Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As was noted in chapter 4 with respect to recent work on the hau , by embodying ancestral links objects may be the basis of an individual 's present social identity such that loss of the object would itself constitute a danger to the legitimacy and viability or the personage and the group he or she leads ( Wiener 1985 ) . |
| 2 | Attachment may be the result of friction , locking soil into irregularities in the surface or electrostatic attraction where soil and surface have opposite charges , or from chemical interaction between soil and surface made possible by a change of state of both at the interface . |
| 3 | These gentle creamy cleansers may be the answer . |
| 4 | Goody himself provides a telling example of how ‘ scientific ’ progress may be the product of social forces which , in themselves , do not represent the kind of scholarly community and logical thought which he extols . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the Duchess of York 's mother , Mrs Susan Barrantes , denied giving a sensational interview about her daughter , which included claims that the Duchess may be the victim of an ‘ establishment plot ’ . |
| 6 | A wrought-iron girder swing bridge at the Northern Entrance Lock may be the original installed by Brunel . |
| 7 | A case in point might be certain subjects related to medicine , such as optics and pharmacy ; the growing number of women studying these disciplines may be the consequence of the flexibility of optics and pharmacy jobs in enabling women to take time off to have children . |
| 8 | Such patterns may be the result of Sisyphean fitness and not represent irreversible tendencies to speciation , i.e. the formation of ‘ populations ’ of plant genotypes , representing the best available to arrive at a particular point under the prevailing biotic and physical features at any one particular time . |
| 9 | The faith may be the product of conditioning , or it may be the fruit of symbolic bedazzlement , but in neither case is it in any significant degree the work of reason , judgement , or active participation in the processes of rule . |
| 10 | Organisational change may be the result of these kinds of issue rather than in response to some logic of organisational design . |
| 11 | These lonely hours may be the time he reaches his deepest despair . |
| 12 | ( John Mortimer may be the exception that proves the rule . ) |
| 13 | Pus may not form , and so the only signs may be the red , hot and painful mass which , combined with loss of function , defines ‘ inflammation ’ in any part of the body . |
| 14 | Where there are several Caribbean-born individuals , or others like Rastafarians who put especially high value on the use of Creole , then Creole may be the language of preference for the whole conversation . |
| 15 | The formula framework promises a rational approach but , in fact , the contrary may be the case . |
| 16 | In short obtaining an expected response may be the reinforcement required to shape the experimenter 's pattern of unintentional cueing . |
| 17 | Their response may be the occasion for added impetus to the ostensible shift from equity to efficacy as the guiding principle in the design of water pollution standards . |
| 18 | The results suggest that the main factor differentiating the nucleation time between the two groups may be the difference in the activity of pro and anti-nucleating protein as both proteins coexist in hepatic bile . |
| 19 | Swindon may be the style side , but Oxford United are the entertainers at the moment . |
| 20 | This may not always be so — indeed , the exact opposite may be the case . |
| 21 | Example 4:6 Rent geared to subrents receivable YIELDING AND PAYING THEREFOR by equal quarterly payments in advance on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October in each year per cent of the net rents which the tenant is entitled to receive for the whole or any part of the demised property and calculated in accordance with the schedule hereto SCHEDULE ( 1 ) In this schedule the following expressions have the following meanings : ( a ) " full rack rental value " means the best rent at which the demised property ( or as the case may be the part of the demised property in question ) might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market by a willing landlord to a willing tenant ( i ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 2 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) upon which it is actually occupied ( ii ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 3 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) of this lease ( iii ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 4 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) upon which it was last occupied and in any case disregarding the matters set out in paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) of section 34(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and on the assumption that the rent so determined will be revised every five years ( b ) " qualified accountant " means a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales or the Association of Certified Accountants ( 2 ) If the tenant lets or permits to be occupied the whole or any part of the demised property in return for any pecuniary consideration other than the full rack rental value thereof as at the date of such letting or permission or in return for no pecuniary consideration then he shall be deemed for the purposes of this schedule to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date of such letting or permission and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 3 ) If the tenant himself occupies the whole or any part of the demised property then he shall be deemed for the purposes of this schedule to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date on which he went into occupation and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 4 ) If the whole or any part of the demised property remains vacant for three months or more then at the expiry of such period of three months the tenant shall until the same is next occupied be deemed to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date upon which the said period expired and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 5 ) The tenant shall one month before the beginning of each quarter ( time being of the essence ) deliver to the landlord a certificate signed by a qualified accountant showing a true summary of : ( a ) the gross amount of all rents and licence fees which the tenant is entitled ( or deemed to be entitled ) to receive in respect of the demised property and each part thereof for that quarter and ( b ) the amount of any sum included in ( a ) above which the tenant is entitled to recover from any subtenant or occupier of the whole or any part of the demised property either by way of VAT or by way of service charge in respect of services or works performed or to be performed ( 6 ) Subject to paragraph ( 7 ) below the net rents shall be the difference between the two amounts shown in the said certificate ( 7 ) The net rents shall be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors if : ( a ) the tenant fails to deliver a certificate in accordance with paragraph ( 5 ) above ( in which case the tenant shall pay interest on the net rents at the rate of … per cent from the quarter day in question until payment ) or ( b ) any dispute or difference arises between the parties in connection with the calculation of the net rents ( in which case the arbitrator shall determine the amount of interest if any to be paid by the tenant ) ( 8 ) The tenant shall permit the landlord or his agent to inspect and take copies of the tenant 's books or account or any other document or record ( and if necessary the tenant shall procure any computer print-out ) which in the opinion of the landlord or such agent is relevant to the calculation of the net rents and shall bear the costs of such inspection if there shall be any material discrepancy between the certificate delivered by the tenant under paragraph 5 above and the results of such inspection . |
| 22 | Add proposed record spending levels on research and development , infrastructure , education , enterprise zones and job training , as well as real estate and profamily incentives , and there may well be good reason to fear that the overall budget deficit may be the constraint that yields if spending cuts ca n't be found to finance all of these initiatives . |
| 23 | The play may be the thing , but not necessarily the only thing . |
| 24 | Your notes should be the product of historical thought and not simply a prelude to it . |
| 25 | Government policies linked to higher educational standards and better reading attainments should be the base for representation on higher levels of book funding in schools . |
| 26 | All of your essays should be the product of thought . |
| 27 | The response of the social services to poor standards of parenting should be the provision of more supportive services to enable natural families to cope better , rather than facilitating the removal of children to substitute care and the ultimate separation of adoption . |
| 28 | Methodologically , Coffield suggests that explanations must move from individualistic psychological ones to collectivistic , sociological ones ( how economic explanations fit in is somewhat unclear ) ; politically he suggests that a minimum income must be the answer . |
| 29 | By contrast , the Bible tells us it should be the other way round : the Bible text should be the starting place for our teaching . |
| 30 | While it is not easy to establish as an empirical matter what the current income-wealth distribution is , even if it could be established , the question of what degree of inequality should be the trigger for government policy remains . |