Example sentences of "[modal v] be [prep] a [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the shaming should not be of a ‘ stigmatizing ’ nature which will tend to exclude them from being accepted members of the community ; it should be of a kind which serves to reintegrate them within it , by getting them to accept that they have done wrong while encouraging others to readmit them to society . |
| 2 | Although sometimes quite large external investment will be required , this should be in a form which encourages local investment , capital formation and control . |
| 3 | ( Appeals must be on a form which is obtainable from the Department of the Environment , Tollgate House , Houlton Street , Bristol BS2 9DJ ) . |
| 4 | Then finally , in the case of officers , employees , and others in a professional or business relationship , they must be in a position which affords them access to information which they ought not reasonably to disclose , save for the proper performance of their duties . |
| 5 | If the process of taking evidence abroad is to serve its purpose , the evidence must be in a form which makes it admissible and gives it proper weight in the proceedings for which it was prepared , and this requires the authorities of the country in which the evidence is to be taken to show considerable flexibility in allowing , and it may be operating , modes of procedure which are quite unfamiliar . |
| 6 | If the jurisdiction were discretionary , no refusal to exercise it nor any failure to exercise it by the House of Lords would constitute a breach of Article 6 , but , again , if the appeal goes ahead , it must be by a process which the Convention recognises as fair . |
| 7 | Information about a person 's private and personal affairs may be of a nature which shows him up in a favourable light and would by no means expose him to criticism . |
| 8 | If comparisons are included they may be with an artist whose work is considered by the author to be inferior to the subject of the monograph . |
| 9 | The Christian may be in a church which has been together for several hundred years , and so he knows there is a certain likelihood of it still being together next year ! |
| 10 | You may be in an institution which has video-viewing facilities in the library and a selection of English language programmes for learners to borrow . |
| 11 | Evidence of the proportion of alcohol in a specimen of breath , blood or urine may be by a document which is : |
| 12 | The advances would be at a level which enables the artist to live and concentrate on improving his or her writing skills . |