Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the irregular payments for which Stan Flashman 's club were punished may only be the tip of the iceberg . |
| 2 | What looks like a dead end may only be the result of personal weakness . |
| 3 | These questions should properly be the subject of extensive research and debate , since on the answers hang decisive issues of antiracist strategy . |
| 4 | While the focus of our endeavour must necessarily be the degree to which the project has achieved its own stated objectives , the evaluators have felt free to go beyond the limits which those objectives described . |
| 5 | When a bequest fails through the death of the person for whom it was intended , and does not pass under a residuary bequest , as must necessarily be the case if the bequest which falls is itself residuary , the property will be dealt with as upon an intestacy . |
| 6 | When the case first came before the Court of Appeal , the court , finding no assistance in the text of the Convention itself , held in effect that the proceedings had to be regarded as in a ‘ civil or commercial matter ’ both under the law of the requesting country , which must necessarily be the starting-point , and that of England , the courts of which had to be satisfied that the request did fall within the terms of the Act . |
| 7 | Vogel 's book entitled Japan As Number One ( 1979 ) is the epitome of this trend , as he sets a scenario in which he not only predicts that the Japanese economy will be the biggest in the world before the end of the century , but also that Japanese society should henceforth be the model for post-industrial societies . |
| 8 | As to the second argument , the Court accepted that in principle it was desirable to entrust supervisory control to a judge , concluding that the rule of law implies that executive interference with individual rights should be subject to effective control which should normally be the judges on the ground that this offers the best guarantee of independence , impartiality , and proper procedures . |
| 9 | So I 've asked her just to phone cancel it out , and that should just be the end of it . |
| 10 | This should soon be the case with all educated men ; and might be brought about sooner with formal contacts between the BAAS and Parliament . |
| 11 | Today the inner enclosure should still be the climax of the fort , but the sight of it produces only a sensation of severe anticlimax . |
| 12 | After the plans had been shelved , the whole place had been leased out to various small-time manufacturers and warehousemen ; the broken-down sheds and godowns must still be the property of somebody , so too must be the piles of crates whose stencilled lettering had long since faded to pallor . |
| 13 | Sometimes it is a matter of establishing a direct human contact ; and in choral music this must always be the case . |
| 14 | That too one may imagine must always be the case . |
| 15 | MAGIC ITEMS : Azhag may carry up to three magic items in total but the first magic item he has must always be the Crown of Sorcery . |
| 16 | Criteria for granting leave will depend on the nature of the application although the welfare of the child must always be the court 's paramount consideration . |
| 17 | ‘ At the same time , the Labour Party must always be the party committed to lifting people out of poverty and out of unemployment , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Hilton is aware that the Incarnation must always be the starting-point for reforming in feeling , and only through the processes of faith and penance for the sins which deform the body of Christ can the soul come to see the reality of the being of God in man — Christ : It is this ghostly love that the soul glimpses in the darkness , and in doing so experiences the reality of the resurrected and ascended Christ who comes to man in the Holy Spirit and completes the story of the Incarnation . |
| 19 | There must always be the fear that , however good a writer may be involved , the depiction of mental handicap will be unrealistic because the writer will have no real understanding about the subject . |
| 20 | To preserve life should always be the goal and in most cases of this nature the mother can be saved . |
| 21 | If it is the first flight of the day for you , then it should always be the aim to make it an accurate spot landing . |
| 22 | Nothing in the logic of the situation requires that it should always be the theory that is rejected on the occasion of a clash with observation . |
| 23 | The following points are mentioned as a guide but it should always be the practice to consult the canner 's agent or fieldsman about special requirements . |
| 24 | It should always be the client who decides how to proceed . |
| 25 | There must also be the motivation to take advantage of these factors . |
| 26 | America , like Spain itself , had been ruined by three centuries of theological intolerance and political despotism ; if a unitary liberal constitution was the remedy in Spain , it must also be the remedy in America . |
| 27 | There must also be the prospect of a profitable exit for the investors , and a target company that is able to generate enough cash to service its debt . |
| 28 | In addition , a DC can only be activated by the user associated with it , who must also be the manager of the package . |
| 29 | Of course there would be some non-contentious business , perhaps quite a lot ; but even then , there must also be the reservation that nothing should be disclosed by the one group to the other which might prejudice its case when the business was contentious . |
| 30 | Perhaps the year in which the Byrd discography reaches its centenary should also be the year in which the record-collector , no less than subscribers to The Byrd Edition , can proudly survey a well-filled shelf and say , ‘ This is the full measure of William Byrd . ’ |