Example sentences of "case [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To go for the lapidary effect as such is sterile ; one tries for the lapidary because , if achieved , it is a guarantee of the verity of one 's feeling — Christian or non-Christian , as the case may be . |
| 2 | The frentic merger activity among the nation 's accountants ( or not , as the case may be ) has spread to the wilds of Yorkshire where the tiny firm of Rawlinsons is linking with the equally tiny Milne Booth . |
| 3 | If there is no issue , but there are parents , or , failing them , brothers and sisters of the whole blood , then the spouse takes half the remaining estate absolutely , the other half going to parents , or being held on the ‘ statutory trusts ’ for brothers and sisters , as the case may be . |
| 4 | Thus , in cases where a young girl or young boy of 15 leads an adult into sexual activity , the youth can not be convicted as a party to either unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 or indecent assault ( as the case may be ) . |
| 5 | Art Sales : Siren call of the deep blue sea TREASURES FROM THE DEEP / or not , as the case may be . |
| 6 | All over Rummidge and its environs , people are at work — or not , as the case may be . |
| 7 | it is for the Commissioner of Police , or the chief constable , as the case may be , to decide in any particular case whether enquiries should be pursued , or whether an arrest should be made , or a prosecution brought . |
| 8 | Equally , common sense demands that the operated transsexual should not be able to avoid prosecution and conviction for soliciting or importuning , as the case may be , by suddenly adopting for the duration of the trial the prior and now abandoned sex . |
| 9 | We will credit amounts deposited by use of your Card to whichever account you select but if the amount actually received by us differs from that stated by you , your account will be debited or credited ( as the case may be ) with the amount of the difference . |
| 10 | When you use your Card for a transaction to be carried out with or through the agency of another organisation or individual , we reserve the right to supply to that organisation or individual ( as the case may be ) such information as may be appropriate in the circumstances . |
| 11 | A worthwhile appraisal will involve more than a mere pronouncement on the quality of your recent work , a pat on the head or a kick on the backside as the case may be . |
| 12 | Using Egan 's approach to problem management described above , Sally 's case may be used to demonstrate that she will benefit more if she can be helped to focus on what are , in her opinion , the most pressing problems . |
| 13 | The purported withdrawal of a resignation is ineffective as the resignation is final when received by the proper officer of the authority or the chairman as the case may be . |
| 14 | A quite specific case may be used as an example . |
| 15 | In the future , every time you caution a person , enter the particulars in your notebook , and see he does n't get a second caution , and also remember that it is not necessary to caution a person before summonsing or arresting him , as the case may be . |
| 16 | In the case of a Local Commissioner , if at any stage in the investigation he decides that the action complained of also concerns a government department or part of the national health service ( e.g. a hospital ) he will consult the Parliamentary Commissioner or the Health Service Commissioner as the case may be . |
| 17 | And it 's lonely for two young ladies — or three , as the case may be . |
| 18 | Champagne 's échelle des crus is essentially a fairer system than other classifications in France where , as in Burgundy or Bordeaux for example , villages or properties are either steeped in glory or barely known , as the case may be . |
| 19 | If a breach of the Convention has occurred , either the Committee of Ministers or the Court , as the case may be , may prescribe the remedial measures to be taken by the offending state ( Arts.32 and 50 ) . |
| 20 | Or not taken , as the case may be . |
| 21 | Where convertible debt , non-equity interests in shareholders ' funds or non-equity interests in minority interests , are disclosed in the notes to the financial statements rather than on the face of the balance sheet ( as required by paragraphs 22 , 34 or 44 ) on the grounds that they are not material , the relevant caption on the face of the balance sheet should state that convertible debt or non-equity interests ( as the case may be ) are included . |
| 22 | 6.4 Without prejudice to the generality of Clause [ 6.1 a ] each Party undertakes to establish suitable procedures for ensuring that technical and other information of other Parties is restricted to those employees , or as the case may be members of staff or students , needing such information for the purposes of the duties assigned to them and that all such employees , members of staff and students are themselves subject to suitable obligations of confidence . |
| 23 | 11.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement no Party shall be subject to any obligation to make any payment or to any restraint or restriction in respect of its use of technical information , whether results or background , insofar as such information is not subject to intellectual property rights of another Party hereto or its Related companies ( as the case may be ) or to any agreement with a third Party which may impose restrictions . |
| 24 | for proceeding to or returning from any garage , auction room or other place at which vehicles are usually stored or usually or periodically offered for sale and at which the vehicle is to be or has been stored or is to be or has been offered for sale as the case may be ; |
| 25 | using a vehicle constructed or adapted for the delivery or collection of goods or mail to consumers or addressees , as the case may be , whilst engaged in making local rounds of deliveries or collections ; |
| 26 | The mental element or mens rea for this offence is explained in Section 6(4) of the 1986 Act , viz : A person is guilty of an offence under section 5 only if he intends his words or behaviour , or the writing , sign or other visible representation , to be threatening , abusive or insulting , or is aware that it may be threatening , abusive or insulting or ( as the case may be ) he intends his behaviour to be or is aware that it may be disorderly . |
| 27 | Your case may be strengthened by preparing written material to back up what you say . |
| 28 | However , I 'm sure that it will be only a short time before the imaginative gentleman of this funeral business ( or after-care service , as it apparently now likes to be called ) will overcome these problems that in any case may be outweighed by one great advantage to which he points with pride : namely , that it is above all discreet , in that the girlfriend of the departed may view at any time , giving any name , and the wife and family will be none the wiser ! |
| 29 | Clearly the cat will know ( or not know , as the case may be ) , but how can anyone else tell ? |
| 30 | They spent so much time talking about gay things that they did n't actually have much time to do many gay things — which is why I think the really crucial thing that happened in the seventies was not the liberation of a particular sexuality but actually the liberation of a particular set of relationships through which people could enjoy sex , or not have sex , as the case may be . |