Example sentences of "[modal v] be [noun] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although in December a national opinion poll in Northern Ireland found that 43 per cent of those interviewed thought that there should be legislation to outlaw discrimination , NICRA seemed incapable of tapping the support of this large , sympathetic minority . |
| 2 | On the completion of the work here at Halling , to celebrate the opening of his new Palace , a great party , or perhaps the word should be banquet took place , for at the Palace on St. Andrews Day , 1324 , Haymo entertained a great many guests of distinction , and high rank , from throughout the county . |
| 3 | ‘ Our cities should be places to celebrate society , not despair of it . |
| 4 | ‘ Our cities should be places to celebrate society , not despair of it . |
| 5 | It might be convention to cut costs in times of crisis . |
| 6 | Yes , it might be time to phone Gilberto . |
| 7 | Cars will spew out fewer noxious gases , more forests will be planted and there 'll be grants to improve cathedrals . |
| 8 | It 'll be dog eats dog on this voyage ! ’ |
| 9 | This could be modification to reward systems , management development or training schemes . |
| 10 | ‘ We 're taking no chances — there could be trouble getting Mike Tyson back to court to be sentenced ’ |
| 11 | Consequences of the stimulation of the intraepithelial lymphocyte could be cytokine induced crypt hyperplasia , increased epithelial HLA class II expression , and increased epithelial permeability . |
| 12 | Erm so er i i i er , I think that erm , er er er y you 'll see that erm th th the the situation is n't , erm , er , perhaps quite as simple a a as you might , erm as you might think erm and , er , next year if that happened er , perhaps there 'd be headlines saying Pearson directors er , half their remuneration . |
| 13 | Depending on the software available , there may be options to use colour , contrast , and upper and lower case letters to highlight headings or field names . |
| 14 | It is difficult to obtain precise figures of private sector investment in the inner cities , but there may be reasons to doubt industry 's willingness to commit billions of pounds to inner city developments . |
| 15 | On this , there may be diffences betwen Mr Gorbachev 's political reformers and the old guard of the Soviet general staff . |
| 16 | It has been stoked primarily by Mr Alexander Rutskoy , the Russian vice-president , who has warned that it may be time to review Khrushchev 's gift of Crimea to Ukraine in 1954 , and by President Kravchuk , a Communist Party boss turned Ukrainian nationalist . |
| 17 | Again , on the care label , what does a circle inside a square mean ? a ) May be tumble dried b ) Dry flat |
| 18 | Mr Ashdown , campaigning in north Wales , raised the stakes on electoral reform by saying that his precondition for talks would be legislation to implement PR in the first session of Parliament . |
| 19 | Let's look at it another way , it would be folly to compare Levi 's Hartford victory to Norman 's win at Doral — who 's to say which is a tougher tournament ? |
| 20 | It would be folly to shrink R&D spending in proportion to overall budget cuts . |
| 21 | would be T squared watch that by the way because I did say that 's D S by D T |
| 22 | Wherever blame might lie as regards the situation with the South Wales constabulary at the present time , surely it would be madness to merge Gwent police force with the South Wales police force at this unfortunate time because Gwent has a very , very good record and we want it to stay like that . |
| 23 | It would be madness to pick Devonport . ’ |
| 24 | Animal Welfare groups say it would be madness to remove laws which have protected Britain for so long from Rabies , a disease that causes fever and paralysis , leading to a slow , painful death . |
| 25 | It would be madness to attempt entry on the flank nearest the house where the pale , sinister figure might still be on watch . |
| 26 | ‘ I challenge him to deny that John Major promised , not only no tax increases , but that there would be tax cuts year on year . |
| 27 | For the disabled and those who do not wish to walk , there will be buses to bring visitors from the new car-park to the front door . |
| 28 | There will be rules to prevent assets being acquired by the pension fund from the owner of that pension fund and vice versa . |
| 29 | This is being sponsored by Scotmid and to coincide with the display there will be horse drawn tours of the High Street , run in conjunction with Scotmid and using one of their working carriages . |
| 30 | Methods used for distance learning , for special groups in industry and for individual researchers will be considered and there will be opportunities to exchange views and ideas and involve the manufacturers of thermal analysis equipment in informal discussion . |