Example sentences of "uk [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking the figures for smokers and non-smokers and allowing for all competing causes of death , the conclusion is that around one in 20 of the lung cancers in the UK may be due to radon exposure at home . |
| 2 | While this brings advantages on knowhow , it also brings the problem that the UK may be influenced by the effects of foreign experience , particularly safety standards . |
| 3 | The supply of carpenters in Scotland will not immediately increase : it takes time to acquire carpentry skills and existing carpenters in other parts of the UK may be reluctant to move away from their own area , partly because of the cost of the move and partly because they do not wish to leave their families and friends . |
| 4 | In Rick Batey 's review of the Alvarez Scoop guitar , he found a good basic instrument whose success in the UK may be impeded rather than enhanced by its outlandish appearance . |
| 5 | Customs have announced that , with immediate effect , certain types of palettes , containers and packings despatched from other EC member states and temporarily imported into the UK may be admitted without any formalities ( p 109 ) . |
| 6 | HM Customs & Excise have announced that , with immediate effect , certain types of palettes , containers or packings despatched from other EC member states and temporarily imported into the UK may be admitted without any formalities . |
| 7 | The expatriate 's home in the UK may be rented out/managed or bought by the employer . |
| 8 | BASCELT ( British Association of State Colleges in English Language Teaching ) members may be benefiting at the expense of Arels schools , and the UK may be losing out to the US and other Anglophone countries when it comes to perceived value for money . |
| 9 | Therefore , mispricing in the UK may be due , in part , to such lags . |
| 10 | In other words , though the UK may be a hard nut to crack , Christians are better-positioned than any grouping other than Muslims to effect change here in an understanding of and commitment to strengthening the poor . |
| 11 | Beer production in the UK may be on the decline but , as previously stated in LINK , beer continues to be drunk in ever increasing quantities worldwide . |
| 12 | Profits earned overseas by companies registered in the UK may be subject to overseas taxation , but corporation tax on those profits is usually reduced by overseas taxation suffered ; in effect , overseas profits are usually subject to UK corporation tax only to the extent that the rate of overseas tax is lower than the UK rate ( double tax relief . |
| 13 | Highway authorities across the UK may be forced to impose restrictions on the movement of heavy lorries because of serious road damage , according to a confidential study compiled by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory , details of which were obtained by the industry journal , Local Transport Today . |
| 14 | The flamboyant , cigar smoking Michael Grade bowed to postbag pressure from teenage TV watches who were demanding that the ‘ Down Under Soap ’ recently introduced to the UK should be switched from its mid-morning slot to the early evening schedule . |
| 15 | The LFA in the UK should be more meaningfully zoned to properly reflect the degree of natural handicap as required under Directive 75/268 . |
| 16 | Thus it is argued that , in order to provide protection for the UK car industry , the VER negotiated with the Japanese to limit car imports into the UK should be tightened and the Japanese should certainly not be allowed to establish production facilities in Britain , whereby the VER might be avoided . |
| 17 | The old argument about whether the UK should be a member of the EC should now be dead and buried . |
| 18 | I am convinced , however , that language teachers coming from abroad to work in the UK should be seen as something positive and not just as a stop-gap measure to alleviate a national shortage . |
| 19 | The owners of the Bothy Vineyard in Oxfordshire insist that winegrowers in the UK should be allowed to run their businesses as they see fit . |
| 20 | Indeed , they would prefer that any agreements they reach with the UK should be the result of direct exchanges between governments without any contribution from the individuals to be affected ; they further argue that the role of the colony 's legislative council is consultative only and that it has no legal authority . |
| 21 | One is reminded of the early expert , but possibly apocryphal , prediction that the maximum number of computers which could be envisaged as being necessary in the UK might be as much as two . |
| 22 | On April 17 , following the ICJ ruling [ see above ] , Ibrahim Lagwell , the lawyer representing the two Libyans , suggested in an interview with the US television network ABC that if " a just trial could be held with legal guarantees " , the USA or the UK might be acceptable settings for such a hearing . |
| 23 | And analysts probing the phenomena believe that hundreds of buildings across the UK could be vulnerable . |
| 24 | She emphasised that only a small proportion of the 30 million eggs eaten daily in the UK would be affected . |
| 25 | In August , announcing profits of A$496m net for 1988/89 , he said that in future losses on Sky TV in the UK would be charged directly against the profit and loss account . |
| 26 | Doyle explains another aspect of the deal : ‘ the contract signed in the UK would be world-wide . |
| 27 | It is unlikely that any report in the UK would be so brutally honest , but it accurately describes our situation , except that the inadequate nature of our provision for many students has long been recognised by many educators , and only becomes important to others through economic necessity . |
| 28 | The Brewers ' Society contended that arrangements with their outlets fell within the block exemption of exclusive purchasing agreements 1984/83 , and therefore that the UK would be in breach of its obligations under the Treaty of Rome if it prohibited such arrangements . |
| 29 | If the UK decided not to join in stage three of Economic and Monetary Union ( EMU ) under the ‘ opt-out ’ protocol negotiated , then in effect the UK would be outside the European Central Bank ( ECB ) . |
| 30 | Group Captain Martin Armstrong FHCIMA , director of RAF catering , said that after much debate , a blueprint of the optimum private/in-house mix for the next decade was in place and that elements of the catering at every RAF station in the UK would be market tested . |