Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This may be because the ‘ classic ’ factories of the twentieth century tend to be low-rise , usually single-storey structures , built to very broad plans from cheap and impermanent materials . |
| 32 | There is no denying a basic sense in which this may be true , and yet the last chapter will surely be different . |
| 33 | There is no denying a basic sense in which this may be true , and yet the last chapter will surely be different . |
| 34 | But LFF evidence tends to corroborate suggestions that this may be because such film-making is just not very good at the moment . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | This may be because nobody under 18 can own unit trusts in their own names . |
| 37 | This may be because nobody under 18 can own unit trusts in their own names . |
| 38 | This may be because nobody under 18 can own unit trusts in their own names . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | This may be part of the explanation in Britain , where there has been some improvement in the potential of the economy . |
| 41 | This may be the season of goodwill , but the Imperial Presidency is back with a vengeance . |
| 42 | ‘ If prosperity is related to health or , more importantly , if relative poverty is related to poor health , this may be one way in which Britain could act to improve life expectancy , ’ they said . |
| 43 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 44 | Hungarians understand perfectly well that this may be due to internal Romanian reasons — the Romanian army had played some part in the initial repression in Timisoara , but since it joined the rebellion this fact has been conveniently forgotten . |
| 45 | ‘ This may be beyond her . ’ |
| 46 | This may be done by heating in a jug in the microwave for 4min , then cover the jug and leave for 10min . |
| 47 | This may be to suit you or your mood or the time of day . |
| 48 | According to Commons research , this may be the origin ‘ of the weekend , which spread eventually to the public life of most of the world . ’ |
| 49 | Given the history of borrowing by the Brazilian and Argentine governments , this may be no bad thing . |
| 50 | This may be unfair on her , but it probably helps the Community to have Mrs Cresson threatening to block Japanese exports if ‘ reciprocal access ’ is not given to European goods in Japan . |
| 51 | This may be about to change . |
| 52 | This may be a relief for those who feared that a bigger Germany would be a militarily pugnacious Germany . |
| 53 | This may be partly because neither the president nor the high command is confident that parts of the army might not rebel . |
| 54 | This may be why the dollar slipped . |
| 55 | As an alternative to foreclosure , the court may direct a sale of the property , and this may be fairer to both parties , since any surplus upon such sale will belong to the mortgagor , while the mortgagee may still sue for any deficiency . |
| 56 | This may be seen in his pollution of air , soil and ocean and in his scant disregard for the balance of nature or the needs of future generations and his tendency , without restraint , to use animal creation for his own ends . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | This may be seen as an application of the principle of fair labelling . |
| 59 | This may be said to amount to a mutual exercise of the individuals ' rights of self-determination . |
| 60 | One reason for this may be the doctrine of corporate liability in English criminal law ( discussed in Chapter 4.3 , and found to be unsatisfactory ) ; in particular , it may be difficult to establish the fault necessary for manslaughter , although easier to secure a conviction under legislation on railways or merchant shipping . |