Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will not the fact that the percentage of GPs who hold their own budgets still remains a very small fraction of the total number of GPs — even after today 's announcement — linked to the nature of the block contract system of an internal market , inevitably mean that , if we are to avoid a two-tier health service in terms of patient referrals , either all GPs must hold their own budgets or none should be budget holders ? |
| 2 | Sometimes she was fiery , or she could be ice cool : qualities that intrigued the male in Angus , although they disturbed the businessman . |
| 3 | Our Minister had reminded me of a sermon by a former St. Andrew 's minister , about ‘ A Garden City , ’ where there would be realisation of the twin idelas : service and society . |
| 4 | Common costing books : in some industries where there may be variation in the form of the finished product because of variation in the buyer 's specifications ( for example , industrial engines , building services ) a book may be circulated by a trade association which shows how the overall cost of the specific product variant can be calculated . |
| 5 | For example , in a village in South India , where there may be say twenty distinct castes , a single honorific particle may have just one meaning ( e.g. speaker is inferior to addressee ) but have twenty distinct rules for its appropriate usage : members of one caste may use it to their cross-cousins , others only to their affines , etc. ( for the actual details see Levinson , 1977 ) . |
| 6 | The only area where we wo n't be altogether unfettered is in selection for multi-sport events such as the Olympic Games , where there may be policy considerations laid down by overarching bodies such as the IOC or BOA . |
| 7 | Where there may be ambiguity , because two works exist that were published by the same author in the same year , the two works can be labelled ( a ) and ( b ) , as in , Kachru 1982(a) and Kachru 1982(b) . |
| 8 | The need for redevelopment and reuse can also arise in the case of large country houses and estates where there may be pressure for the introduction of heritage centres or other types of leisure development . |
| 9 | The Board also has started considering matters where there might be change in the longer term . |
| 10 | This section of land lies between the canal and the River Tame and leads along to the A5127 northeast-bound where there might be room for a vehicle to pull off the road into the gateway to load up beneath the M6 . |
| 11 | Where there should be growth , in principle at least , is the primary sector . |
| 12 | There were anonymous letters to my parents , postmarked Chippenham , Corsham , Bath and London , telling them to watch out and do something about their son or there would be trouble for them . |
| 13 | Thomas Linehan of the IDA stated in court that a fencing contractor had been warned by pickets at the dump , one carrying a sign reading ‘ We want justice not asbestos ’ , not to go on the site or there would be trouble . |
| 14 | ‘ About your business , both of you , or there 'll be trouble . ’ |
| 15 | Treat them gently and make sure none of them are broken or there 'll be trouble . ’ |
| 16 | You 'd better watch and get that paddy first or there 'll be trouble . |
| 17 | ‘ Promise , ’ she said , adding with more urgency , ‘ Get that tray along to the study , or there 'll be murder to pay . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Just make sure the wallet goes back into the pocket , Vi , or there 'll be hell to pay . |
| 19 | Or there may be regret for the loss of the rewards of professionalism , as in this woman 's comments about nursing : |
| 20 | If the cutting edge digs in then stop immediately and cut from the other direction , or there may be danger of a piece splitting away . |
| 21 | But next time you 're with a man warn him in advance that you like to change your mind , and play the tease , or there could be trouble . ’ |
| 22 | They 're saying , ‘ Recognise us or there will be war , as there 's been in the rest of the former Yugoslavia . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Do not be drawn into reprisals , ’ he said as Andrus left , ‘ or there will be trouble . ’ |
| 24 | Finding that broking in political power was more fun than selling milk , Horsley self-importantly told Kinnock he 'd better stick to his socialist principles after being elected Prime Minister , or there 'd be trouble from NoS . |
| 25 | This is particularly true of regulations in heavily regulated fields such as agriculture , where they may be part of a long string of related measures or be limited to implementing a regulation of broader scope . |
| 26 | Or they might be turkey ones , I go to Kwiksave |
| 27 | There has to be an incredible amount of subtlety or it would be nonsense . ’ |
| 28 | Either Doctor Who would be drama , or it would be adventure . |
| 29 | This may be a specialist unit trust company or it may be part of some other large financial grouping , a subsidiary of a retail or merchant bank for example . |
| 30 | Or it may be music , as in Mussorgsky 's composition which he entitled ‘ Pictures from an Exhibition ’ . |