Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] be [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we may be baddies and decide to erect a battery-house for laying hens , or we may be goodies and decide to create a wilderness park for wildlife . |
| 2 | But Hari had ambition , she wanted to raise her business to great heights ; to one day own an emporium where there would be shoes of all descriptions , serving the best customers in the country . |
| 3 | Father 's going to take you to market tomorrow , where there 'll be crowds of people ready to pay for entertainment ! |
| 4 | Sir Frank , who had earned his knighthood by making house calls only at houses where there might be photographers waiting outside , had once told George he drank too much . |
| 5 | It was a lot like hitting a room where there might be terrorists waiting in ambush , he thought as he opened the door . |
| 6 | A Day of Medau has been arranged at — Havant Sixth Form College — where there will be classes to watch and join in — a sponsored ball bounce ( to support Queen Alexandra Hospital Body Scanner Appeal ) — Medau Sessions — Displays In depth Morning £2.00 |
| 7 | ( These might be available from a museum loan service or there might be opportunities to see and handle these during a museum visit . ) |
| 8 | The proposal may be to replace just a single building or a row of shops , or there may be plans for a comprehensive redevelopment involving a whole block or more . |
| 9 | In such cases there is a reluctance to part with the house except on impossible terms : on a short lease or without any land to give it a moderate degree of privacy ; or there may be restrictions on the uses that are allowed — community uses only , perhaps , to be financed from public funds , which are not forthcoming . |
| 10 | There can either be an individual winner or there can be teams . |
| 11 | They may exist in their own right or they may be illustrations in a book . |
| 12 | These ‘ id-impulses ’ may be either for ‘ perverse ’ sexual acts which sometimes can not even be admitted to consciousness as acts which the person desires , or they may be impulses of sadism and destructiveness . |
| 13 | In non-fiction , the other people whose words and thoughts form part of the information may be historical or contemporary figures , or they may be groups , or even humanity in general . |
| 14 | She may know that her tears will relieve her tension more effectively than shouting back or pretending not to notice , or they may be tears of anger rather than the vulnerability so despised by her colleagues . |
| 15 | These may be physical things or they may be ideas . |
| 16 | They can be bare records of numbers and events or they can be windows on a living school and most heads will be able to think of ways in which reports can be used to enrich governor perceptions , prompt good questions and solicit positive advice and support as soon as they have made a breakthrough into a sense of their responsibility for creating a favourable climate . |
| 17 | These can be gestures we have learned and share with the rest of our own particular speech community , or they can be gestures which are purely idiosyncratic . |
| 18 | The logical objects might be components of the presentation structure of the document , such as section headings , or they could be objects that relate to the topic of the document , e.g. book titles that are referenced in the document , part numbers , or , in a document about programming , variable names . |
| 19 | They could be professional managers or they could be doctors or nurses . |
| 20 | It may be information or it may be components for incorporation in the contractor 's activities . |
| 21 | When we are first trying to establish our values and standards in life , there are certain people , or it may be institutions , upon which we decide we have at all costs to rely . |
| 22 | It may take weeks , or it may be months . |
| 23 | It may take weeks , or it may be months . |
| 24 | Or it may be fungi and other microorganisms growing in humidifiers and being circulated with the air — typical symptoms in such cases are cough , tightness in the chest , fever , aches and pains , and general feelings of malaise . |
| 25 | All you know is you took a bearing from A and it could be anywhere along here , could be quite close to it or it could be miles up over here . |
| 26 | And we pray for ourselves , that we may be peacemakers in the world that Jesus came to save , in whose name we pray , Amen |
| 27 | In a letter , probably written at Stirling in April 1304 , Edward I referred to letters from Philip the Fair ‘ in which you [ Philip ] have asked us that we should be débonaires and merciful [ merciables ] ’ to the Scots who were about to meet him . |
| 28 | Species of insulin is less important although there may be advantages in using porcine rather than bovine insulin ( Clark et al , 1982 ) . |
| 29 | Although there may be differences between er Professor Lock 's approach and Harrogate 's superficially I think the the mutual objective seems to be er between the two strategic site within the development plan in Harrogate district and on the access one site of the A one A fifty nine junction . |
| 30 | And I think that the argument has been that on the whole discipline the use of discipline simply to punish drinking is n't going to be appropriate , although there may be forms of behaviour produced by excessive drinking that it 's appropriate to act against . |