Example sentences of "[modal v] be considerable " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , if self-governing hospital Trusts take the shape envisaged in Working for patients and the associated Working Paper 1 there should be considerable ‘ freedoms ’ and legal status to make local arrangements . |
| 2 | As to housing allocations , the hon. Member must bear in mind the fact that the receipts are well up this year , so the gross programme should be considerable . |
| 3 | There is no charge for haulage and , since they do the distribution , it must be considerable . |
| 4 | After all , the newspapers are brimming with reports of horrendous attacks on women , so the risk must be considerable . |
| 5 | Whilst the cost of unemployment in terms of human misery and risk of social unrest must be considerable , the attempt to seek a remedy must not be looked at as merely a social gesture . |
| 6 | In particular the costs of administration involved in valuing various aspects of medical care ( essential if a free market is to be created ) might be considerable . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the approach described does indicate an area in which there might be considerable expansion of the accounting function . |
| 8 | Now the courts would be likely to award damages instead which might be considerable in our example . |
| 9 | ‘ The consequence of the combined decision not to recruit expert staff or to invest in extensive training could be considerable . |
| 10 | The long punters will have plenty of sport with that one though there could be considerable confusion at a quick kick where the revised law says that it may be taken without waiting for the kicker 's team to retire behind the ball — provided they do not become involved in play . |
| 11 | This could be considerable particularly in the outlying areas . |
| 12 | The impact of this on local economies could be considerable . |
| 13 | But should the UK fail to deflect the Commission and the Directive goes ahead , then its impact could be considerable . |
| 14 | The overall change in the contribution of these causes to mental handicap could be considerable , but only if screening techniques were widely employed and acted upon . |
| 15 | Despite the earlier reservations about the differing user needs , it was felt that , because both departments were dependent on images in their operations , eg plans , drawings etc , rather than just textual documents , there could be considerable potential for the use of Document Image Processing ( DIP ) systems . |
| 16 | At a time of recession , the benefits could be considerable . |
| 17 | Union official George Ryde said : ‘ There could be considerable disruption . ’ |
| 18 | But for longer-term investors there could be considerable growth . |
| 19 | ( a ) LA couple of reasons — the technology is now available to do this , and there could be considerable saving to the company in travel expenses and workspace. ’ ( b ) |
| 20 | The cost to the company , then , would be nothing , but the benefit assessable under clause 54(4) could be considerable . |
| 21 | This he does at the highest level in the HERMS file structure , defining boxes in the work file for sub-teams to work within and inputting technical details as text in the technical file ; this latter entry could be considerable . |
| 22 | If you say a man has killed his wife , you are damaging his-reputation and he is entitled to damages which could be considerable . |
| 23 | Nevertheless the influence of Parliament in this respect could be considerable and the need to give it at least a certain amount of information about foreign affairs could hardly be avoided . |
| 24 | Many Stoddard Templeton ranges already use heather effect yarns so the benefit to the company could be considerable . |
| 25 | The benefits to flexibility and streamlining design development could be considerable if the trials prove to be a success . |
| 26 | While the impact on the rural environment of the school and of its closure may be considerable , it is debated , both by Sewel above , and by the Gittins Committee , whether it is fundamental to the decline of rural areas : |
| 27 | There may be considerable scepticism about Pascal 's case for always wagering on the outsider if the odds are high enough . |
| 28 | Some general practices will choose to become budget holders , and the unattractiveness of older patients to these practices may be considerable . |
| 29 | It has been argued by a former Chief Advisory Officer of the Nature Conservancy Council that the implications for wildlife conservation may be considerable . |
| 30 | Using this method conflicting findings have been reported in studies of diabetic subjects ( Dollery et al , 1979 ; Davis et al , 1981 ) , and it is now generally accepted that there may be considerable non-specific interference in assaying this metabolite in plasma which might explain the different findings ( Greaves & Preston , 1982 ; Dollery et al , 1983 ) . |