Example sentences of "this [modal v] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , while this may be generally true , there were other elements in the original position , involving a more thorough opposition to commercial modes and alongside this position attitudes to manual labour , and to the practice of arts and crafts . |
| 2 | This may be particularly apposite in the context of the introduction of computerised systems . |
| 3 | Indeed , they conclude that ‘ it is television that gives millions of people their basic idea of reality ’ , and this may be particularly true for older people , who on average watch 33 hours of television a week , 11 hours more than the national average . |
| 4 | This may be particularly important for girls with male science teachers . |
| 5 | This may be particularly important when we come to assess the relationships between the normativist style in public law and the political theory of conservatism . |
| 6 | In units with long-stay residents or psychiatric units this may be particularly important and is a necessary part of the programme . |
| 7 | This may be particularly relevant where the seller is , to the buyer 's knowledge , in breach of condition before the goods are delivered . |
| 8 | This may be particularly important in service industries where there may be limited net asset backing . |
| 9 | This may be particularly appropriate where subsystems do not naturally relate , that is , there is little data travelling between them or where one or two areas , such as production/supply and invoicing , in the case of the electricity supply industry , dominate the business . |
| 10 | This may be particularly important when one considers the potentially complex and multiple haematological abnormalities in alcoholic liver disease , including blood loss , macrocytosis , haemolysis , and sideroblastic change . |
| 11 | This may be particularly beneficial for those making a major career move within an organisation . |
| 12 | This may be particularly important where there is a limitation on the suspension of rent provision , ie rent resumes after three years , and the landlord claims to have performed its covenants by using the insurance money received . |
| 13 | This may be particularly important to a bidder who wishes , or needs , to acquire 100 per cent of the target ( see para 9.1.2 below and Appendix 2 ) . |
| 14 | This may be either by a bequest or else as an agnate on intestate succession . |
| 15 | This may be either the landowner or his tenant , depending on the tenant 's occupancy agreement . |
| 16 | Rejection at selection time after this may be both a personal disappointment to them and frustrating for bureau staff who have spent time to no end . |
| 17 | This may be smugly satisfying to those of us who sit on the sidelines , but even ardent moralists must soon start to wonder whether the Boesky boom in show trials has overplayed itself . |
| 18 | This may be easier said than done but if you have a clear idea of the purpose of the meeting and have prepared a thorough list of everything you want to know then you must stick to your guns and carry on relentlessly until you have worked your way through it . |
| 19 | This may be also true of studies which have used a series of slides as the arousing stimuli rather than a single one . |
| 20 | This may be also a question which you will say the districts are in a better position to answer and maybe they should be forewarned that if you say that , they will be asked that question . |
| 21 | In which case , this may be just the book for all disillusioned fans of yesteryear . |
| 22 | The extensive discussion of the topic in Chapter 2 led to rejection of the account offered by Wagner for habituation , but this may be just as well as far as his theory of latent inhibition is concerned . |
| 23 | At the very least , the assailant may be made to pause for a moment before attacking , and this may be just enough to allow the prey to escape . |
| 24 | This may be just the speculation of disaffected dealers . |
| 25 | Some of those classified as short-term unemployed may be intermittently unemployed and this may be just as demoralising as a long spell off work . |
| 26 | And this may be just the recoil for a bigger jump , like 1923 was . ’ |
| 27 | There is an obligation at law on the acquirer to seek to mitigate a warranty claim , although this may be expressly stated . |
| 28 | This may be partly because Palin is so patently and so very likeable , and , whatever his private doubts , always looks as though he believes every word . |
| 29 | This may be partly because neither the president nor the high command is confident that parts of the army might not rebel . |
| 30 | This may be partly due to its isolated geographical position , which has helped to give the country its intense feeling of national uniqueness , and its deep conservatism . |