Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [be] [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may see them dimpling the surface and if they are concentrated along a particular section this must obviously be worthy of attention . |
| 2 | Financial advisers must also be mindful of conflicts of interests , and a guidance note on this topic is contained in Appendix 3 to the Code . |
| 3 | You should both be dead of fright ! ’ he said to Mrs Maylie . |
| 4 | It should also be capable of expansion if necessary . |
| 5 | You should also be suspicious of foods that are known to be potent allergens . |
| 6 | You should also be wary of callers who offer to make building repairs or lay tarmac . |
| 7 | However , being known for measurement does not necessarily help when tendering for consultancy work , but given that the reputation of most of our rivals was built on the interpretive reports prepared by companies such as ours , the transition should simply be one of perception . |
| 8 | The first impression of any visitor to Maidstone prison must surely be one of confusion . |
| 9 | They waited until the lane must surely be empty of funeral guests and then went down to the car . |
| 10 | To teach effectively teachers must therefore be aware of facets of the child 's life which are contributing to tension and disquiet . |
| 11 | Havelock Fidler , the dowser , found that the Scots pine acted as an ‘ interruptor ’ of energy lines , and Paul Baines speculates that the trees may thus be capable of drawing and absorbing the energy pattern of disease from those who need treatment or adjustment . |
| 12 | Their reputation now rests in the professional audio industry , and the ordinary muso might only be aware of Dynacord as providers of amps to the accordion players of Bavaria . |
| 13 | Indeed , in so far as the left was urban , secularist or even militantly anti-clerical ( see chapter 14 below ) and both contemptuous of rural ‘ backwardness ’ and unappreciative of country problems , the peasantry might still be full of suspicion and hostility towards it . |
| 14 | The logical result of this attitude was , of course , the takeover of the most prominent media , which would involve placing them under more direct control , a corollary of this action was the suppression or limitation of any privately owned media that might either be critical of TANU and the Tanzanian Government or campaign for alternatives . |
| 15 | Our other Club base , the Four Seasons is a mere two minute walk away with its lively bar so you 'll never be short of company . |
| 16 | another Club hotel the Bohem is across the road , so you 'll never be short of company . |
| 17 | The Popi also has its own roof terrace and is ideally situated — right next door to the Nitsa studios , so you 'll never be short of company and action . |
| 18 | At just £12–14 each and eight great trips to choose from you 'll never be short of fun in Corfu . |
| 19 | You 'll never be short of things to do in Dublin — whether it 's shopping in its modern centre , or simply relaxing over a Guinness in one of the city 's excellent pubs . |
| 20 | Some of her family and friends who knew that her marriage was unsuccessful may assume that her feelings about her husband 's death could only be those of relief that their life together is over at last and that she is now free to seek a better future for herself ; not realising that if a woman has lived with a man for many years , unless he has treated her with extreme cruelty , and shown her no love at all throughout the whole of their marriage , some kind of bond is bound to have existed between them , and that even if he left her with only a handful of good memories of times they spent together , it is likely that she may want to hold on to them , cherish them , and even build upon them . |
| 21 | A person who is constipated may also be incontinent of faeces because there is leaking around the hard mass . |
| 22 | [ This may also be true of theses ] . |
| 23 | This may also be true of Aung San , Sukarno , and others ; but the careful investigator can disentangle myth from reality for most of their important moves and decisions . |
| 24 | There are other dangers , but a garden that is free of thorny shrubs of thorny shrubs , spiky perennials and tempting berries may also be devoid of birds , insects , form and texture ; denying the very stimulus that could woo a young mind into contemplating the magic of its surroundings . |
| 25 | While this paper pretends to be nothing other than an account of an approach which is unique to the TSB , the principles described by Bruce Nichol and Tony Atkin may well be capable of transfer to other organizations in other industries . |
| 26 | Rocky may well be full of self-doubt and introspection , but what else can anyone expect ? |
| 27 | The difficulty is that a like conditional ( derived from the independent conditional ( 6 ) also set out in 1.3 ) may well be true of b . |
| 28 | The difference between an offence of reckless driving ( maximum penalty of two years ) and one of causing death by reckless driving ( maximum penalty of five years ) may simply be one of chance . |
| 29 | Yet for all that he no longer believed the creed in which he had been raised : for all that he fought for a king against an upstart general , for the old order against the new , Karelius recognized that at heart he would always be one of Cromwell 's men . |
| 30 | If one were to suggest to an electronics engineer that he might want to study how a circuit works by pulling bits out and observing changes in function his reaction would probably be one of horror ! |