Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Atari needs a VCS-successor , and the Lynx may be it . |
| 2 | The DoE may be clear as to what ‘ planning policy recognises ’ , but the reality differs considerably from the official statement . |
| 3 | Korn may be seen as in considerable contrast to Reynolds ; he was no Ivy Leaguer , and learnt the principles of economics and entrepreneurship in his parent 's grocery store . |
| 4 | The first is hard to explain because , although Kelly may be right in asserting that the clash was one of a kind seen every week , it was still bad enough for his own organisation to have upheld a ban on the man in the dock . |
| 5 | Christie may be new Falkirk chairman |
| 6 | Mr Levitt may be more inclined than his predecessor , Richard Breeden , to prod the conclusions of Market 2000 ( an SEC study of American equity markets , now nearing completion ) towards keeping regulations that protect auction markets . |
| 7 | If you convert part of your home into an office or into self-contained accommodation on which you charge rent , that part of your home which is deemed to be a ‘ business ’ may be separately assessed — and CGT may be payable when you come to sell it . |
| 8 | And the Scottish Highlands may be the only remaining region in the UK where we could find it . |
| 9 | In less polite ways , Panama may be pushing its luck . |
| 10 | Even if Bernard Stasi may be right in describing Jack Lang 's cultural policy as a ‘ spectacular performance played behind closed doors for the amusement of the prince and his obliging friends ’ , it will be a challenge to succeed him , the longest serving Minister of Culture of the Fifth Republic . |
| 11 | Prime Minister David Lange may be know internationally as the David who slew the nuclear giant , but locally he 's better known as the man whose monetarist Minister of Finance , Roger Douglas , has led a successful crusade to corporatise government and unshackle the economuy . |
| 12 | It is also worth noting that Lawton claims that the HMIs may be pushing a model of curriculum planning ( based upon statements of aims and objectives ) which is out of date an issue we return to later in the chapter , and in Chapter 8 . |
| 13 | How valuable this Romanian channel of military information was to the Pentagon may be doubted , but it is revealing of the extent of Ceauşescu 's duplicity . |
| 14 | This not only generates extra profits , it also helps build relationships , with other companies , so , for example , MMT may be able to use a partner 's staff if necessary and vice versa . |
| 15 | Kevin Horlock may be called in to midfield |
| 16 | Billingham Synthonia , who have won their last seven in a row , have doubts over defenders Sean O'Brien and Tommy Connor for the home game with Northallerton , and with another defender Andy Harbron unavailable , manager Stuart Coleby may be forced to play . |
| 17 | SOCCER star Neil Webb may be struggling to find top form . |
| 18 | UNBLEST may be able to get the better of a top quality field for the Group Two Laurent-Perrier Champagne Stakes at Doncaster tomorrow . |
| 19 | UNBLEST may be able to get the better of a top quality field for the Group Two Laurent-Perrier Champagne Stakes at Doncaster tomorrow . |
| 20 | A wrought-iron girder swing bridge at the Northern Entrance Lock may be the original installed by Brunel . |
| 21 | The statute is not so worded , and Harvey may be incorrect on this point . |
| 22 | Only then will negotiations start on which matches involving Middlesbrough may be televised by BSkyB . |
| 23 | THE demolition of a dangerous terrace in the heart of Middlesbrough may be months away . |
| 24 | ENVIRONMENT Secretary John Gummer may be called in to save a family of badgers at Berwick . |
| 25 | HDV may be protective by suppressing HBV replication in the native and in the transplanted liver . |
| 26 | Well , I mean Brody may be able to survive by not actually only having a few months between doing it and being revived I think . |
| 27 | Scot may be fourth victim of IRA sniper |
| 28 | Ian may be a romantic , but the cupids and violins have not quite destroyed his sense of the absurd . |
| 29 | On the driest uplands of Antarctica and in oases , encrusting grey and orange lichens Buellia frigida , Alectoria miniuscula , Biatorella antarctica , Umbilicaria decussata and species of Caloplaca , Xanthoria , Usnea and Candelaria may be the only visible signs of life . |
| 30 | ( John Mortimer may be the exception that proves the rule . ) |