Example sentences of "in what [modal v] [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the IRB has any qualms in answering these questions come April 1992 , they should think very carefully if South Africa is to be a serious contender in what would probably be the first genuine and major international event ever held in the country . |
| 2 | He was living in what would traditionally be described as reduced circumstances . |
| 3 | These have been driven up , first , by a labour shortage , brought about by the ending of free immigration from China in 1980 , and now by increasing emigration from Hong Kong ; and , second , by the colony 's swift move up-market as manufacturers have relocated low-wage factories to southern China , leaving higher-paid jobs in Hong Kong , where their influence has pulled up wages in what would otherwise be poorly paid jobs . |
| 4 | In the case of British Rail , for example , large subsidies have been provided to sustain a degree of social service in what would otherwise be uneconomic provisions . |
| 5 | If Bowe wins , and causes the latest split , Lewis would no doubt look to a domestic defence of the WBC title against Frank Bruno in what would obviously be his best financial option . |
| 6 | I had learnt German at Dartmouth where I had specialized in my last year in what would now be known as arts subjects : languages , English and history . |
| 7 | Yet , and very often , even a single emphatic conventional gesture performed in a moment of stillness can be tremendously effective and make a strong point in what may otherwise be a continuous flow of dance . |
| 8 | This is very clear in the swashbuckling tale given that very title , compounded by Conrad and his close friend Ford Madox Hueffer ( afterwards Ford Madox Ford ) in what may surely be called the Golden Age of the classic adventure story . |
| 9 | Indeed , the size of the increases , together with the publication of the Kinsey Report in 1948 ( which suggested that homosexual behaviour was more widespread than had been commonly thought ) and the media-highlighted prosecution of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu on an indecency charge in 1954 , culminated in what may reasonably be described as a ‘ moral panic ’ over homosexuality . |
| 10 | This means that actors are expected to be able to control any regional or foreign accent which is natural to them , and deliver a text in what may best be called ‘ the classical style ’ . |
| 11 | I now see that between 1958 and 1977 I was involved in what might well be described as a social drama of movement , often crossing boundaries into very marginal areas of policing , where the institutional ideal of ordered definition fails simply because the ‘ use of power and exercise of authority are based in ambiguity and particular interpretations of [ what is often ] poorly framed legislation ’ ( Burton 1980 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ My client wants you to kill someone on Level 121 , ’ he said , low , even though the bartender and anyone else in what might possibly be earshot were making it obvious they were n't listening . |
| 13 | In what can only be considered a plan of Baldrickian cunning , not only will the Board 's coffers be groaning with the weight of money but — and here is the really clever part — fewer people than ever will now be able to observe what a mess the game is really in . |
| 14 | In what can only be considered a plan of Baldrickian cunning , not only will the Board 's coffers be groaning with the weight of money but — and here is the really clever part — fewer people than ever will now be able to observe what a mess the game is really in . |
| 15 | The revival of interest in what can only be described as a strategy of import led growth began in the late 1950s as uneasiness over the optimistic , autarkic assumptions of the Khrushchev period increased . |
| 16 | Before concluding this discussion , it would be instructive to explore the performance of the Polish People 's Army in what can only be considered a most exceptional contingency . |
| 17 | One of the companies involved in what can only be described as the latest round of unity talks among the warring Unix camps , which appear to be being sponsored by Unix International Inc , says that for all the fear , uncertainty and doubt unleashed by Microsoft Corp with Windows NT , the initiative still lacks the compulsion that galvanised the part of the industry — led by those that saw Unix primarily as a threat — to form the Open Software Foundation five years ago . |
| 18 | One of the companies involved in what can only be described as the latest round of unity talks that Unix International seems to be sponsoring ( UX No 423 , 424 ) says that for all the fear , uncertainty and doubt unleashed by Microsoft Corp , the project still lacks the compulsion that galvanized the industry to form the Open Software Foundation five years ago . |
| 19 | In what can only be described as a pampered career , James was given considerable financial support by the library who funded his PhD , housed him and his family , and allowed him to receive numerous outside grants and sponsorships to fund extensive foreign travel . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , the City Council has behaved in what can only be described as a lax , sluggish and offhand manner towards one of the few private initiatives at the very centre of Dutch cultural life . |
| 21 | In what can only be regarded as the ultimate pilot 's ‘ Jim 'll fix it ’ fantasy come true , he persuaded the RAF to let him go through key parts of the four-year course that ends with a posting to an operational fighter squadron . |
| 22 | Each of the five judgments rambles over the territory in what can only be called a head-scratching way , making it impossible for the consumer of the judgment to know at the end just what the law is held to be , except negatively , and then only negatively on a few points . |
| 23 | The supporters of O M O V have put their arguments in what can only be said to be a ham-fisted and insulting way . |
| 24 | There will be a few moist eyes at Old Trafford if Fergie finds himself in dreamland again tonight , in what will surely be his last appearance in Britain . |
| 25 | These advances were celebrated last month in Berlin in what will surely be seen as a landmark conference on the femtosecond chemistry . |
| 26 | Portions of the ACL/DCI are currently being distributed with more to follow in what will eventually be a 100 million word collection . |
| 27 | Also , in what will probably be a monochrome house , he has a dash of that odd vividness with which Yorkshire , while talking about its dourness , often comes up . |
| 28 | And we want to be able to provide the controllability that we achieve traditionally through centralization in the mainframe environment in what will inevitably be a distributed world . |
| 29 | Again it was no surprise to find most temporary workers in what could best be described as lower level or less skilled occupations , both in industry and services [ see Table 2.2 ] . |
| 30 | Lear was also subject at the hands of his employer to even more glaring misacknowledgements : in what could generously be described as an insensitive oversight , four of the plates in Birds , are referred to at the bottom of the page as being ‘ drawn from Nature and on Stone by J & E Gould ’ , while the style of the bird and the signature on the drawing itself are patently Lear 's . |