Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [vb mod] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This finding may be due to a reduced level of arachidonic acid in platelet membrane phospholipids of diabetic subjects as described by Jones et al ( 1983 ) . |
| 2 | This finding may be important , since it is known that chemical modification of lysine amino groups of the apoprotein may interfere with the specific LDL receptor binding and hence clearance of LDL ( Gonen et al , 1981 ; Kim & Kurup , 1982 ; Witzum et al , 1982 ) . |
| 3 | This support can be frightening . |
| 4 | The effect of this change could be profound : it has been compared to the revolution that science produced in the consciousness of men and women during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 5 | This payment will be equivalent to an injury allowance and will be calculated by reference to the same criteria as referred to in paragraph 10.9 above . |
| 6 | For example , a UK branch of a German bank will be able to provide investment services ( even though UK banks themselves can not offer this service in accordance with UK law ) , but the business conduct of this branch will be subject to the UK rules , for instance the newly issued ‘ Code of Good Banking Practice ’ issued by the British Bankers ' Association . |
| 7 | Einstein perceived that there must be a direct link between the distribution of mass/energy and the curvature of space–time and that this link must be expressible in tensor form . |
| 8 | If , notwithstanding the above provisions , there shall be liability on the part of DW/LD by virtue of this Agreement , or because of the relation hereby established , whether due to negligence or otherwise , such liability is and shall be limited to a sum equal to the payment for the Program which sum shall be paid and received as liquidated damages , and not as penalty and this liability shall be complete and exclusive . |
| 9 | This liability would be payable even if the venture failed , and all the capital were lost . |
| 10 | For them a progress of this kind might be acceptable , at least to some extent , in the army . |
| 11 | A new contributory scheme of this kind would be expensive because it must be generous enough to lift people off means-tested supplementary benefit ; and it would still leave them entangled in a cohabitation rule of some sort . |
| 12 | A lesson of this kind would be appropriate as the final stage in a unit of work on ways of asking permission . |
| 13 | More data of this kind would be valuable . |
| 14 | In some cases , infill development of this kind may be irresistible , but it is important that the quality and potential of the garden should be assessed first . |
| 15 | All that is certain is that trade-offs of this kind will be inevitable . |
| 16 | It was felt that information of this kind could be helpful in the assessment of the Library 's policy of purchasing major overseas publications to complement its holdings of UK material in the humanities and social sciences . |
| 17 | For all these improvements in the formal mechanisms whereby the House seeks to keep government in check , any full account of procedures relating to this function would be incomplete without reference , again , to the importance of the Houses as forums of informal debates , discussions and plain horse-trading . |
| 18 | This function must be identical to the vertical movement of the lower connecting point of the link member , PARTD . |
| 19 | The sound of this guitar would be ideal for acoustic bluesers and fingerstyle players of most descriptions . |
| 20 | This difficulty could be fatal to the argument of this paper , if successful , for then the proposed necessary conditions would , in their turn , rest upon a sufficient condition , namely having language . |
| 21 | I could n't see any reason why this story should be different from the rest . |
| 22 | This field will be blank if the SPR has not yet been submitted . |
| 23 | This teaching should be available to every engineering student , in all disciplines . |
| 24 | This case may be inconsistent with Collins and Brown . |
| 25 | Update of the record in this case would be overnight . |
| 26 | Update of the record in this case would be immediate . |
| 27 | ‘ This case could be valuable to those involved in cases on the mainland , ’ Mr Fox said . |
| 28 | Note that if a package has been marked for processing it is also read out since the file name chosen by the package at this level may be different from that chosen by the package at the next level . |
| 29 | We had decided this part would be tough , and for once we were right . |
| 30 | A second group in whom this technique may be valuable is those in whom the number of stones or technical difficulties such as diverticuli , may expose the patient to a protracted procedure which even if successful may be detrimental for the patient — that is , the old and frail . |