Example sentences of "it [modal v] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basis for status may vary : it may he anything a social group claims as giving superiority and which is recognised by other groups — examples might include wealth , religious purity . |
| 2 | Even if an installation finds it convenient to use one of the smaller operating systems for much of its work , it may he possible to switch to an operating system that provides the extra facility to handle variable-length records , just for those files that need it . |
| 3 | Or it may he because ‘ more and more we find we have people who say they ‘ ca n't sing ’ . |
| 4 | By the Act of Settlement 1701 , ‘ Judges ’ Commissions [ shall ] be made quamdiu se bene gesserent , but upon the Address of both Houses of Parliament it may he lawful to remove them . ’ |
| 5 | By being uncooperative , a person might very well make the task of the constable more difficult , but it may he doubted whether he commits obstruction . |
| 6 | First , it should he held up for critical inspection , pilloried when necessary . |
| 7 | It should he pointed out , however , that high quality preparations of M1 human eggs in which reliable chiasma counts could be made , have never really been obtained despite numerous attempts on the part of many workers over a number of years . |
| 8 | From all this it should he clear that the conduct of war and foreign policy left too much to chance and personal axe-grinding . |
| 9 | Well he should n't have opened his gob and said it should he ? |
| 10 | Also it must he said that Jurassic zones , which are the best known , are now being recognised on something approaching a world-wide scale . |
| 11 | It must he fully twenty seconds before she speaks again , and she ai n't sleeping , that 's for sure . |
| 12 | On the other hand , it might he argued that when he moves from the concept of impersonal truth to the concept of a personal God , he is distinguishing , in traditional Advaitin fashion , between higher and lower levels of truth or reality . |
| 13 | It might he your boss , it might be the most junior person in your team . |
| 14 | It might he the client at the end of the telephone . |
| 15 | ‘ It 'll he your turn next , wo n't it ? |
| 16 | I really ca and maybe if she eats one or two meals over the weekend , it 'll he might not |
| 17 | It could he argued that Latin America offers a good example of this . |
| 18 | General results in the theory of computation might throw light on animal perception , by showing that a given type of representation in principle could not express a certain type of information , or that it would he enormously less efficient than most other type . |
| 19 | ( Given this prestige , it would he unseemly for him to take on a menial local job . ) |
| 20 | It would he a very revealing item of Bomber Command 's history were a tape to be made available today of that unfortunate telephone link-up , and for a cold assessment to be made of all the circumstances as known at the time . |
| 21 | THE nuclear debate can only heighten as the election draws near which means , as it will he mainly be between politicians , that it will get more incomprehensible . |
| 22 | This means that to prove the requisite degree of mens rea for an affray , it will he sufficient for the prosecutor to prove that the defendant knowingly took part in a fight . |
| 23 | Nobody else in this dive has any money , and for them it will he a long cold evening . |
| 24 | But you , you know what ca cos wo he wo n't be able to repair it will he ? |
| 25 | Dealing with sex abuse all the time , it can he very depressing . |
| 26 | It can he useful to recap on the action you want taken after putting on pressure : ‘ If I call talk about it today , then I 'll be able to get on with the project — if I ca n't , the project is going to have to he delayed . |
| 27 | Similarly , the case of displays or visible representations , the offence is committed if the material is visible to the public generally , but not , apparently , if it can he seen only by persons inside another dwelling . |
| 28 | But history is simple , it can he measured out by neat dates . |
| 29 | But he ca n't see it can he , |