Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] be [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central issues which require resolution are the criteria to be used to determine whether a capital instrument represents debt or equity and the treatment of instruments like convertible debt which will or may be exchanged for other instruments . |
| 2 | That is to say they believe that God was in some sense differently related to particular events , or may be said in particular to have revealed God 's self through those events , in a way in which this is not true of all other events or periods in history . |
| 3 | Schemes may be agreed if no damage to the site 's scientific interest is assured or may be modified by mutual agreement . |
| 4 | Some fears can begin by seeing unpleasant things happen to others , or may be copied from other people , such as our parents . |
| 5 | Counselling is concerned with coping mechanisms which may be related to physical health problems , or may be personal and linked to relationships , or sociocultural issues including spiritual beliefs , or may be linked to economic difficulties . |
| 6 | The argument seems to be that the world of reality and the concept of self are or should be structured by white parents and society . |
| 7 | The point at issue is whether such affective , and essentially subjective , aspects of educational and personal development can or should be subjected to formal recognition in the certification process . |
| 8 | He went on to consider , however , whether the court 's jurisdiction over the question whether the housing authority had provided was only supervisory , or could be challenged in private law proceedings . |
| 9 | Which aspects of black or female cultures are or could be incorporated into high status knowledge ? |
| 10 | Erm the greenbelt objectives which we identify with or could be compromised by significant peripheral expansion , or the expansion of a settlement within the greenbelt , were primarily the effecting the setting of the historic city , which we and the County considered and refer to more than just the green wedges , and but involve the whole countryside , and the setting of the settlements within the greenbelt around the Greater York area , expansion of lar large urban areas into the countryside , possible coalescence of settlements . |
| 11 | Warner and Wallis would have judged that the time was ripe for a film about human justice , that there would be a market for a film depicting the problems of a strike in a coal-town and in an ethnic community , and that any criticism of the subject-matter would either be good for business or would be offset by popular and critical acclaim for the acting of that increasingly marketable star Paul Muni . |
| 12 | In that case he said : As I understand it , the essence of this branch of law , whatever the origin of it may be , is that a person who has obtained information in confidence is not allowed to use it as a springboard for activities detrimental to the person who made the confidential communication , and springboard it remains even when all the features have been published or can be ascertained by actual inspection by any members of the public . |
| 13 | Faxes can be saved in order to be printed later or can be sent to other system subscribers — again using the keypad on a touch tone phone . |
| 14 | Such errors are predictable , or can be measured in steady flight conditions for varying configurations of the aircraft , but an accurate assessment of manoeuvre-induced errors is not possible . |
| 15 | But for all the desirability of the help that may be given in careful marriage preparation , the experience of marriage itself brings to , life many personal challenges . |
| 16 | So , please think carefully before you take an axe to any ivy and consider the harm that may be done to countless woodland birds and insects . |
| 17 | Secondly , it acts as a source of capital and labour which can be indirectly utilised by other forms of capital that may be operating in different spheres of the economy . |
| 18 | At the other end of the scale , rules would define precisely the shots that may be made for specified circumstances , confining all shots to the head and shoulders of the Member who has the floor , for example ( this solution has been adopted by the Canadian House of Commons ) . |
| 19 | I have indicated several recommended walks that may be made from parked cars , even reaching a few of the more spectacular mountain summits . |
| 20 | This is thought to facilitate moving around on twigs and branches which , for a bird that lays its eggs in nests that may be hidden in thick vegetation , is an advantage . |
| 21 | Physical indications that may be caused by defective vision : unusual head position while working ( poking forward or held sideways ) ; work held at an unusual distance or angle ; frowning , squinting or facial grimaces when trying to read ; complaints of headache or dizziness during visual activities ; covering one eye with the hand , or closing it ; aversion to bright light . |
| 22 | In addition to providing information to the Science and Engineering Research Council on the initial destinations of IT Advanced Course students completing courses in 1984 , a secondary objective was to test a method of monitoring the output from the courses that may be adopted in future years . |
| 23 | It has argued that the physical environment is the foundation on which this creation is based , but in a non-deterministic fashion : the environment provides opportunities and constraints , which are resources that may be realized in different ways by different social groups in different places . |
| 24 | It is worth noting that imaginative use of unsophisticated technology ( as discussed in Chapter 7 ) can aid this part of an investigation , enabling a large volume of activities that may be undertaken by specified functional groups to be readily summarised . |
| 25 | If British born people of minority ethnic extraction are invisible in statistics on sudden infant deaths ( or any other areas ) we lose the chance to identify accurately both health trends and the health practices that may be associated with specific morbidity or mortality . |
| 26 | Neurological abnormalities may be subtle and difficult to establish in the presence of deforming arthritis , muscular atrophy , and the neuropathy that may be associated with rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 27 | Similarly , there is no massive infiltration of the liver , as happens in portal hypertension that may be associated with haematologic disorders or amyloidosis , nor evidence of obstruction at the hepatic outflow , as observed in venoocclusive disease . |
| 28 | But it leaves it up to staff to assess the limits that may be used in given circumstances . |
| 29 | Otherwise adopt the standard procedure given in Air Pilot , and any special procedure that may be required at certain major airports . |
| 30 | For between the basic drives that may be attributed to human nature and the social structures of human culture there enters a critical indeterminacy . |