Example sentences of "or [pers pn] [modal v] be the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Note : names of persons , bodies and places may be included in the main thesaurus , or they may be the subject of a distinct authority list . ) |
| 2 | But it is useful anyway to speculate about possible findings and so some possible explanations ; the characters who use irony might be similar in type to Austen herself ( in class , gender , age ) ; or they might be the characters who function as heroes and heroines in the novels . |
| 3 | For example , the adverb well in He speaks well of you may be equivalent to an adverb in French Il a très bien parlé de vous or it may be the equivalent of a noun , Il a dit du bien de vous . |
| 4 | The faith may be the product of conditioning , or it may be the fruit of symbolic bedazzlement , but in neither case is it in any significant degree the work of reason , judgement , or active participation in the processes of rule . |
| 5 | In such markets , direct selling or control of agents or distributors might be impractical , or it may be the case that import duties or other non-tariff barriers might present obstacles to exporters . |
| 6 | 2 In phonology , the head is that part of a word group which either beings with the stressed syllable of the first accented word , not being the nucleus , and which ends with the syllable immediately preceding the nucleus ; or it may be the pitch pattern associated with that part of a word group . |
| 7 | It may be the choice of words or it may be the respect that is accorded to the disapprover . |
| 8 | You 'd best remember that , or it 'll be the auction block for you pretty swiftly . ’ |
| 9 | Or it might be the breaking of an oath or the refusal to accept the decrees of Rome , as with King John . |
| 10 | Or it might be the weapon of Goliath himself , used by governments in the exercise of power . |
| 11 | Or it can be the pleasure of saying things to other people through how you look : about individuality , politics , creativity , aggression , sense of humour , daring . |
| 12 | Or it could be the beginning of justice and the end of administering the law , because , how much of what goes on in court is actually administering the law , rather than determining natural justice . |
| 13 | A fund could therefore be a photocopying unit in County Hall , it could be County Hall itself ( i.e. the administration of the County Council ) , or it could be the whole of the education service . |
| 14 | Or it could be the Brownie whose egg is in the best condition . |
| 15 | Or it could be the boy going down through the field and scaring them . |
| 16 | Or it could be the computer in the corner that keeps us awake . |
| 17 | The result of this hunger could simply be that opera houses survive the dog days of Thatcherism with full houses for Carmen etc. , or it could be the creation of new works that express and mirror the social and political needs of our culture in opera 's emotive language . |
| 18 | The core and mantle could be the result of heterogeneous formation , iron first then the silicates , or it could be the result of homogeneous formation with the Mercurian interior becoming sufficiently hot for differentiation to subsequently occur . |
| 19 | Of course , this is open to interpretation : for example , it may suggest a limited awareness of care programming and the paying of lip-service to the idea , or it could be the result of thorough consideration of what care programming could offer existing services and the conclusion that it is solely a matter for health authorities ' concern . |
| 20 | Or it could be the Saturday |
| 21 | Or it could be the Saturday after that one . |
| 22 | I mean it could be or it could be the reason why er why younger not |