Example sentences of "[vb mod] well be [vb pp] [prep] be " in BNC.

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1 Although the next quarter is also expected to be bleak for Proteon — the near-collapse of the absurd European Exchange Rate Mechanism last year has had a poor effect on prices in Europe , causing them to rise — if Swan 's track record of success is anything to go by , Proteon 's results - at least in Europe — might well be expected to be turned round .
2 A family member who did not react to the craziness of Chemical Dependency or other addictive disease would be a very strange , unreactive , person who might well be considered to be at least odd if not ill or crazy himself or herself for not reacting .
3 The local stone here is gritstone , much of it brought down I suspect from the quarries on the flanks of Penhill , and on a summer 's evening , when the children are playing on the swings and people are sat talking quietly in the dying sunlight outside the pub while an old dog wanders across the green sniffing his way towards the children , then , when every building is tinted with amber and the gardens are heavy with blooms , it could well be said to be " t'prattiest lal spot i't'Dales " .
4 It appears to be the most durable consequence of , and could well be considered to be a ‘ surviving paradigma ’ of , Paracelsus .
5 This may well be considered to be an important factor , but , like other arguments for restricting popular influence or control over political systems and assemblies , it is not a democratic argument .
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