Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [be] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The apparently extreme view expressed by Masterman ( 1987 ) may perhaps be the public perception of local-authority services as a whole , but equally many people working in schools would also subscribe to this view when discussing the local education authority 's administration of the education service . |
| 2 | Digital data must eventually be the single language of multimedia because it is also the language of computers . |
| 3 | Conran found himself beleaguered and somewhat bemused as to why his group should suddenly be the focal point of so many would-be suitors . |
| 4 | So it sho still should only be the two pound out . |
| 5 | So we say that ‘ it is raining ’ when it is not at all clear what ‘ it ’ is , or ‘ the wind is blowing ’ when wind and blowing must necessarily be the same thing . |
| 6 | ‘ I realise you can not afford to run all the time but , that said , it should still be the first thing you have a look at , ’ he reasoned . |
| 7 | The aquarium gravel used should preferably be the finest grade available , but not fine enough to impede filtration . |
| 8 | The problems posed by this view could be related to the question whether non-violence must always be the right way . |
| 9 | This means they must always be the same distance apart . |
| 10 | It 's one thing that we 're always really conscious of , that it must never affect us like that because no matter how big you become you must always be the same person . ’ |
| 11 | No one member should always be the sole person to reveal himself or herself , nor should it be forgotten that there is no consistent pattern of when the process of disclosure is desirable and beneficial ( Chelune et al. |
| 12 | He must usually be the elected Leader of his party . |
| 13 | Where the charge is under s.9(1) ( a ) , there must also be the ulterior intent . |
| 14 | The highlight of the men 's events should also be the 50 metres , when North-East outdoor 100 metres champion David Lawson , of Cramlington , lines up against Morpeth Harrier Andrew Abrahams . |
| 15 | It was no kindness to allow a litigant who was unsuccessful in the trial court to incur costs protesting at that result , if the decision was demonstrably correct or , as often in matrimonial disputes , if there was no ‘ right ’ answer and the trial judge must inevitably be the final arbiter . |
| 16 | Moreover , as I indicated earlier in my judgment , there were reasons why the justices might be particularly cautious in considering the proposal agreed between all the parties that there should now be the fundamental reversal of the future of these children , so soon after the making of the care order in 1991 . |
| 17 | ‘ Cricket must now be the only sport in which you can be punished for the same offence twice and , who knows , maybe three times if he appeals ! |
| 18 | Such a picture of the mind naturally lends itself to a James-type account of the localisation of bodily sensations : if the mind has its ‘ seat ’ in the head , and sensations are in the mind , then what appears to be the directly-kno-wn location of the sensation must really be the indirectly-known location of the source of the sensation . |
| 19 | Mute e is generally retained after soft c or g ( e.g. unenforceable , changeable ) ; so judgement should really be the preferred spelling , |
| 20 | The ‘ Large Penguins ’ referred to in English accounts should really be the Great Auk ( Alca impennis ) . |
| 21 | The affair is the noisiest clash ( so far ) in what must surely be the longest-running takeover battle in business history . |
| 22 | This , after all , must surely be the crucial factor when visiting established clubs . |
| 23 | No must surely be the honest answer . |
| 24 | One of those bits of added value must undoubtedly be the additional contacts which that person can provide . |
| 25 | Thus the learning context of any child must initially be the loving home where relationships can be tried out in all kinds of ways , mistakes made , lessons noted and adjustments effected . |
| 26 | An antidepressant should never be the sole form of treatment a patient is receiving , even if his illness appears to be entirely of an endogenous variety . |
| 27 | I thought , as most people probably think once or twice a year , that I should never be the same person again . |
| 28 | If you missed it , there may just be the odd copy left . |
| 29 | Just Do It at Smith Rock ( see last month 's Compass column ) may just be the hardest rock climb in the world . |
| 30 | While it lasts , of course , it 's both ecstasy and agony : totally obsessive — every waking moment — and some dreaming ones — full of him and her ; delightful fantasies of what might perhaps be the actual realisation of some of those fantasies . |