Example sentences of "[modal v] be [prep] a different " in BNC.
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| 1 | By then , Chapman considered that the all-red jersey looked ordinary , out of tune with the club 's distinction , so he decided that in line with Aston Villa , until then the club with the greatest prestige and tradition behind it , the sleeves should be of a different colour to the rest of the top . |
| 2 | The Pathfinder Force should be on a different basis and these should consist of 45 sorties , but crews could be withdrawn at any time after the completion of 30 sorties . |
| 3 | If you filled one in to read Pay John Smith one thousand pounds , and it was stolen , the thief could sign it on the back with the name John Smith , and then pay it into his own account , which might be in a different name entirely . |
| 4 | Thus the intrinsic value of something follows from its intrinsic nature , so that nothing exactly like it could be of a different intrinsic value , while yet it is not one of the features one could properly list in indicating what something else would have to be like to be just like this thing . |
| 5 | Or they may be of a different kind . |
| 6 | In each case the containing font may be of a different size , but the title will adapt . |
| 7 | Each burrow may be at a different stage . |
| 8 | Each ‘ pass ’ may be in a different colour . |
| 9 | That is to say that a word in bold in your word processor file should still be bold when it gets onto the page , even though it has changed from being monospaced typescript to a real typeface and may be in a different size altogether . |
| 10 | In other cases the plotter hardware is physically located some distance from the user ; for example , the user may be in a different building or even at a subsidiary office in another town . |
| 11 | It 's still not uncommon to meet people who declare that if one were seated in a Parisian cafe , rather than a British pub , then the conversation would be on a different level . |
| 12 | But other things would be in a different category . |
| 13 | The information gained on each generation will be from a different perspective , but will be in each case of intrinsic value in contributing to our understanding of the changing patterns and experience of ageing in the ordinary population . |
| 14 | It had been thought no money would be forthcoming , but the new grant will be from a different department within the SAC , it emerged yesterday . |