Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it [vb mod] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The compression figures , whilst not particularly low , suggest that it may be camshaft wear . |
| 2 | No , how do I know whether it might be Paul 's . |
| 3 | He could not have foreseen that it would be Mozart , 24 years his junior , who would be dead before the year 's end . |
| 4 | Then she realised that it must be Ianthe Broome , the canon 's daughter they were always talking about , and perhaps in some way a kind of ‘ rival ’ for the affections of a man she had not yet seen . |
| 5 | Tom Williams , Labour Member for the constituency in which the colliery was situated , announced that it would be folly to continue the debate , and the dispute , perhaps not a very difficult one in any event , got itself settled . |
| 6 | do you think that was a deliberate decision made that it should be part of the flats rather than somewhere outside , |
| 7 | This should not be too much of a problem , but sometimes delays mean that it can be months before the feedback arrives . |
| 8 | yes but I think when you look at how it 's structured and whether it 's modular structure and its content it 's got to be written that it will be United Kingdom exportable not merely |
| 9 | Everyone took it for granted that it must be Oxford or Cambridge . |
| 10 | There comes a point where one begins to suspect that it could be part of some Euro-plot to boost tourism : France is white-napped tables and hot coffee , a stroll round the Louvre , a lingering bistro lunch ; Italy , a glass of grappa , a plate of pasta and the mottled-stone lure of antiquity ; Greece , a Technicolor turquoise panorama of sea and sky . |
| 11 | Police on the scene predicted that it would be months before the capital 's vital traffic gateway to the north was back to normal . |
| 12 | Until we know a lot more about it , obviously we 've got to assume that it may be murder . |
| 13 | ( If ever I get the DTs I know what I 'll see and it 'll be Cathedral Bugs and more Cathedral Bugs all the way down to the bottom . ) |
| 14 | Since one thinks that there must be something in common to all good things one may then conclude that it must be pleasure . |
| 15 | You know whether it 'd be Visa , Access or whatever . |
| 16 | With Western countries insisting that it should be part of NATO , the Soviet Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze , on Feb. 14 declared that although his government would prefer a united Germany to be neutral and demilitarized , he was not sure how " realistic " this would be . |
| 17 | Despite his phenomenal energy the sheer size of his dominions inevitably meant that it could be months or even years before he was free to deal with a distant crisis or give his officials the support they needed against a major local potentate . |
| 18 | It would mean that it may be diffcult to do any Tony bashing , but I 'm sure all the praise will by far exceed criticism as far as he is concerned for years to come . |
| 19 | They thought that it might be leukaemia . |
| 20 | After the damaging Westland affair and the loss of two senior Cabinet ministers , there were even Conservatives who thought that it might be time to change the leader . |
| 21 | He thought that it would be Tessa who 'd yell , so he 'd already put a hand across her mouth . |
| 22 | Well firstly I do n't like the tree the leaf and I honestly think that it should be place as a permanent position in the foyer of County Hall as a permanent reminder to all councillors on the waste of public tax payers ' money . |
| 23 | The government has resisted pressure to introduce a tight licensing system , as operated in Norway and Northern Ireland , arguing that it would be unworkable. * The convention meeting was particularly critical of Greece 's environmental record , citing widespread damage as a result of uncontrolled tourism development . |
| 24 | He did n't want to answer it , thinking that it might be Vasco again , but he could n't afford not to . |
| 25 | She rushed to answer , thinking that it might be Barney , but it was a young journalist from the Gloucester Gazette who had interviewed her a few months previously when her latest book was published . |
| 26 | Do n't make the mistake of thinking that it must be cow 's milk , just because this is the food problem that we hear about most often in babies . |
| 27 | The girls exchanged nervous glances , thinking that it must be Miss Hardbroom come to reprimand them for being out of bed . |
| 28 | It has been stoked primarily by Mr Alexander Rutskoy , the Russian vice-president , who has warned that it may be time to review Khrushchev 's gift of Crimea to Ukraine in 1954 , and by President Kravchuk , a Communist Party boss turned Ukrainian nationalist . |
| 29 | If we are talking about hypocrisy , let me say that it would be hypocrisy to suggest that we have the powers unilaterally to introduce a labelling directive to discriminate against foreign veal . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't really think we can necessarily say that it must be vitamin E that is a protective factor , but what we can now say is that fruit and vegetables seem to protect against heart disease , ’ says Professor James . |