Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where you can be a bit where you think you 've got a technical issue to sell , |
| 2 | Or you may be a carer looking for help to enable you to take a break , either for regular short spells , or to go on holiday or in an emergency . |
| 3 | Or you might be a musician , an actor , a dancer , a singer or a sports person who relies on functioning to peak efficiency in order to obtain the best results . |
| 4 | You 've either got to be , earning money , and you have a Health Master to match your salary , or you can be a housewife , |
| 5 | He or she may be a member of an organization involved with harmonization — the EC Commission , Unidroit , UNCITRAL , for example — or an academic or other outsider who sends a proposal in to such an organization for consideration . |
| 6 | ‘ Or she might be a part-timer who 's free on Tuesdays anyway . ’ |
| 7 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 8 | If the Ketterings had wanted another family to stand in for them , it could only be for recognition by someone they wished to avoid or who might be a danger to them . |
| 9 | However there may well be a wider interest at issue , in that it may be contrary to the public interest for decisions to be made where there may be a likelihood of favour to another influencing the determination . |
| 10 | In some cemeteries , particularly overseas where there may be a risk of earth movement , stone or bronze plaques on low pedestals are used instead of headstones . |
| 11 | There is a clear contrast here between cases of the use of serious force in self-defence , where there may be a need to act instantaneously on a hastily formed view of the situation , and sexual intercourse with another , where consent or non-consent is the essence of the crime and can be ascertained by asking a plain question of the victim . |
| 12 | Indeed , in a publishing environment where there may be a need for perhaps a dozen word processors but just one page makeup system this approach has strong financial advantages . |
| 13 | There are three types of trails in the Grand Canyon — maintained , where there 's a good path , semi-maintained where there may be a path , and unmaintained where you need a compass . |
| 14 | The fact that they happened to be sites where nuclear waste was already produced , where there might be a flicker of acceptance from the local population , and appeared to have been chosen more from expediency than science , did n't seem to embarrass the already embattled industry . |
| 15 | The chatterbox will keep talking about anything so long as there is n't a pause where there could be an opportunity to engage brain before mouth . |
| 16 | Book now for your tickets for the show , where there will be a number of stands exhibiting new foods and wines as well as a variety of useful kitchen gadgets which you can buy . |
| 17 | There may be a particular group of people who will buy a company 's products ( eg it would be good business sense to open a stationer 's shop near a University , where there will be a lot of students ) . |
| 18 | As Bachelard ( 1972 ) argued for the case of the natural sciences , general philosophical conceptions can often function as ‘ epistemological obstacles ’ , providing a simple and apparently clear answer where there should be a series of well-defined questions . |
| 19 | And that would have led them to their own Special Branch registry , where there must be a file on his career as a freelance ; it was inevitable after that damned publicity . |
| 20 | There might be a lot of traffic sort of nosing out there or there might be a congestion there for some reason . |
| 21 | The organization of women in the controlled zones varies considerably depending on the region : either one of the women 's organizations has taken on the task or there may be a women 's committee of the Popular Power Council . |
| 22 | Emotions may come flooding in as soon as the baby is born , or there may be a sense of detachment which lasts hours or days . |
| 23 | For example , scar tissue may form or there may be a disturbance to the blood supply , both of which can affect the working of adjacent regions . |
| 24 | There may be one scheme that applies to everyone in the organisation or there may be a variety of schemes for different grades of employee . |
| 25 | Or there may be a requirement that before the body exercises its power , a certain state of affairs must exist as a preliminary requirement , the correct state of affairs is a prerequisite to the exercise of the power . |
| 26 | Societies may choose to emphasize the ‘ fecund ’ side of the feminine , by exalting an image of woman that is plump and heavy-breasted , or there may be a preference for a youthful , virginal beauty , with ‘ natural ’ styles of hair and a slim figure to go with it . |
| 27 | If the services of a district nurse are needed , she may be contacted by telephone or there may be a community liaison service in your hospital , in which case a member of the community nursing team will visit the ward and meet the patient . |
| 28 | Or there may be a difference of opinion between two countries : for example , whether uniforms should be black , white , red or grey . |
| 29 | Apart from growth lines , the outer surface of the shell may be smooth , or there may be a series of raised ridges ( cords ) running down the whorls at right angles to the lip . |
| 30 | Or there may be a list of possible answers , of which at least one must be ticked . |