Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [modal v] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morton saw that Leonard and Mrs Cohen were very close , and nothing emphasised this more than her willingness to take them and their friends out for meals , especially to a favourite Greek restaurant where she would be the life of the party , not least in singing , and encouraged by good wine which the restaurateur would ply them with in order to get the mood of the evening going . |
| 2 | A wall-painting of c .1160 in the chapel of St Anselm [ q.v. ] at Canterbury Cathedral , which shows St Paul bitten by a viper on the island of Malta , has been attributed to Hugo , although it may be the work of a follower . |
| 3 | Although married Anglican priests have been accepted into the Catholic priesthood , no precedent exists for a bishop , ‘ although it may be the price humility demands ’ . |
| 4 | Thus although it may be the case that communicative demands result in error because the learner does not have enough time to access second language systemic knowledge , equally they may do so because such demands quite naturally lead learners to call upon whatever resources they have at their disposal , some of which will be drawn from their own language . |
| 5 | ‘ That may well be so , ’ I answered , ‘ but Moodie gave me the cloth , so he must be the assassin . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah that 's exactly the same as what you 're I was trying to do before so it 'd be the equivalent of that . |
| 7 | The KGB were not capable of coordinating such protests he said , so it must be the work of British intelligence and the CIA . |
| 8 | This reading can not be explained by contextual modulation , so it must be the result of selection from a set of discrete possibilities . |
| 9 | I was wondering last night if it might be the hand of fate . |
| 10 | One of them was a slim pamphlet that looked as if it might be the catalogue . |
| 11 | We actually said we should , we , the body corporate should , erm , I have some , I if , if it should be the county secretary , I believe it should be in consultation with the county supplies officer . |
| 12 | Hick 's first innings 64 looked as if it could be the Test breakthrough England have been so patiently waiting for . |
| 13 | Well I wonder if it could be the brake fluid cos that 's |
| 14 | With the wisdom of hindsight it 's obvious that Mark Ring , who in his Pontypool days looked as if he might be the answer to all our no.10 prayers , was unfit and a liability in the match against Australia . |
| 15 | ‘ In fact , I wondered if he might be the reason your engagement is off . ’ |
| 16 | I mention this cos it could be THE way for list members to get their tickets from the LUFC ticket office , and avoid all that hopeless phoning . |
| 17 | We hope the branches and members w w will believe those reports because they will be the truth , and not some of the more highly coloured statements which I 'm sure will be put around from time to time . |
| 18 | This was absolutely vital if I was ever to ‘ fly ’ her , because it would be the lure of food on my fist that made her come back to me . |
| 19 | But at the same time I revelled in the unlovely sound because it might be the saving of my miserable life . |
| 20 | But it 's something which you really should bear in mind , because it could be the difference between you getting a press release and , and not getting it in . |
| 21 | Twenty eight years of age , Tommy , made just a handful of appearances for Sunderland before coming here to Shrewsbury Town and he 's made important contributions at both ends tonight , because his could be the goal that takes Shrewsbury past Blackburn and to a lucrative tie against Tottenham . |
| 22 | Contrast this with the position in jurisdictions where there are three or more degrees of homicide : pleas of guilty to first- and second-degree murders would be less frequent , since there would be the possibility of argument in court ( if no bargain was struck beforehand between prosecution and defence ) , and the defence might succeed in persuading the jury to reduce the degree of the killing . |
| 23 | In contrast , if , for example , shares are issued to management with no voting rights and subsequently , with no prior agreement , it is resolved to add voting rights to these shares , this would be a chargeable event since it would be the removal of a restriction or the creation of a new right relating to the shares . |
| 24 | Jacqui wondered whether she could be the go-between being used by the Nazis . |
| 25 | We asked whether they would be the support group to a line which we would rebuilt or , alternatively , take a seat on a joint board . |
| 26 | A difficulty of interpretation arises over the question whether it must be the constable who warns who effects the arrest . |
| 27 | and et all ( 362 , 355 & 359 ; 1993 showed that these organs ( among others ) are sites at which the virus multiplies during the often long latency period in AIDS , but more will have to be known of this process before it can be the basis of a routine assay . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , the Greek system still has some way to travel before it will be the sort of political machine a post-cold-war democracy requires . |
| 29 | United are a variety show when they should be the movie . |
| 30 | More senior posts were employed as tools of patronage at a higher level , for they might be the object of the ambition of a substantial freeholder with his own political interest , whose support might be of value to the Administration directly . |