Example sentences of "he [modal v] [be] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that brings us back to the idea that he may be a man of style , rather than substance , in terms of differentiating himself from Mrs Thatcher . |
| 2 | Articles 85 and 86 of Table A ( prescribed pursuant to the Companies Act 1985 ) provide that so long as a director has disclosed his interest to the company , he may be a party to or interested in any transaction , and shall not by reason of his office be accountable to the company for any benefit he receives from such a transaction . |
| 3 | If he makes statements from the Dispatch Box , he should be a man of honour and honour his promises . |
| 4 | No doubt it had a great deal of appeal because it suggested that , if someone could afford air travel , he must be a bit of a swinger and must be with it . |
| 5 | The commissioner who conducts the inquiry is appointed by the Lord Chancellor ( in England ) and he must be a barrister of not less than ten years ' standing . |
| 6 | Without a shirt the Frenchman 's body looked lean and hard , and she guessed he must be a man of her own age . |
| 7 | Her countrywoman 's upbringing told her that he must be a gamekeeper on the estate owned by the people at Hillmarden Hall — some property developer and his wife , she believed . |
| 8 | He must be a fixture of the cliche . |
| 9 | To the younger officers , Maxim 's presence proved that tomorrow would be The Day and — by reverse logic — that he must be a spy from Allied Command Europe come to report on their morale and even sobriety . |
| 10 | But he 'll be a year behind you ? |
| 11 | He 'll be a year behind me , and he 'll be on the same money as me . |
| 12 | You ask your daddy , he 'll be a part of it as well , he 'll be in the Brotherhood . ’ |
| 13 | Looked a sensible , down-to-earth type to me , and he might be a corrective to what we 've just been hearing . |
| 14 | He might be a man with a wife in absentia , but he usually directed his charismatic charm towards ladies who , once again , he rightly suspected , knew their way about . |
| 15 | He might be a prisoner of war . |
| 16 | It was three years ago , when her husband was a new Cabinet Minister and there was a scare that he might be a target for the IRA . |
| 17 | However , underlying this was his teachers ' deeper concern that he might be a victim of physical and sexual abuse . |
| 18 | ‘ It is a measure of the level of the people with which he was dealing , in that at a time when he thought he might be a witness in another case , he was assaulted rendering him unconscious and his house was the subject of an arson attack . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It is a measure of the level of the people with which he was dealing in that , at a time when he thought he might be a witness in another case , he was assaulted , rendering him unconscious , and his house was the subject of an arson attack . ’ |
| 20 | In the summer he might be a guest at a Mediterranean villa or at his house on the Costa Smeralda . |
| 21 | He might be a pal of Livingstone 's but there is still nothing to excuse Thompson 's mealy-mouthed attitude. : - . |
| 22 | He could be a disciple of Gordon E. Liddy with his macho bolted-down reserve . |
| 23 | Like this he could be a sack of rubbish . |
| 24 | I think he 'd be a bit of a hero for me — he managed to achieve such great things without using violence or hurting anybody . |
| 25 | The authorities feared he 'd be a drain on the health service . |
| 26 | He 'd be a loss to the Brotherhood if we expelled him on account of his blessed principles . ’ |
| 27 | Sir , — When Malcolm Rifkind was made Minister of Transport I wrote a letter to him congratulating him on his appointment , expressing the hope that he would be a success in his job and asking him to instruct his Civil Servants to concentrate their efforts more on the railways of this country rather than on the roads . |
| 28 | Her mother never tired of speaking of her own father , Don Humberto , who had been a gentleman adventurer and a favourite at the court of King John , but she had never met Dom João and could only assure Sara that if he was at all like his grandfather or his Uncle Pedro ( the one who had died at sea ) he would be a man of great charm , intelligence and wit . |
| 29 | Even then I doubt if he would be a threat to Morley Street . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , on March 28 Kim announced that he would be a candidate for the party 's presidential nomination . |