable distance , e. g. several revolutions of the motor . |
| 17 | Alongside anxiety about loss must be placed a parallel feeling best expressed by the indignant snort of a parent of four ‘ children ’ in their twenties : ‘ Empty nest ? |
| 18 | It is presidential policy that , wherever practicable , claimants should be told the outcome of their appeals on the day , but in all cases the claimant and adjudication officer must be sent a written record of the decision which includes a note of the evidence and submissions of the parties , a statement of the tribunals findings of fact and of the reasons for the decision . |
| 19 | He thought that she must be feeling a great deal of pain , and that there was nothing he could do about it , and that , if his suspicions were correct , her pain would get a great deal worse … |
| 20 | ‘ You must be feeling a right berk . ’ |
| 21 | In which case , Martin Bicknell 's posterior must be feeling a little tender . |
| 22 | As such they must be accounted a certain independence ( of both the whole group of pavements with interlaced squares and of the more general group of diagonal and rotated linear designs to which this belongs ) . |
| 23 | This principle of self-help , of ‘ harambee ’ when applied at school level , may emphasise local differences , may lead to some difficulties over matters of replacement and repair , but , because it emphasises the community 's participation in the education of its children , must be accounted a social as well as a financial good . |
| 24 | Poor thing , she must be having a rotten time just now . |
| 25 | Even at this distance he could make out the faint octarine glow in the air that must be indicating a stable magic aura of at least — he gasped — several milliprime ? |
| 26 | Because of the national need for minerals , planning authorities have been strongly advised by the DoE to pay attention to economic considerations : ‘ a fundamental concern of planning policy must be to ensure a free flow of mineral products at economic cost . ’ |
| 27 | It seems to me that it must be a very fine line must be drawn a violent act and a non-violent act . |
| 28 | To be a plant must be to experience a hazy , quiescent state of consciousness , with focus diffused and little or no opportunity to create new karma . |
| 29 | If made ex parte , the application must be filed a reasonable time before the hearing subject to the power of the court to hear applications at any time . |
| 30 | The Tory candidate for Skipton and Ripon , Mr David Curry , must be employing a good getaway driver to meet his punishing campaign schedule . |