Example sentences of "[modal v] be more appropriate " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Beckett is understood to have suggested to Mr Smith that other contenders , such as Mr Blair or Mr Brown , might be more appropriate running mates for him . |
| 2 | Perhaps ‘ one of the ugliest buildings in Milan ’ might be more appropriate … |
| 3 | You should be on the right track , although your next village might be more appropriate in East Anglia . |
| 4 | Prowle , Jones & Shaw ( 1989 ) suggest that Treatment Related Groups might be more appropriate . |
| 5 | ‘ Or maybe , in your line of business , a Taittinger might be more appropriate — I believe it was a favourite of James Bond . ’ |
| 6 | To count the Soviet Union 's 275 millions as ‘ Pacific ’ people is stretching the point a little , and it might be more appropriate to count only those living east of the Urals . |
| 7 | But it might be more appropriate to wait until nearer the time to send a memo , I do n't know . |
| 8 | In many cases it might be more appropriate to ask , ‘ Will my cover-drive make contact with the ball ? |
| 9 | But when you actually put them all together , and and recognize the traffic flows , and the location of the nearby school and the shopping centre and on one or two other things , that at the end of the day this perhaps is a site where tt er full barriers and and C C T V might be more appropriate . |
| 10 | This description fits the observable characteristics and progress of the disease , although it might be more appropriate to substitute the social term " " sensitivity " " for the strictly clinical term " allergy " . |
| 11 | Er a a and then say , well we can take that on board for you if you like but it might be more efficient for you to do the possessions because the civil engineer Leeds , actually is part of your organization a a and it might be more appropriate for you to get those possessions in , for you to decide whether or not you want one big bang o o o of a week 's possession or , or you want to do it i in four hour no-trains periods for the next three years . |
| 12 | The ICA thought that in view of the cost of an inspection visit it might be more appropriate in the first instance to approach the solicitor concerned for an explanation of the delay . |
| 13 | I think er , Joe , it might be more appropriate perhaps if our legal advisor tells us of the niceties of the clause which he drafted . |
| 14 | As my own thank-offering I would like to try briefly to express some thoughts on education by which I have long been troubled and to which no place , for reasons which I will show , could be more appropriate than this . |
| 15 | Mr Berge asked what could be more appropriate than to open with a French composer ? |
| 16 | What could be more appropriate than for it to take on a great nineteenth-century house to complement the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century interiors at Ham and Osterley ? |
| 17 | What could be more appropriate at Christmas than to remember children who have been deserted by their mothers and know only a hospital as home . |
| 18 | On the wedding day itself what could be more appropriate than gold , the symbol of everlasting love ? |
| 19 | What could be more appropriate than limed wood ? |
| 20 | These latter examples may be more appropriate for those countries or regions with large rural populations or that do not have a well-developed system of local educational institutions comparable to the community colleges , technical institutes or the like that are found in Australia , Britain , Canada , Denmark , and the US . |
| 21 | In some areas , a county-wide authority or the amalgamation of districts may be more appropriate . |
| 22 | But , as managers grapple with the unknown , they will need opportunities to reflect and share their experiences : action learning sets , time out events , case studies may be more appropriate here . |
| 23 | Though subtraction ( a — b =/ b — a ) and division ( a / b =/ b / a ) are examples of non-commutative operations , the following may be more appropriate . |
| 24 | Whilst MDC 's employment creation record has so far been marginal , the service sector jobs generated by the policy focus on tourism and leisure based industries may be more appropriate to the skills of the local community . |
| 25 | Quantitative scores may be more appropriate for research purposes , for evaluating the effectiveness of different forms of therapy , for screening large numbers of children , and for identifying whether or not a particular child is experiencing difficulties which warrant further assessment and possibly some form of placement or remediation . |
| 26 | In the former case provisions of the 1982 Mental Health Act such as guardianship may be more appropriate . |
| 27 | On certain issues , such diplomatic forms as UN General Assembly resolutions may be more appropriate . |
| 28 | What may be more appropriate in this case is to relax , release or have a heart-to-heart : getting drunk and crying on somebody 's shoulder , perhaps . |
| 29 | For other purposes narrower groupings within the market-industrialised category may be more appropriate . |
| 30 | But I think it may be more appropriate if I actually met with say the management committee as opposed to myself yes I 'm quite happy to do that to meet any individual or group who feel they have some concerns they wish to discuss and I give that I give that assurance this evening . |