Example sentences of "[det] [be] what [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is what may be called " event stratigraphy " in which we correlate not the rocks themselves , on their intrinsic petrological characters , nor the fossils , but the events such as the Triassic transgressions just discussed . |
| 2 | From the interactional perspective outlined above , this is what would be expected . |
| 3 | One of the most obvious reasons for this is what might be called ‘ social drift ’ . |
| 4 | For in the present climate of opinion this is what might be conveyed . |
| 5 | From the hypothesis that adaptation is proprioceptive due to the learning of arm movements , this is what should be expected . |
| 6 | Over and above the nature of the general economic and social developments , the main reason for this is what can be termed the specificity of cultural goods : that is , the fact that ‘ music can never be just a product ( an exchange value ) , even in its rawest commodity form ; the artistic value of records has an unavoidable complicating effect on their production ’ ( Frith 1983a : 10 ) . |
| 7 | It must be stressed , however , that this is what can be achieved by effort , innovation and good management in production , rather than what happens in a laissez-faire atmosphere . |
| 8 | This is what could be termed in as a a pregnant pause ! |
| 9 | For that is what might be called Dirk Coetzee 's third profession : he is a family man , a policeman , and a hitman . |
| 10 | You 're probably sick and tired of the word carbohydrate , but that 's what should be on the menu for your evening meal . |
| 11 | No but Charlotte that 's ridiculous you do n't look , tell me do you look at some people and I do have you ever looked at any people , saw them doing something and think oh that 's probably what , well that 's what should be done ? |
| 12 | You get really annoyed when they do n't know everything and they do and they ca n't answer your questions , apart from your parents I do n't think there 's one person , well me anyway , there 's not one person I 've looked at and thought oh well that 's what should be done . |
| 13 | And as much as none of us would like that , I feel it may be , you know , it may , it will be something that will be over very quickly , er the only worry of course is that so many people will get hurt , but if that 's the way to end it all then perhaps that 's what should be done . |