Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [be] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the irregular payments for which Stan Flashman 's club were punished may only be the tip of the iceberg . |
| 2 | What looks like a dead end may only be the result of personal weakness . |
| 3 | These questions should properly be the subject of extensive research and debate , since on the answers hang decisive issues of antiracist strategy . |
| 4 | While the focus of our endeavour must necessarily be the degree to which the project has achieved its own stated objectives , the evaluators have felt free to go beyond the limits which those objectives described . |
| 5 | When a bequest fails through the death of the person for whom it was intended , and does not pass under a residuary bequest , as must necessarily be the case if the bequest which falls is itself residuary , the property will be dealt with as upon an intestacy . |
| 6 | When the case first came before the Court of Appeal , the court , finding no assistance in the text of the Convention itself , held in effect that the proceedings had to be regarded as in a ‘ civil or commercial matter ’ both under the law of the requesting country , which must necessarily be the starting-point , and that of England , the courts of which had to be satisfied that the request did fall within the terms of the Act . |
| 7 | Vogel 's book entitled Japan As Number One ( 1979 ) is the epitome of this trend , as he sets a scenario in which he not only predicts that the Japanese economy will be the biggest in the world before the end of the century , but also that Japanese society should henceforth be the model for post-industrial societies . |
| 8 | Caution will have to be the watch word , but caution must not be the excuse for shying away from the challenges of this changing continent . |
| 9 | That must not be the beacon that the West offers after the rebuke from Pale . |
| 10 | It must be national and it must not be the plaything of any political party . |
| 11 | ‘ Increases in the practice of dieting must not be the result . |
| 12 | All staff must be aware that they are confidential and so must not be the topic of gossip . |
| 13 | As to the second argument , the Court accepted that in principle it was desirable to entrust supervisory control to a judge , concluding that the rule of law implies that executive interference with individual rights should be subject to effective control which should normally be the judges on the ground that this offers the best guarantee of independence , impartiality , and proper procedures . |
| 14 | So I 've asked her just to phone cancel it out , and that should just be the end of it . |
| 15 | There is no reason why the same should not be the position here . |
| 16 | In contrast , in condition A , where clause ( 1 ) forms a complete sentence on its own , this should not be the case . |
| 17 | In future this should not be the case . ’ |
| 18 | In other words the five year housing land supply should not be the Structure Plan requirement plus an allowance of 60% . |
| 19 | Perhaps the practitioner conducting the trial should not be the patient 's own doctor . |
| 20 | Secondary education should not be the preserve of men , and the curriculum should not have a gender specific bias based on expected household duties . |
| 21 | The preparation of a claim should not be the chore that it so often becomes . |
| 22 | ‘ The first point of reference should not be the interests of the state or of national security , but to the human person . ’ |
| 23 | Freedom and power to choose should not be the privilege of wealth . |
| 24 | Theoretically , there is no reason why policy initiatives and executive action should not be the responsibility of individual departments . |
| 25 | Having taken on board the two main objections to its March 1978 proposals , the DES reverted to its original proposal and in order ‘ to avoid multiple problems of interface with existing bodies ’ , it considered it essential that the new Committee ‘ should be based within one of the major existing validating bodies ’ which , however , should not be the CGLI . |
| 26 | The administration , sources say , is anxious that the annual battle over renewal of MFN status should not be the centrepiece of its China policy . |
| 27 | These are not targets to be met and should not be the basis or a starting point for development plan policies . |
| 28 | Well , who really has the right to say Abortion should not be the woman 's right to choose as what it comes down to , no matter how sensible , well-based or factual your argument is , She is the one having the baby . |
| 29 | Some non-permanent members of the Council complain that imposing a punitive peace should not be the job of the UN . |
| 30 | It should not be the intention of the data processing department to ‘ wash their hands of the applications ’ if the major role in decision-making related to their development rests with the users . |