Example sentences of "[ex0] [modal v] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence , different experiments may not be directly comparable , and there may similarly be difficulties of comparison between experiment and theory . |
| 2 | These negotiations , of course , cost a supplier a considerable amount of cash for which there may ultimately be no pay-back . |
| 3 | There may however be some value in spending more on administrative and other support for staff in and out of the classroom . |
| 4 | There may however be a way of adapting it to say that the solipsist will be unable to use the term ‘ beetle ’ to communicate with his later self ( in a diary , perhaps ) , since what gives the term its meaning to him now can not be what was then in the box ( an object to which he now has no access ) but what he now thinks was in the box . |
| 5 | Once new operators start to look towards the itchy-footed turboprop pilots to fulfil their needs , everyone can start moving up a step and there may again be room on the first rung of the ladder . |
| 6 | ( On the demand side , if the pattern of demand is affected by the distribution of income , there may again be shifting of a tax on monopoly profits . ) |
| 7 | Not all field surveys necessitate formal interviewing ; especially in community surveys there may just be one field worker living in the community . |
| 8 | If you missed it , there may just be the odd copy left . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ Even if you calculate there may just be two people to an apartment that is a lot of people who may be killed . |
| 10 | Bearing all this in mind , what are we to make of Searle 's ( 1984 ) claim that the brain does not identify faces via information processing of the kind described in cognitive models and that , as far as the cognitive sciences are concerned , there may simply be no story to tell ? |
| 11 | True , there may yet be the possibility of repentance as the time for using the explosives draws near , but the very step of taking explosives into one 's Possession with this intent is culpable . |
| 12 | Farmers in East Anglia , one of the regions most affected by the drought , hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season to safeguard this year 's crops . |
| 13 | There may yet be an outbreak of panic . |
| 14 | It may be that money worries are behind the disappearnce , but there 's no firm evidence to support that and police are carrying on with the investigation because there may yet be another explanation . |
| 15 | There may already be enough heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere to raise temperatures beyond the 2 degree target . |
| 16 | In the long term there may even be Nicholson 's pubs appearing in the business centres of other cities . |
| 17 | And with the Discovery and Trooper enjoying heavy demand in short supply even in the current buying slump , there may even be a better deal still on a Trooper . |
| 18 | There may even be an emblematic quality in the image which Fowles records as the inspiration for The French Lieutenant 's Woman ; of Sarah Woodruff poised on an extreme , southerly edge of England , staring across the Channel towards an imaginary lover . |
| 19 | In some cases there may even be regular ward visits , hospital staff training in basic benefits work and the CAB information system on microfilm . |
| 20 | There may even be considerable altruism on the part of the donor , particularly where a member of the family is also a student in the institution . |
| 21 | There may even be a male-female dichotomy on the issue . |
| 22 | There may even be communicative and behavioural symbiotic links built in . |
| 23 | Most start with a welt and then change to the main stitch and there may even be some shaping to do . |
| 24 | There may even be some good reasons for keeping out of this no-man's-land . |
| 25 | One six year old painted a picture of a strawberry in a murky green in spite of the bright red of the original fruit , and it is usually the red/green part of the spectrum that is affected , although blue/yellow deficiency may occur or there may even be a total loss of colour perception . |
| 26 | There may even be a 70 SPECmark , multi-processing Sparcbook on the horizon — Gilkes says Tadpole is committed to ‘ closely tracking the performance of Sun 's desktops , ’ starting with the Sparcstation 2 , then whatever follows . |
| 27 | If the majority of patients are undergoing the same type of surgery there may even be standard care plans or checklists to guide the nurses . |
| 28 | There may even be a danger that CAD ( Computer Aided Design ) for example may largely replace ‘ practice ’ . |
| 29 | In a trial each subject stands to benefit ( though in the event no benefit may arise or there may even be risk of harm ) , but in non-preventive or non-therapeutic research the experimental subject is simply assisting the researcher to obtain biological data — for example , how a particular drug is excreted . |
| 30 | There may even be a double nuance in the assurance of ownership that is mentioned here . |