Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [be] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I give you a bit of something that we picked up last week that may be of some benefit to you ? |
| 2 | ‘ You have no further information that might be of any assistance , sir ? ’ |
| 3 | Variability in ME , however , has sometimes been perceived as an obstacle rather than a resource , and as a result information that might be of some value to the historian has been rejected from the canon . |
| 4 | He felt he had his hand on a way to proceed , and one that might be of some consequence , with luck . |
| 5 | Each drive will also have a power supply connection that could be of either type shown n figure 1 . |
| 6 | He learned nothing that would be of much use to Lorton . |
| 7 | They might well prevail in any skirmish with the local forces , but in the circumstances that would be of little profit . |
| 8 | ‘ The angel said , ‘ Do not be afraid , I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people . |
| 9 | ‘ The angel said , ‘ Do not be afraid , I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people . |
| 10 | Unlike an industrial accident involving a single emission source , the pollutants contributing to an urban smog are emitted from numerous diverse sources and may be of many types . |
| 11 | The general standard of living is so much better , I have a f—ed-up up family — who does n't have a f—ed-up family ? — I 'm screwed-up and should be in some psychiatrist 's office , but in general there was n't that much for me to worry about , and I think that 's a lot less common in England . |
| 12 | I told him that I could not go on behalf of any party , but that I would go on behalf of the government if he came to power , since I knew the situation and could be of some help . |
| 13 | Sunderland even presented them with a couple of own goals and could be in more trouble . |
| 14 | They 'll want to spend time looking at equipment they ca n't afford or can only just run to and will be at some stage of agonising over whether to buy or not . |
| 15 | I ca n't obviously give my Noble Friend an assurance that this will be done , but in due course er I would very much hope that it would be and when it is my Noble Friend will then be able to refer to that Act with total simplicity and find his way through it and with all the original Acts amended as they were and will be after this Act has been passed . |
| 16 | But no matter — this has no real bearing on the development , but may be of some interest to those in the community who see this as just another get-rich-quick venture by the men from the city . |
| 17 | The information gained on each generation will be from a different perspective , but will be in each case of intrinsic value in contributing to our understanding of the changing patterns and experience of ageing in the ordinary population . |
| 18 | Hum. , 1908–13 ) for the purpose of giving graduates of the College opportunity to travel at such time in their careers as might be of most value to them either by enabling them to broaden their experience of other countries and their peoples or to carry out research . |
| 19 | As already noted , and as will be of some importance later in this inquiry , the temporal feature does not require that the constituents of the causal circumstance be simultaneous . |