Example sentences of "this [modal v] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This may be through formal meetings and newsletters but it is likely to be done most effectively by talking to your son or daughter about his or her progress and following up these discussions with the school . |
| 32 | This may be through its action in scavenging nitrite and thus preventing the formation of nitrite derived mutagens , or alternatively through its less specific anti-oxidant properties . |
| 33 | ‘ This may be beyond her . ’ |
| 34 | This may be under a piece of tree bark , along a ledge of some kind or hidden on the ground among the undergrowth . |
| 35 | The public interest would not perhaps be regarded as well served if a fully qualified solicitor was effectively deprived of the opportunity of practising his profession : this may be behind the Scottish decision of Dallas McMillan & Sinclair v Simpson ( 1988 ) SLT 454 where the covenant purported to prevent the outgoing partner from practising as a solicitor within 20 miles of the centre of Glasgow , an area in which roughly half of Scotland 's law firms were said to be located . |
| 36 | This may be in live coverage , for news programmes , for special programmes reporting the proceedings of Parliament or for other documentary , current affairs or educational programmes . |
| 37 | This may be in terms of amenities in hospital wards , or in the actual clinical care provided . |
| 38 | This may be in a particular meeting or over a period of time . |
| 39 | This may be in the course of a meeting on alternative methods of therapy which the practitioner may have attended either out of a vague general interest or out of disenchantment with the results of orthodox treatments . |
| 40 | This may be in part a legacy from the old workhouse image which still persists ( Sinclair , 1988b , p. 279 ) . |
| 41 | This may be in the form of statutory instruments and orders , byelaws , regulations and orders in council . |
| 42 | This may be in the form of a restricted zone in which the linkage may not lie , a definition of the order in which positional modifications can take place , or of restrictions on the local or global energy changes that can take place . |
| 43 | This may be in the form of land between existing dwellings or often the assembly and foreshortening of long back gardens in order to permit development . |
| 44 | This may be in part a search for higher returns but it must also be a function of the desire to diversify away from the risk of the domestic market . |
| 45 | This may be in the form of a report containing written evidence , diagrams or graphs as appropriate . |
| 46 | This may be in addition to any de minimis provisions negotiated by the vendor in the sale agreement . |
| 47 | This may be in the form of small g individual work , the whole class working together , and involve the use of multi-media resources or it may be a arrangement . |
| 48 | This may be from chronic stress , where our stress tap drips constantly a small amount at a time for months or years , or from sudden stress , when we encounter a specific fear , problem or major life event , which causes the stress tap to turn full on . |
| 49 | Initially this may be from a card containing the statements , but gradually the client will dispense with the cards as the statements come naturally . |
| 50 | This may be underneath the chapel , or behind or beside it , and may consist of a church hall , meeting rooms and offices . |
| 51 | This may be by way of theory , or on more matter-of-fact lines about technique or such questions as composition . |
| 52 | These priorities imply , on the domestic front , the attempt to maintain a continuing powerful role for the state , the economic dominance of a fairly small elite and an indifference to the welfare of rural peasant farmers , complicated as this may be by political loyalties to certain tribal groups . |
| 53 | ( iii ) Payment ( this may be by CREDIT CARD — your signature is required together with A/c No. and card expiry date . |
| 54 | This may be by direct knockdown or by severing the opponents ' kiteline . |
| 55 | If everything goes smoothly , this may be by the end of March . |
| 56 | This may be by way of ‘ proposal , request exhortation , gesture , argument , persuasion , inducement , goading or the arousal of cupidity . ’ |
| 57 | A tax effective method of achieving this may be by means of a payment to your pension scheme . |
| 58 | This may be by consulting a specialist in the field or by doing some research to fill in the gaps in knowledge , as part of the project . |
| 59 | This may be by consulting a specialist in the field or by doing some research to fill in the gaps in knowledge , as part of the project . |
| 60 | This may be after the damage to the train . |