Example sentences of "[modal v] well prove to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It continues to change , and probably very rapidly , so any gains might well prove to be short-lived . |
| 2 | It might well prove to be all they could do to find their way across the heather to some quiet field or copse-bank like those they had been used to . |
| 3 | He could also have taken into account , if he was aware of it , that the effect of requiring an undertaking in damages from the council would be to cause the collapse of the law enforcement process in this area of law ; and further that the enforcement of the law was not merely desirable as such in the public interest , but that small retailers could well suffer if large retailers such as Wickes were able to continue to trade with impunity during a significant period in contravention of what might well prove to be a perfectly valid law . |
| 4 | " So now you 're going to have what might well prove to be a boy , very likely is from the way you 're growing . |
| 5 | Such a trial , however , could well prove to be a double-edged sword for the administration , since the general once boasted that he possessed information that would prove highly embarrassing to President Bush . |
| 6 | If challenged in court , Nimslo 's patent coverage could well prove to be cosmetic . |
| 7 | As interest rates continue to fall around the world , bonds could well prove to be the investment opportunity of the 1990s . |
| 8 | There is also a Radio One show in the pipeline , so tomorrow 's event may well prove to be one of Reeves 's last nights out in his adopted home of Deptford . |
| 9 | It may well prove to be an impossible task . |
| 10 | Allocating a disproportionate amount of resource on well-studied , high profile species is certainly easy , but may well prove to be inefficient when documenting the majority of life inhabiting our planet , and the attempts at dampening the current rates of extinction . |
| 11 | The wider debate has , to some extent , tended to overshadow the resource management issue , which may be somewhat ironic as the resource management initiative , announced in 1986 , may well prove to be the most fundamental change of all . |
| 12 | The new European Company may well prove to be the Eurochicken into which EEIGs will hatch , if the Commission succeeds in its renewed efforts to overcome the various problems currently inhibiting its birth . |
| 13 | These cameras come in many variations and consideration of the risk involved may well prove to be a deciding factor . |
| 14 | Stereolab always look tonight as if they 've got a few more tricks up their sleeve than anyone else around at the moment , and in an age where recycling the past to create a spurious version of the future is the order of the day , they may well prove to be a benchmark of quality for their times . |
| 15 | What may well prove to be India 's last round-up of wild elephants was carried out by a tribe who have specialized in elephant catching and training for centuries . |
| 16 | As SEC chairman , he may well prove to be a champion not just of small companies but also of order-driven auction markets like his former employer and the New York Stock Exchange . |
| 17 | Those questions that you answered positively may well prove to be a threat to your ability to maintain a good figure and an optimum state of health . |
| 18 | For many people , singing or playing at services is perhaps their only link with the Church , and it may well prove to be a temporary one . |
| 19 | Although no figures are yet available , this rate has probably flattened in 1990 and 1991 and may well prove to be around eight per cent or less at the current time . |
| 20 | So this meeting with Pietro Miletti may well prove to be decisive . |