Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Huyghes ' administration of the museum , which had an average of only fifteen to twenty visitors a day , has been widely criticised as dusty , to say the least , the heavy-handedness and the sheer malice of the campaign against them may be due to clan warfare within the Institut de France and may also have political roots Jean-Paul Scarpitta , for example , was a personal friend of Président Mitterrand 's wife Danièle . |
| 2 | Yet we all depend on money in one form or another throughout our lives , just as we depend on our physical and mental health , and everyone must be sure of receiving proper impartial , independent and professional advice . |
| 3 | ‘ Everyone must be involved in quality , and quality must be applied in every aspect of our business . ’ |
| 4 | These treatments kill off the tiny worms in the large intestine but because the eggs may still be around for a while , everyone must be scrupulous about scrubbing their nails and ultra-hygienic when handling food . |
| 5 | If coal is to be the choice , does my right hon. Friend agree that scrubbers are essential at coal-fired power stations and the type of coal put into them must be low in sulphur dioxide emissions ? |
| 6 | Each of them must be aware of what that role is and understand how crime affects profitability , investment and employment opportunities . |
| 7 | Since the majority of modern machines have airbrakes which are held closed by a geometric lock , it is essential that the method of checking them must be foolproof for this kind of system . |
| 8 | This may seem an aggressive approach , but it is important if personnel departments are to make advances in computerisation that everyone should be clear about the objectives . |
| 9 | Everyone should be able to post as normal very shortly . |
| 10 | ‘ We had a free day yesterday , and we have had no matches this week , so everyone should be fresh for what is obviously a very important match . ’ |
| 11 | I may be guilty of exceeding the speed limit . |
| 12 | ‘ Apart from anything else , I may be useful in practical ways . |
| 13 | If I may be predictable for a moment , I should like to welcome the benefit increases . |
| 14 | If my servant , acting bona fide within the scope of his authority , procures or causes me to break a contract which I have made with you , you can not sue the servant for interference with the contract ; for he is my alter ego here , and I can not be sued for inducing myself to break a contract , although I may be liable for breaking the contract . |
| 15 | ‘ Faith , I begin to see how I may be serviceable to your lady . |
| 16 | I 'm not quite sure the Labour Party 's picked that out and I may be unfair to them in s it 's not enough if you only see a regional policy d just development and economic led . |
| 17 | and erm of course computers did n't help in the slightest because er , I think the er , I may be wrong about this but as I understood it erm the computer programmer worked for West Suffolk but at the time of reorganization he 'd got himself another job . |
| 18 | I may be wrong about that erm but perhaps the minister could address himself specifically to that point and also to the question of pension schemes , perhaps er covered under some other legislation but I think these are matters that are of erm of of of some concern . |
| 19 | Apart from the public launch , the campaign seems to have not been extended to seeking actual local authority support , although I may be wrong on this . |
| 20 | And perhaps secondly erm there is not a body of information which has been submitted to er this examination public which advises you in detail on the various issues that we think need to be addressed leading to the erm proposal occasions and I would have thought it would have been difficult for the panel to come to a a conclusion but I may be wrong on that . |
| 21 | And I , maybe I 'm , I may be wrong on this , but it does seem to me that it is potentially a step down the road , in the longer term to the development of regional members . |
| 22 | I may be adequate for staging and synchronizing embryos for some purposes , a precise analysis of developmental mechanisms can only be undertaken on cells of known age . |
| 23 | I may be dead by the time you come back . " |
| 24 | Mrs Telscombe has kindly said that I may be free from two o'clock until six . |
| 25 | I hope my decision to pay tax will help you understand that I accept I must be accountable to those I serve . |
| 26 | But I must be sure of that . |
| 27 | But I must be disappointed at how few fungi there are yet in the hedges and copses , as I start hallucinating them . |
| 28 | Erm , so this is what I 've been trying to avoid , I must be honest about it . |
| 29 | The course was aimed at improving negotiating skills which are needed because I must be capable of negotiating with management over pay and conditions . |
| 30 | And if I 'm friendly towards you in future , you 'll remind yourself , ‘ That man nearly made me his mistress — I must be ice-cold to him , ’ and ice-cold is what you 'll be . ’ |