Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [pron] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet as we noted in our tenth report : ‘ The price that some children may pay for demanding little of the teacher may be that they are given work which demands little of them ’ ( Alexander et al . |
| 2 | Where objects are deliberately unique it may be that they are intended to signify some generic concept of uniqueness , such as in art ; the object is then both an individual form and an example of a larger category to which it must be related . |
| 3 | According to Mr Birchall , the answer could be that they are protected by silicon and that the main biological job of silicon is simply to help living things keep aluminium out . |
| 4 | What it does is it means that there is a proper look each year at the finances of each individual firm er and er if there are things which are wrong , they are reported straight away and that really I think is the lesser of all of this with B C C I , er that er where things are not all they should be that they are dealt with and they are reported quickly and these orders , Madam Deputy Speaker , go a long way to helping to ensure that and for that reason I believe the house should warmly welcome them . |
| 5 | So riddled with complexities has this question proved to be that one is tempted to follow the example of the legendary definition of folk song — ‘ all songs are folk songs ; I never heard horses sing 'em ’ — and suggest that all music is popular music : popular with someone . |
| 6 | There are two solutions — either one refuses to conduct policy-oriented research in order to preserve one 's academic purity or one undertakes the research and risks the consequences which may be that one is over-identified with those who commissioned the research or those investigated . |
| 7 | ( Indeed , is Christianity true : could it possibly be that one was raised from the dead ? ) |
| 8 | Well I just feel no matter sentence he serves he 's always going to be that he 's left my daughter with a life sentence . |
| 9 | It may be that he was influenced in his thinking yet again by the British , whose officer class cultivated the honourable wound , and whose subalterns had lately contributed in altogether disproportionate numbers to the casualties suffered by the British army in France . |
| 10 | It may be that you are investigating these evil people on behalf of your government , or it may be that you are ordered to co-operate with them . |
| 11 | Ah yes it could be that you 're expected to do thirty hours a week . |
| 12 | The main criterion for an effective service must be that it is staffed by experienced professionals who are appropriately qualified . |
| 13 | It is too often assumed that if a law is not designed to protect one man from another its only rationale can be that it is designed to punish moral wickedness , or in Lord Devlin 's words ‘ to enforce a moral principle ’ . |
| 14 | It is not at all unlikely that at the conquest , Mehmed II appointed someone mufti in the newly conquered city ; and since the sources seem not to mention the appointment of anyone else to the post , it may possibly be that it was made an for Hizir Bey . |
| 15 | It may even be that it was done to make possible the appointment of this particular scholar , a native of Bosnasarayi who had taught to the level . |
| 16 | One reason for this may be that it was overtaken — and , perhaps , undermined — by political developments . |
| 17 | If a Christian uses these essential oils to heal and comfort the sick or suffering , what possible harm can there be if they are used properly ? |
| 18 | If Skinner is right , and children 's language is strongly influenced by the way in which those around them respond , how much more effective might the same processes be if they were applied deliberately and systematically . |
| 19 | Such contributions are not in themselves illegal , but they would be if they were judged to be bribes . |
| 20 | ‘ Or it would be if it was rendered habitable once more . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Only he did n't leave his wife , so Marie O'Donnell returned to Ireland , and because she knew how it would be if it was known she had an illegitimate child she told everyone she was a widow . |
| 22 | In a real sense , our mind or at least , our mind as it truly is , our mind as it would be if it were purged of all individuality , partiality , incompleteness , confusion , emotion and what not , is identical with the total absolute which the business of philosophy is to study . |
| 23 | Just imagine what your reaction would be if you were given a brand new washing machine and told that it had to last you for seventy years or more . |
| 24 | Before they had left her flat he had telephoned colleagues to say where he would be if he were needed . |
| 25 | Michelle knows all too well how lengthy the legal process can be and she 's relieved her case is at last being heard . |
| 26 | It was not known yesterday what the exact number of redundancies would be but it is hoped that they can be achieved voluntarily . |
| 27 | I 'm never late for things , I try really hard to be late , but I just ca n't be because we were told off so much about it . |
| 28 | If she does well , it 'll be because she 's worked for it . |
| 29 | … in-service training is often much less effective than it could be because it is based on an ‘ educational model ’ i.e. is focussed largely on the individual . |
| 30 | This may be because it was intended to be a quick method of banning undesirable consumer trade practices and in practice it turned out not to be very quick at all . |