Example sentences of "[ex0] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OK , but if it was a lot of old papers and stuff in the attic that was burning — old letters and manuscripts and stuff-there might be a hell of a lot of smoke , might n't there ? |
| 2 | With the crowd being the most volatile in the Caribbean — rioting held up play for 25 minutes during the Test against India in 1989 -there might be some trouble but only if the West Indies are faring badly , rather than as a result of any anti-South African sentiment . |
| 3 | In the introduction or other essays there may be some writing which will not date , such as art criticism which documents the personal experience of the writer . |
| 4 | In marketing a sale of rather little-known works , too , there may be some explanatory text . |
| 5 | A pragmatic view is that an aesthetic experience is what is described as such , and as there are varieties of religious experience , so there may be varieties of aesthetic experience . |
| 6 | There may be readers who object that the novel makes a mystique of darkness and futility in the course of saying that the whole island is peripheral , arrested . |
| 7 | There may be a cult in the making — and one could imagine a film by Antonioni , whose script-writer , Mark Peploe , was intrigued by J. Behrens in his last days . |
| 8 | There may be a matter of principle here for some of those who wish their authors to be concealed : such authors should not sound like the characters they invent , any more than they should express opinions . |
| 9 | This is a self which there may be ‘ no way of proving ’ . |
| 10 | Remember that there may be some twelve to eighteen places at any one of the drama schools , and the number of auditions may number up to fifteen hundred for the leading schools . |
| 11 | Of course , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , there may be nothing to leave , nothing to explain , nothing to understand , even though I have prepared long enough and only started when the time was ripe , even though I began full of confidence and managed to persuade myself , for a while , that I was well under way . |
| 12 | But , you know , there may be many other reasons why it is important for him to get to the top so quickly . |
| 13 | ‘ I think the foreign gentleman thinks there may be more than one of them in it , ’ said Thomas . |
| 14 | There may be something he 's missed . |
| 15 | Also , there may be confusion if winches and cars fitted with the power-limiting device become common , and launch heights will suffer until both pilots and drivers are familiar with the new system . |
| 16 | By the time that you have battled against the wind to get there , you may find that it has some hazard that you could not see from a distance , and then there may be no other good field within reach . |
| 17 | In some areas there may be special clinics for particular groups such as young people , or services provided by voluntary organisations to complement NHS facilities . |
| 18 | There may be back pain and loss of height . |
| 19 | Before starting adaptations to your home , there may be some problems that can be solved by using various pieces of equipment available on the market at the moment . |
| 20 | There may be a lover , a friend , asleep beside you , but who is wide-eyed as a marigold in the trackless dark ? |
| 21 | Most important , there may be no interesting similarity whatsoever that could be formulated in the vocabulary of physics between such a system and the brain . |
| 22 | Local authorities often charge a different fee to their own residents and ratepayers than to outsiders , although there may be concessions to former residents and community charge payers . |
| 23 | There may be difficulty obtaining a policy over the age of 75 . |
| 24 | There may be other local groups who can be contacted through lists kept at public libraries , or Citizen Advice Bureaux . |
| 25 | There may be variations in the schemes operated locally , so it is best to check with your local gas or electricity showroom . |
| 26 | There may be charges for some or all of these services , depending on your income , but it is certainly worth asking about what may be available . |
| 27 | There may be a Crossroads Care Attendant scheme in your area , which can provide regular help to give relief to carers . |
| 28 | There may be support groups , for example for stroke sufferers , or carers . |
| 29 | There may be extra help for some people who were not ratepayers , or the partner of a ratepayer , immediately before the community charge system started in April 1990 and who have not moved since then . |
| 30 | There may be time for hobbies or interests , either life-long ones where skills can be renewed and activities expanded , or new ones where opportunities to learn can lead to great personal satisfaction . |