Example sentences of "which [modal v] [prep] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our most successful player at Peachtree was Eoghan O'Connell , a young Irishman who has a future which ought to be the equal of Claydon 's . |
| 2 | Exports , which used to be the engine of growth , are down and imports are way up — by so much that in 1990 Korea experienced its first current-account deficit in five years . |
| 3 | He was sent on teaching practice to Cowbridge Grammar School , one of those small country grammar schools which used to be the glory of Wales . |
| 4 | Across from the church are the Municipal Museum and Aquarium , in a fine old Portuguese house which used to be the home of the Count of Ribeiro Real . |
| 5 | It is a handsome conversion and gives a catholic flavour to a street which used to be the exclusive preserve of contemporary Western art . |
| 6 | We were married at home , and one of the reasons why is because we bought a very old house about three years ago and on the top floor it has a , a large room which used to be the ballroom , and we did a little research and we found that the last wedding that we know of in the house took place in seventeen fifty eight , when apparently it was very common in Scotland to get married at home , it was more uncommon to go to church . |
| 7 | They 'd bought this enormous house , Four Winds , which used to be the local manor or something . |
| 8 | We spent a morning going round the Coaltown museum which gave an excellent presentation of the coal-mining industry which used to be the life-blood of the Coast . |
| 9 | The water source is a constant trickle in a well dug beneath what is now the living room but which used to be the Pump room . |