Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opportunity may be some way away , despite yesterday 's rise in sterling . |
| 2 | The best kept secret of this election may be that poll tax collectors plan a massive drive to catch those who have failed to register for poll tax , or those who have registered but failed to pay it , when they present themselves at the polling booths tomorrow . |
| 3 | If we assume that this ratio is stable and repeat our earlier point that banks will normally be looking to expand their lending as a source of profit , then it follows fairly obviously that a change in the availability of base money to banks must be matched by a change in the size of the total balance sheet and that this latter change must be some multiple of the change in the size of the base . |
| 4 | The basis of that conception must be that citizenship begins at twenty-one ; that up to that age all boys and girls are wards of the State and are to be regarded as in a state of tutelage ; and that during these twenty-one years no effort must be spared to give each one according to his capacities , and limited by no other considerations , the fullest opportunity to develop every innate power . |
| 5 | Suppose some lexical unit X stands in a lexical relation R to another lexical unit Y. ( R must be some relation other than one of the primary congruence relations . ) |
| 6 | In such cases melatonin might be some sort of ‘ darkness indicator ’ and some have even called it an ‘ internal time-cue ’ . |
| 7 | A simple model based on the homology of CytR with the LacI protein might be that CytR contains an NH 2 -terminal DNA binding domain ( equivalent to the LacI headpiece ( 38 ) ) that is connected with the dimerization domain of the protein through a flexible hinge region as was recently described for the α2 protein in yeast ( 39 , 40 ) . |
| 8 | Second , absence of standardisation of the time of entry could be another explanation for the discrepancies between the results of various authors . |
| 9 | One nun 's light could be another nun 's penal servitude . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps the woman monster would be another murderer . |
| 11 | It just occurred to me that Tuesday would be another opportunity to talk to Julian , the guy who comes in and does the S U legal aid stuff . |
| 12 | One alternative would be that history may be made up of the multiple meanings of specific , particular histories — without their necessarily being in turn part of a larger meaning of an underlying Idea or force . |
| 13 | However , in practice , if a Type I1 system were operating , the effect would be that Health Authorities would find very large parts of their budgets being compulsorily removed to pay for a much higher consumption of acute ( mainly elective surgery ) health care , with a consequential diminution of money available for other services . |
| 14 | In practice , if a pure Type II system were operating , the effect would be that health authorities would find very large parts of their budgets being compulsorily removed to pay for a much higher consumption of acute ( mainly elective surgery ) health care , with a consequential diminution of money available for other services , especially the so-called priority services . |
| 15 | Another loss would be another nail in Branfoots managerial coffin . |
| 16 | Student Vivienne Wilson , 18 , from Purley , Surrey , said she would never be won over by a salesman — but a President would be another matter . |
| 17 | The collapse of international trade talks between the EC and the United States will be more grist to their mill . |
| 18 | If they make too long a line in one direction , it will be corrected by a shorter line somewhere else , and the result will be some modification of the normal vision , which is a natural error in the vision of the artist , and which constitutes his style . ’ |
| 19 | The there 's a widespread idea that if you let people have guns the result will be more crimes of violence and more murders , and therefore , people conclude , er at least they do in this country , that only the state should have a monopoly of firearms , so only the police and the army should be allowed to have firearms . |
| 20 | The end result will be more information on asbestos roofing traced , but only by considering all of the documents listed under the much broader category of roofing . |
| 21 | A recession would cut back London 's traffic but so long as the economy keeps growing , the result will be more cars , more traffic and more pollution . |
| 22 | Oh yes , Darcy 's Utopia will be all freedom and hard work , and all alive and energetic with a perpetual sense of achievement . |
| 23 | As we saw earlier , a central godhead whose manifold characteristics can be all things to all men is more powerful than a more parochial and less versatile spirit . |
| 24 | A sample rate of at least 8kHz is needed and the microprocessor can be any 8-bit variety with simple software . |
| 25 | The result can be that line endings may not match or letter and word spacing are different . |
| 26 | Waiting lists for marriage guidance can be many months long so the client comes to the CAB instead ; independent debt counsellors are rare outside the CAB ; unemployment causes stress that is not within the remit of the Job Centre , so the client comes to the CAB ; few of these problems have easy or immediate solutions . |
| 27 | Your herb wheel can be any size , and as part of a lawn or a paved area . |
| 28 | An immediate response might be that quantity appears to be all that counts . |
| 29 | However the peak static torque is approximately equal for mini-step and conventional drives , so the static position error may be many mini-steps , unless a closed-loop control is used ( see Section 7.4.2 ) . |
| 30 | They only become annoying , meaningless rituals if they are too rigid or obsessive — when a routine tidying up session turns into a ‘ you must always put away all your toys and clothes before you get into bed ’ command , no matter what the unusual circumstances may be that night . |