Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [prep] a [adj] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 That was not indexation but a recognition of the fact that , if an exemption is to be made , it should be at a sensible and workable level .
2 Tyndale ensured that the English Bible should be in a popular and spoken , rather than a literary , language .
3 For the precision machine finishing process , the glass slides must be of a precise and standard thickness .
4 As made clear in s. 205(1) ( xxvii ) ( above ) this means that a valid legal lease must be for a fixed and certain period of time .
5 Our first rule is that all raw materials must be from a known and identifiable source .
6 The access to a site or any part of the site may be over a private or unadopted road .
7 The subject-matter may be of a discretionary or regulatory nature and while these elements should not exclude proscriptions against bias they are likely to modify their application .
8 Governments wish to try and deal with problems of regional imbalance , which in many instances may be of a long-standing and chronic nature .
9 Such work may be on an individual or group project basis .
10 Another possible use for the program would be as an educational or training aid .
11 The focus would move from the determination of who is legally right and from consideration of the reasonableness of the employer 's action in the circumstances of the individual dismissal to the location of the dispute firmly in the realms of industrial relations , rather than employment law , where the search would be for a workable and acceptable solution which took account of the wider context .
12 One will be for a fast and reliable commuter line across Kent , which could incidentally carry cross-Channel traffic .
13 In 20 minutes by air-conditioned car or coach , you will be in an old and vastly different world .
14 Study can be on a full-time or part-time basis , from one to three years .
15 When old nationalisms come to the surface , having been suppressed for decades , it can be in a pure and dangerous form .
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