Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The real measure should be whether selection is significant against normal levels of background variation . |
| 2 | I wondered why this should be when Granny was so particular , but I was soon roused from my thoughts by Mum . |
| 3 | ‘ The concern must be whether interest rates have already been too high for too long , ’ Mr Wyatt said . |
| 4 | For some calls they wear plain clothes , but mostly work is done in uniform , as it must be if neighbourhood policing is to work . |
| 5 | Erm the speed with which we dealt with item one is encouraging or rather it 's somebody might be but item two again maybe if proposals which perhaps er a little controversy . |
| 6 | This might be because building societies have developed some new product which personal savers prefer to National Savings certificates or it may simply be that interest rate differentials have changed in favour of the societies . |
| 7 | suggested that this might be because actinomycin had induced a change in local polynucleotide structure which in some manner slowed the dissociation of further drug molecules . |
| 8 | Firstly Chen [ 18 ] has shown that binding to GGCC in CATGGCCATG is slower than to TATGGCCATA and suggested that this might be because actinomycin molecules , stacking at the ends of the former duplex , can alter the DNA structure so as to facilitate further drug binding . |
| 9 | In the morning there came an ominous indication , although it still could be but threat . |
| 10 | This could be because exposure to the hazardous substance or substances did not occur in those populations or that being monitored for exposure to external radiation was not a marker of the relevant exposure . |
| 11 | This could be because asthma is now better controlled during pregnancy than previously . |
| 12 | ‘ This may be because nutrition not outside stimulation is the major environmental determinant of intelligence , ’ he concludes . |
| 13 | The use of calendar rather than trading time may be because interest accrues in calendar time , and information arrives during non-trading periods ( although possibly at a slower rate than in trading time ) . |
| 14 | This may be because interest must be met whereas dividends or equity can be passed or reduced . |
| 15 | This may be when settlement patterns began to stabilise . |
| 16 | Effective though such techniques may be when goat numbers are low , they make little impact on a large population . |
| 17 | Madame wondered how long it would be before Boy got his hair cropped short so that he looked just like the others . |
| 18 | Melanie tried to grasp how dreadful it would be if Finn were dead but she could not think coherently because of the terrible sound of Aunt Margaret 's silence . |
| 19 | It was not possible to indicate what the premium would be if cover were to be provided automatically , because the BMIF was a separate body and was not prepared to consider this . |
| 20 | I would like to go further , however , and suggest that the best outcome would be if discretion over monetary policy were removed altogether from the hands of the Treasury and the Bank of England and legislated by Parliament in terms of a monetary rule . |
| 21 | If indeed , therefore , this land performs a significant function with regard to the character of Skelton , one should have regard to what the effect on that character would be if development were , development of any kind . |
| 22 | ‘ What would cause horror would be if chloroform or dichloromethane were added to the protocol . |
| 23 | What a peaceful world it would be if religion could be banished completely . |
| 24 | In the absence of keen pricing from the Japanese , the competitive element in the UK market is reduced and therefore car prices are generally higher than they would be if market forces were allowed to operate freely . |
| 25 | The ideal time to make that kind of break would be as Sun shifts over to an object-oriented operating system , its next operating systems move , McNealy said . |
| 26 | Until then her sole performance would be as guest of honour that evening at the Eastbourne Conservative Club , where she had been asked to unveil a bust in commemoration of Dr Bodkin Adams . |
| 27 | But what we had in mind in looking at this through the the local plan was that er we 'd be looking at specific end users to see what the benefits were of those those end users and to assess those benefits against any environmental harm that there would be and strategy as a whole . |
| 28 | Shock , do you understand the difference between the loss of pressure and loss of volume , volume would be when liquid was leaking out , coming out of the blood vessels , okay , pressure would be when the heart itself , the pump itself had failed or was not working properly , failed completely or was not working properly , do you understand the difference ? |
| 29 | I would get a stocking with a few bits of things in when I was young and Grandma used to make a big cake with white icing , but that would be when Daddy was alive . |
| 30 | You shall be as marble until … |