Example sentences of "[adv] [unc] [noun] [modal v] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Tonight 's game will be extra special for John and myself . |
| 2 | Either the tumour in my lung had grown in the last three and a half weeks , in which case it must be even more in evidence , or it had stood still , in which case today 's X-rays must be much the same as the previous ones , or it had diminished . |
| 3 | The House of Lords in Bunge Corpn v Tradax ( 1981 ) tabulated several factors which are relevant in the determination of the classification of a term as being a condition : ( 1 ) There are enormous practical advantages in certainty especially in string contracts where today 's buyer may be tomorrow 's seller . |
| 4 | In 1981 the BWB chairman , Sir Frank Price said : ‘ The Fraenkel figure for the backlog of maintenance at today 's prices must be about £100 million . |
| 5 | Reliance on the brewers ' better nature is a precarious sort of dependency , where today 's Jekyll can be tomorrow 's Hyde . |
| 6 | Archaeologists have learnt a great deal about man 's evolution by digging up and analysing our historic waste , but if mishandled today 's rubbish could be tomorrow 's pollutant . |
| 7 | You 're desperate to see some progress and push a plan to success , so today 's delays will be all the more infuriating . |
| 8 | Because your essay is not identical with theirs , there is little chance that someone else 's words will be exactly right as a conclusion to your argument . |