Example sentences of "[modal v] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor must it be assumed that the whole of the Sahara shared in this climatic amelioration , for , as Gautier says , there are few traces of wadi patterns in the Libyan desert , which , forming the core of the Sahara , was probably less affected . |
| 2 | How must it be to tend your bit of land and sow crops and vegetables and perhaps rear animals , knowing you were building up a comfortable home and an inheritance for your children and then see your children taken and forced into slavery by the Robemaker ? |
| 3 | The designation must not be misleading , nor must it be based on an area of practice in which a claim to specialisation or particular expertise would be improper ( see paragraph 2(b) above ) . |
| 4 | Does effort now lead to a cost reduction that lasts for ever , or must it be applied in every period for example ? |
| 5 | How must it be to work here day after day , month after month , knowing there was no end to it ? |
| 6 | Convention be construed independently of the Convention or must it be construed according to the law applicable in the individual case ( lex causae ) , which is determined by the private international law of the court applied to ? ( b ) Does article 5(3) of the E.E.C . |
| 7 | Will a free market economy find a Pareto-efficient allocation on its own , or must it be guided there by government intervention ? |
| 8 | Should it be pointed out all three winners were males ? |
| 9 | Can Making Belfast Work be improved or should it be shut down to make way for alternative policies ? |
| 10 | Once a carcinoma has been detected should it be treated ? |
| 11 | Should it be taken seriously , or should it be ignored ? |
| 12 | In recent years Conservative administrations have faced greater opposition from the House of Lords than have Labour Governments , partly because there is probably a greater fear of a Labour Government curtailing still further the powers of the Lords should it be faced with opposition from that quarter . |
| 13 | The Act which he had just steered through Parliament faced Emanuel with difficult choices : should it remain fully independent and operate outside the State system , or should it be incorporated within the local provision of schooling and become a voluntary-aided school ? |
| 14 | The process of expanded negative reproduction , then , reacts upon the political and social equilibrium ; and should it be pushed too fat , this in turn will react upon the productive forces , giving a further twist in the downward spiral . |
| 15 | Should it be done before or after lettering , and what is the best form of lettering to use ? |
| 16 | But how should it be done ? |
| 17 | But if selection is to be made , when should it be done , how and on what principles ? |
| 18 | Reviewing the arguments presented earlier , it would seem that the lack of local politics in the post-war period should not be equated with the turning of local government into mere agents of the centre ; nor should it be seen as the result of non-local structural forces promoting change on a national basis . |
| 19 | The value of the ethological study of apes , monkeys and baboons is what it tells us about apes , monkeys and baboons ; only in very special circumstances , and in a very tentative way , should it be seen as a metaphorical alternative by means of which we can study man himself , as in a mirror . |
| 20 | then you know why should it be seen as a disincentive for them to that and services that had n't been bothered to do that be given money . |
| 21 | Should it be seen as a distinct variety in its own right , or is it no different from the " ordinary " language of long-established communities of white Londoners ? |
| 22 | Nor should it be noted does the 1958 Public Record Act actually lay down what sorts of records should be preserved and why . |
| 23 | Should it be encapsulated within a nationally agreed document the question of how that content can best be delivered will once more return to plague us . |
| 24 | This factor should not be over-emphasized , since most book provision systems could be more scientifically managed than they are , but nor should it be dismissed . |
| 25 | Why should it be seeking to deprive children of a first-class education ? |
| 26 | Why should it be imagined she would enjoy such lies ? |
| 27 | Should it be completed before the next election , the Labour Government will be in a position to examine the full costs of cancellation . |
| 28 | What form , though , might such a trace take , and at what level should it be sought ? |
| 29 | Should it be perceived that no lasting peace is possible with the mining industry , measures such as a swift expansion of nuclear capability ( perhaps using the PWR ) and possibly more electricity links with France may be adopted to avoid the risk of another strike . |
| 30 | The old saying points both to the great latent — and often unrealized — fertility stored in the root system of an old permanent sward , and to the difficulty of rebuilding this treasure should it be dug up and spent . |