Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adj] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means Punch should be cynical to some extent , As for ‘ reputable ’ , that 's the last thing Punch should be . |
| 2 | Ours is the only Government who have as a priority in our negotiations in Brussels the provision that all subsidies should be subject to some form of environmental assessment . |
| 3 | I should be grateful for some clarification . |
| 4 | After the rest he should be involved in some activity which does not require too much physical effort . |
| 5 | Those allowed on should be those with some experience of this sort of work . |
| 6 | It is encouraging that the primary visual areas of both rats and monkeys receive input from the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus but we should be aware of some circularity here since one of the criteria used for saying that the lateral geniculate nuclei in the two groups are homologous is that they both project to primary visual cortex ! |
| 7 | Opposite are examples of weekly income levels up to which you should be entitled to some reduction on your Poll Tax bill . |
| 8 | The essential idea is that the purpose of learning is to illuminate people 's understanding of the environments ( sets of circumstances ) they ( will ) experience : The learning of skills , knowledge and so on must be applicable in some form , or it is dead . |
| 9 | He knows so much about these things that he must be involved in some way , but he lets you have bits and pieces of information because you pay him . ’ |
| 10 | He really said it all to me in a comment some years ago : ‘ The ICM must become the accepted mirror of the credit scene , and we must be wary of some things which can break the reflection . ’ |
| 11 | This does not just include design and quality engineers : everyone within the company must be aware to some extent . |
| 12 | Assassins were proofed against pain , but surely Meh'Lindi must be aware of some agonies as her body strained to adopt a new shape in obedience to her will . |
| 13 | Everything that is done must be subordinate to some official who reports up to a member of the administrative class , who is under an assistant secretary who then puts the matter to the permanent secretary , he being the adviser to the minister . |
| 14 | Every action of a social worker must be justifiable under some section of an Act of Parliament . |
| 15 | Likewise , the floating vote might be indicative of some electors making up their own minds on the issues of the day ; it might equally reflect pressure brought to bear " from above " , perhaps by those attached to the Court who wanted a change in the complexion of the House of Commons , to " persuade " those electors to change their allegiances . |
| 16 | One , one point that was made to me is , is it might be , it might be too late for this , but it might be helpful for some staff from residential establishments to actually get to understand what official visits are as well . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) A requirement under this section to provide a specimen of blood or urine can only be made at a police station or at a hospital ; and it can not be made at a police station unless — ( a ) the constable making the requirement has reasonable cause to believe that for medical reasons a specimen of breath can not be provided or should not be required , or ( b ) at the time the requirement is made a device or a reliable device of the type mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) ( a ) above is not available at the police station or it is then for any other reason not practicable to use such a device there , or ( c ) the suspected offence is one under section 4 of this Act and the constable making the requirement has been advised by a medical practitioner that the condition of the person required to provide the specimen might be due to some drug ; but may then be made notwithstanding that the person required to provide the specimen has already provided or been required to provide two specimens of breath . |
| 18 | And although many of them might be poor in some ways , that did n't mean they had no money to spend . |
| 19 | Senior elected and non-elected personnel might be dominant in some authorities on some issues but this is only one possible alliance ; second-tier officers and party activists might combine effectively in other policy areas — the permutations are infinite . |
| 20 | ‘ It might be okay for some people , like thae toffs that mammy cleans for , but it 's nae use for the likes of us . |
| 21 | The plaintiff might be self-employed in some business or profession and the court 's task in assessing his net loss might then be more difficult . |
| 22 | It might be true of some forms of knowledge , but it is absolutely false in terms of experience . |
| 23 | The uncontrolled increase in the number of authors might be remediable to some extent by journals devising a collective policy . |
| 24 | I do happen to believe that certain forms of physical punishment could be effective in some cases . |
| 25 | However , if we acknowledge that family communications follow a pattern developed over time , and this can be usefully observed and adapted with younger families , is it not reasonable to assume that with older families too such a process could be helpful in some cases ? |
| 26 | The West says the Palestinians are better off now and this could be true in some cases . |
| 27 | As regards the appropriation of funds for the purposes of planned provision , a first point is that the financial institutions could be short-circuited to some extent by increasing taxation of the wealthy . |
| 28 | Some of the following may be repetitive to some extent , and the reader is asked to excuse this as the writer finds it difficult to avoid repeating some of his thoughts in a subject so fraught with difficulties of explanation , and covering such a wide field . |
| 29 | This life style may be unsuitable for some women and boredom can lead to a couple 's failure to complete an assignment , even to breakdown of their marriage . |
| 30 | It is further recognised that words or gestures which may be tolerable to some people may be deeply offensive or threatening to others . |