Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 3 But it also makes sense to say that the British constitution is what the authorities say it should be because their views on these matters help to police everyday political practice , pulling it into line with the constitutional theory which they themselves advance as the proper way to conduct politics . |
| 2 | Maybe we should be when your budget for all nations have plenty of food and plenty of resources should automatically make this sort of money and food available to nations without it . |
| 3 | The silk shawl she draped over her shoulders winter and summer was in place ; her mother of pearl brooch was at her neck as it should be and her shoes were shining as immaculately as ever . |
| 4 | The era of the Prison Commission was by no means the golden age that nostalgia sometimes portrayed it to have been , but the verdict must be that its abolition magnified rather than minimized the deepening crisis into which the Prison Service was falling . |
| 5 | In the fieldwork situation the anthropologist 's aim must be that his informants should treat him as their pupil and that they should be prepared to teach him their way of life by accepting him as a kinsman , so that , as near as may be , he becomes " one of us " . |
| 6 | Deciding that it must be because his plans had been thwarted , she firmly dismissed him from her thoughts . |
| 7 | It might be that your ambitions are seriously flawed and you are preaching only to the converted . |
| 8 | An exception might be if your local paper is one of those that sometimes use colour on their pages . |
| 9 | Not a dangerous disposition I think ; though it might be if my nature were more masculine & daring . |
| 10 | The teachers could n't ask Frank where his mother might be because his class was out for the day on a Project Course . |
| 11 | It comes from knowing that no matter how intense a pain might be or our sorrow or our anxiousness , that Jesus Christ is the ultimate victor . |
| 12 | Another theory could be that their eyesight is so exceptional that when the water is clear they can fill their stomachs in a very short time and are therefore , for most of the time , not hungry and ignore anglers baits under these conditions . |
| 13 | It could be that your lack of confidence is connected with work . |
| 14 | It could be that your lack of confidence concerns home life ; perhaps you hate people coming to see you because your home is not beautiful — or perhaps it is never tidy . |
| 15 | It could be that your husband has announced his intention to spend his retirement playing golf or on some other activity which , for one reason or another , excludes you , and you would welcome more time spent together . |
| 16 | It could be that your owner might consider replacing you with a Basenji if you do n't quieten down , and your nose will be properly put out of joint . |
| 17 | It could be that your plant is in the wrong spot , or that it is a young plant which has yet to reach the flowering stage . |
| 18 | IT could be that your Corylus avellana Contorta is being attacked by aphids . |
| 19 | If the queries coming into the public relations or press office are short questions they can usually be answered on the spot , but quite often they will be in the form of a general request for information on a specific topic and it could be that your organisation has in its files a good deal of material which could be sent out . |
| 20 | It could be that your ancestors were among the first to abandon the idea of hunting and gathering in favour of cultivation and husbandry . |
| 21 | Wycliffe had no idea how frightening he could be when his whole personality was concentrated on an interrogation . |
| 22 | and that 's put on and if , we say for argument sake that er she was married , we know she 's not , but she could be and her banns are in and her husband gets wind that she 's getting married again , you know , so he goes into the registrar office has a look , and she 's already married to me and this is what it 's for |
| 23 | She wondered how he 'd be if his father had not driven off or if his mother had shown him more affection . |
| 24 | INRA and ITCF ) has proved the agricultural efficacy of fertiliser applications on upland pasture in the Auvergne and it may be that their use would be more commonplace if state subsidies were higher . |
| 25 | While the newness of many audit committees may help to explain this , it may be that their effectiveness will not increase simply through the passage of time . |
| 26 | It may be that their experience of GIST has given them a better idea of the amount of work and energy involved in trying to change things ( Kelly et al . , |
| 27 | For six months Pakistan 's governments have been preoccupied with intrigue , and it may be that their carefree attitude to running the country is beginning to show up in the figures . |
| 28 | It may be that their number was small and their holdings large , but excavations are needed on a selective basis before it is possible to isolate the houses of the owners from those of their tenants or agents . |
| 29 | Elizabeth , as a queen regnant , had fewer gentlemen of the Privy Chamber , and it may be that their influence was less than in the days of her father . |
| 30 | More female science students ( sixteen of the twenty-four ) had attended single-sex schools than any other group in the sample ; it may be that their single-sex schooling had been a major influence in their decision to study science at degree level . |