Example sentences of "[subord] [det] [modal v] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ah , so that must be the widow , young Mrs Heathcliff at Wuthering Heights ! ’ |
| 2 | If you were a " Sir " then the name just after that was your first name , so that must be the surname … and Christian name was easy because Christ had been Jesus Christ , so obviously therefore the Christian name was the second name … and that was how you could tell . |
| 3 | Although this may be the responsibility of the design or project management team , the employer should always be kept informed . |
| 4 | b Day patients and outpatients were not included in the calculation although this may be the most cost-effective form of treatment . |
| 5 | The other person does not want the relationship to end , although this can be the outcome , but perhaps feels subjected to unreasonable demands or expectations , or is struggling with guilt or frustration , or feels neglected and unwanted . |
| 6 | You 're in a cool and aloof mood Thursday so this could be the ideal time to take a practical decision . |
| 7 | Due to the publication schedule of ‘ Contact ’ I am actually writing this before the AGM , so I ca n't say anything more about it except that I intend to resign at it , due to the fact that I expect to be leaving the London area , so this will be the last time you will hear about London Branch from me . |
| 8 | The upward direction of the head is away from the spine and not away from the earth ( although these may be the same when the structure is upright ) . |
| 9 | Cos that 'd be the the root to the fourth that . |
| 10 | Until now , the question of Mary 's personal behaviour has been all-important ; what has mattered was to establish her guilt or innocence , as if that would be the end of the story . |
| 11 | ‘ Then , if that should be the case , perhaps you 'd better mention my predicament to Lady Claudia , ’ Cleo said . |
| 12 | I really needed a rest and my hope was to be fit for the start of the National League programme at the end of September , but I doubt if that will be the case . |
| 13 | He wondered if this would be the last time . |
| 14 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
| 15 | Miss Cress watched her , not for any signs of betrayal but wondering if this might be the vague mind , the senility that her daughter had stressed , this symptomatic breaking-off of sentences . |
| 16 | The pond water was n't ever such good quality and we wondered if this may be the cause . |
| 17 | It is doubtful if this could be the case if he used Mark as his main source as that Gospel was not written until about 65 AD . |
| 18 | Enlightenment , if such can be the word , came on the evening following Jahsaxa 's conversation with Tammuz Malamute . |
| 19 | Cos those will be the major or perfect |
| 20 | She hoped she was n't coming down with something , because that would be the last straw . |
| 21 | It is for someone to support the person whilst they try to unravel their thoughts in such a way that it becomes clear that they can say anything , no matter how bizarre or odd it sounds , because that will be the way they sort out their feelings in order to cope with them . |
| 22 | But an intimate dinner at the château was another matter altogether — because this would be the first time she 'd as much as set eyes on him since he 'd walked away from her outside this very room on that awful night . |
| 23 | Are they coming onto your support workers calling on the families at this time to help them erm because this will be the time when the families will need help and also naturally the residents who are normally at the centre , having got used to the centre , as we know , there could be difficulties there and I 'd like to have the please . |
| 24 | While this may be the case with certain specific empirical generalizations , it is not applicable to all the theoretical work . |
| 25 | It had a pub which looked decent enough , a small village green flanked by a post office , a small supermarket and , incongruously , a hairdresser 's called ‘ Sylvia 's ’ , and while this could be the hairdressing capital of east Suffolk for all I knew , I bet Sylvia did n't get many takers from the peace camp . |
| 26 | But since gaps on the bench happen rarely , and since this will be the first chance a Democratic president has had to choose a justice since Lyndon Johnson was in the White House , the usual debate about likely replacements is under way . |
| 27 | There is no general right of appeal , since this will be the second appeal following the decision of the SSAT . |
| 28 | One product may be used in a feature on Italian cookery while another may be the dominant part of the decor for an elegant drawing room set and yet another may appear in a greenhouse . |
| 29 | I doubt whether that will be the case . |
| 30 | We have just er er spent two hours looking at a report whether that will be the report we 'll use at that particular time needs to be agreed yet . |