Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The analysis may appear to be unlike those which , to speak quickly and only of one central matter , describe something like a causal circumstance and an effect as two items which fall under a law , and then proceed to attempt to give an account of what a law is a true proposition of a certain character . |
| 2 | I had not done so before merely because I had not thought of them in this context ; I had supposed that you might prefer to be at some slight remove from the nefarious influences of the department … |
| 3 | Bad temper might result from being in such a home . |
| 4 | mind you I 'd like to be like that |
| 5 | She 'd have to be with that hair ! |
| 6 | that feel a bit , caravans that we used to go to were like this chalet . |
| 7 | ‘ I would like to , I think — but I 'm afraid I might be like that — I think I would want to be like that . |
| 8 | In this more specific area of debate , the issue is whether or not the child will be so badly handicapped that it will be unable to sustain a life which society would consider to be in any sense worthwhile . |
| 9 | The answer would appear to be with less determination than Labour and with fewer changes in policy . |
| 10 | Above us , they indulge in fits of nostalgia , remembering the heady days of the Poll Tax riots , and in artificially enlarging the number present with all those who are there in spirit : ‘ There are a lot of people who would like to be on this demonstration . |
| 11 | She would have to be with this boy . |
| 12 | I would hate to be like that . ’ |
| 13 | Other conundra m–y appear rather less cosmically' relevant ; they may seem to be of little importance yet , like Mercury 's orbit , may prove in the long term to be extremely important . |
| 14 | Although this may seem to be of more interest to a mountaineer it does give a most convincing sense of reality to his hills and this without a sterile exactitude . |
| 15 | A booking contract between a guest and a hotel may come into being in any one of a number of ways . |
| 16 | So here , for the fraught and confused among you , is a short guide to male restaurant etiquette that may prove to be of some assistance . |
| 17 | I assure you I will strive to be of more worth to the Gold Dragon Hung . |
| 18 | Well we 're going on holiday next week so it will have to be after that . |
| 19 | For this reason , the fourth edition of Coopers ' manual will continue to be of some value . |
| 20 | If the parent bird can appear to be at some grave physical disadvantage , the killer will find the tempting proximity of the vulnerable adult irresistible and its concentration on the location of the nest-site can be broken . |
| 21 | That said , no scientist , politician , or policy maker who has any interest in the future of mankind can afford to be without this book . |