Example sentences of "'s [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | CFC 's may be found in refrigerators , aerosol cans , air conditioners , foam furniture and packaging . |
| 2 | Ordinary l.e.d. 's may be used but they will not be as bright . |
| 3 | After all , the number of such buyers is small and past purchase patter 's may be known in great detail ( from internal sales information , and from trade association statistics covering the whole market ) . |
| 4 | And I suppose may be it 's may be if somebody got that , that 's why I say if you have to buy the property first . |
| 5 | Don 's let's be bamboozled into jumping on any passing bandwagon . |
| 6 | The l.e.d. 's must be connected the correct way round or they will not work — the shorter lead denotes the cathode ( k ) end . |
| 7 | Before this , however , a major work of Freud 's must be examined , for it is central to his social philosophy and psychoanalytic sociology . |
| 8 | All these explanations were proffered , haphazardly , one on top of the other , and from the excess of explanation Clara concluded that a job in a gallery such as Clelia 's must be something of a sinecure , and that Clelia 's attitude towards it was not wholly happy . |
| 9 | There 's must be something else you can |
| 10 | I thought Salisbury 's would of had loads Will have a look in a Army & Navy otherwise It 's in here I think , oh I do n't know whether C & A 's would have any Now then , watch out for , I mean I think there 's must be a logic shop or something . |
| 11 | She 's must be quite lonely . |
| 12 | With such a carefully organised operation it 's puzzling that Langan 's should be so unwelcoming . |
| 13 | Here Richard had recently given offence by once again insisting that the walls of St Martial 's should be pulled down . |
| 14 | In any case , as an imperative , let suggests that the speaker feels that the impinging of his will on the others 's should be enough to obtain their assent or overcome their indifference and thereby get the infinitive action under way . |
| 15 | Economy Minister Carlos Ominami argues that proposals such as Marubeni 's should be judged on " economic " criteria alone . |
| 16 | Whatever else Christmas Day at Laura 's might be , it could n't be guaranteed to be quiet , he thought . |
| 17 | Life in Benedict 's might be more of a riot if we had an S.S.O. who lived up to his potential , but the effect on our work could be disastrous . |
| 18 | He 's he 's might be getting a job , I do n't know what he want he does n't really know what he wants to do yet |
| 19 | The 6×2ft Modular Aluminium Tower launched by Youngman 's could be the all-in-one answer to household access problems . |
| 20 | In order to reduce the conflict between agriculture and nature conservation in the LFAs in the UK , an upper limit on livestock per farm attracting HLCA 's could be fixed at about 50 livestock units ( 50 cattle or 333 sheep ) . |
| 21 | Anna 's conscience said that she must report the whole of her interview at St Saviour 's faithfully to Peter , and then they could rejoice together that prayers had been answered , and that Pricewell 's could be abandoned . |
| 22 | Though , as he had already noted , Matthew was aware that to one stratum of society the choice between Annabel 's or Regine 's could be seriously serious . |
| 23 | Justification could be given for this assertion by describing Dickens 's view of the London working classes , then describing the view of one or more modern historians , then showing that the two views are significantly different to the extent that Dickens 's could be called incorrect . |
| 24 | ‘ The one at Lord 's could be totally different and he might get nought for 100 . ’ |
| 25 | Yes , it 's could be like Thomas shop . |
| 26 | At this time the men of Brooke Parker 's would be loading their wagons with the globular bottles that Buddie called carboys . |
| 27 | The only real difficulty if all of the savings are your wife 's would be that , if she dies before you , the money will be frozen until probate of her will , which could cause temporary problems . |
| 28 | Record Mirror said the band ‘ summed up the feelings of the nation 's would be non-conformist youth by being irritatingly ordinary , by creating a neighbourly sound of overwhelming inconspicuousness . ’ |
| 29 | If they can learn to sustain this over a long while , The La 's would be world-shakers . |
| 30 | I thought Poems for D.T. 's would be more appropriate , or would attract more attention on a book-shop counter . |