Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be the real meaning of their support for Iraq and Saddam Hussein . |
| 2 | This may be the only way of escaping from the temptation of continuing perpetual agricultural subsidy in one guise or another . |
| 3 | Indeed , without other far-reaching changes in the way people make decisions , this may be the only feasible strategy , and this possibility is discussed in Chapter 9 . |
| 4 | Being able to do this may be the only factor standing between you and a bad debt . |
| 5 | Ultimately , this may be the only way to beat the baddies — to hurt them until they leave well alone . |
| 6 | It is interesting that this may be the only area in which dependence is almost universally feared and resented . |
| 7 | An alternative approach is , of course , for students to use electronic mail to submit their work , and this may be the only option if the course involves distance learning . |
| 8 | Children who live in ‘ insular ’ families are therefore reinforced in their long fights with their parents as this may be the only predictable response they know their parents will provide . |
| 9 | This may be the only way to sort it out . ’ |
| 10 | This may be the inescapable question for the foreseeable future so long as NATO procurement policy is predicated on highly trained work forces , scarce materials and sophisticated machine tools . |
| 11 | ‘ Leila my dear , this may be the Advanced Technological Age , but there are still such things as two-way mirrors , you know . |
| 12 | This may be the medical adviser , whose background as a partner in general practice is particularly useful in three ways . |
| 13 | This may be the wrong time for the party to avert its gaze . |
| 14 | This may be the extreme consequence of a health service which , although it insists that it puts patients first , often does n't do so at all . |
| 15 | ‘ It is also to be remarked , ’ wrote Wallace , ‘ that the great chain of active volcanoes in Sumatra and Java furnishes us with a sufficient cause for this subsidence , since the enormous masses of matter thrown out would take away the foundations of the surrounding district ; and this may be the true explanation of the often-noticed fact that volcanoes and volcanic chains are always near the sea . |
| 16 | This may be the secant modulus , which is the slope of a line drawn from the origin to the stress-strain curve at a given strain ; or it may be the tangent modulus , which is the slope of the tangent to the stress-strain curve at the given strain . |
| 17 | Upper gastrointestinal lesions that were able to be treated were often found at endoscopy and this should be the primary investigaton in such patients . |
| 18 | It is a peculiarly appropriate irony that this should be the only poem in this group with the Our/ We form , establishing on the grammatical plane a congruence with the semantic one : seen from the outside , held up for inspection , they are united — at the level of mutual deception . |
| 19 | He evidently intended that this should be the royal priest Eadsige , who took over some of Æthelnoth 's duties in 1035 and succeeded him in 1038 . |
| 20 | This should be the important factor of every ballet . |
| 21 | This should be the main focus of the training provided . |
| 22 | I realized this must be the rich Miss Oliver who had generously furnished my cottage . |
| 23 | This must be the ultimate beach resort in all of Greece — five miles of sand stretching away into the distance in either direction — more than enough for even the most demanding beach baby and relaxed enough so that you can always find a place to sunbathe however you want to . |
| 24 | This must be the ultimate goal , though it is unlikely to be attained by the end of this century . |
| 25 | This must be the ultimate exit of the cave , and here we had the explanation of the wind-blown spume which had drifted over Viking throughout the day at the east landing . |
| 26 | ‘ This must be the only way in , ’ Nell said . |
| 27 | An example can be seen at the Didcot Railway Centre With the fine locomotives designed by Daniel Gooch , the GWR 's broad gauge trains formed the first real expresses and indeed the inaugural train from London to Bristol led to the comment that this must be the only time on record that an engineer had exceeded his promises ! |
| 28 | This must be the major object of the Association during my chairmanship is to increase our individual membership which we need so much to re to our representation at a high level . |
| 29 | ‘ This must be the main thoroughfare . ’ |
| 30 | Surely this must be the elusive Jim at last ? |