Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adj] [adj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | gosh Oh this should be interesting this is from the A A erm travelling abroad you know |
| 2 | your , suddenly it must be nine thirty is the |
| 3 | So the little sketchbook doodles I made from the car might be all that is needed : a few slight marks pointing to the lack of incident in a country where you can travel a long way without seeming to get anywhere — which is what I felt about my own artistic journey . |
| 4 | You can , you alre can very quickly focus in on the one you 're after , and you 'd be sure that was the one , and you retrieve it and it 's there . |
| 5 | If you find that this expansion is really necessary for the same sub-topic on several occasions , you may be sure this is an important and perhaps developing aspect of the subject , and therefore one deserving more than normal attention . |
| 6 | continue in him so that when he appears we may be confident That 's good is n't it ? |
| 7 | If the problem is confined to bald patches in small areas , a smooth price of silver paper may be all that 's needed . |
| 8 | ‘ A single ploughing may be all that is needed to negate five years of land use control , and the nitrate locked in the root system could be irretrievably lost , ’ said the Rivers Authority . |
| 9 | For some patients observation with little change in regime may be all that is necessary . |
| 10 | Repeating the smear may be all that is required . |
| 11 | If the spontaneity is not there , then a word from the teacher may be all that is required . |
| 12 | ‘ The construct of authority ‘ held in the mind ’ is that it could be good but is in actuality bad , and the hope held by workers is that it [ authority ] may be all that is positive for their children . |
| 13 | If the emphasis is on people whose holiday activities are more or less self-explanatory , a main title ( which can be pre-recorded onto the beginning of the tape or superimposed live over the opening shot by your camcorder 's titling facility ) may be all that is required to set the scene . |
| 14 | A personal conversation , a telephone call or a letter may be all that is necessary to break the ice and start the work of reconciliation . |
| 15 | When access to one is blocked , the small firm may be all that is left . |
| 16 | A few extra nails may be all that is needed to secure them if they loose . |
| 17 | In other words , one-and-a-half to two hours of exercise per week may be all that is required to improve your level of fitness . |
| 18 | Analysis solely to obtain numerical assessment of the texture of a deposit is unlikely to satisfy the sedimentologist but this information may be all that is required to demonstrate to a fisheries expert the potential value of a site for the introduction of an economically important species such as Nephrops ( Scampi ) . |
| 19 | Moreover , it has been suggested that only a short period of desaturation — perhaps as little as 30 minutes during a 24 hour period — may be all that is necessary to prevent cholesterol crystal nucleation from bile . |
| 20 | Any pattern can be designed in just two colours , which would be all that is needed if you want to create punchcard or Mylar charts for tuck , slip , weaving and so on . |
| 21 | Coleridge and Southey optimistically calculated that two or three hours daily labour would be all that was required , and that the remaining time could be given up to ‘ study , liberal discussions , and the education of their children ’ . |
| 22 | Theorem XIII — a necessary and sufficient condition that a real symmetric matrix A shall be positive definite is that all its leading discriminants shall be positive . |
| 23 | For many operations this will be all that is required ; others will require further information , such as interview details in the case of an interview letter or offer details in the case of a contract of employment . |
| 24 | The message they will tell the world is that recovery really is about to show — but they will be conscious this is the message they broadcast last year too . |
| 25 | Even something from the day 's newspaper can be all that is needed as an effective starting-point , just as the latest or the most interesting work done in other subject areas of the curriculum may be used . |