Example sentences of "be what [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what would be what would you try first if it started with a c sound ? |
| 2 | And that must be what should be expressed in the criterion . |
| 3 | Confidential matters would not be used in the report — material which goes into the end report will only be what can be publicly known . |
| 4 | with the form teacher and yo and you know that has to be fairly fluid to let i incorporate their ideas erm but I would then put out , you know , week seven er , you know review what er , a record of achievement is it might be what can write try your personal statement about yourself . |
| 5 | A succession of situations each one more impossible than the last , may be what will best serve you . |
| 6 | Despite the talk in US government circles only three years ago , of synfuels being what would save the US from OPEC oil dependence , the programme has become unpopular and seems likely at the time of writing to become an offering to appease fears of further growth in the federal budget deficit . |
| 7 | Rated least important in Yorke 's survey were what might be regarded as literary qualities , concerned with acquiring literary and critical values and gaining knowledge about books and authors . |
| 8 | The results were what might be expected . |
| 9 | Almost all the 38 families were what would today be regarded as large , but was fairly normal for working-class families in Edwardian Britain.7 Of the 38 , 11 families had 4 children or less , 21 had between 5 and 7 , and 6 had 8 or over . |
| 10 | And this were what would it be , about twenty to seven . |
| 11 | We both knew only too well because of the business we were in and the sort of people we were what could happen . ’ |
| 12 | The practices and performance of more than 200 companies were analysed in detail and , in a damning indictment of their global standing , a team of experienced industrial consultants concluded that only 2pc were what could be termed ‘ world class ’ although a further 42pc were real contenders to join the elite . |
| 13 | The style and the political and military viewpoints of Hajo Herrmann are what might be expected from one who was an officer cadet in the German army of 1934 , a founder member of the Condor Legion in Spain , a proposer of suicidal ramming of Allied bombers and a confidant of Herrmann Goering . |
| 14 | Not all of his conclusions are what might be expected given the current stress on the importance of vocational education and training . |
| 15 | On the other hand , there are what might be termed the ‘ recreational ’ users , those who were still in the ‘ experimental ’ stage . |
| 16 | Both conservative Christians and , more surprisingly , Christian feminists suggest that there are what might be called counterbalances to Christology in the form of female figures or feminine motifs present in Christian theology . |
| 17 | And those effects are what 'll make your material stand out from the crowd . |
| 18 | You I think these are what would you run off a transformer . |
| 19 | Also contributing to the effect are what may be called " abstract locative " nouns , indicating geometrical features : lines , division , end , track , head , line , edge , joint , sweep , curves , etc . |
| 20 | First , there are what may be termed contractual techniques which are arrived at by agreement between the parties . |
| 21 | Buzz 's Mark Neale and Grant Fee put together the bulk of the visuals ( a series of routines structured round archetypal themes such as love , speed , fear and the like , and according to Gee ‘ all supposed to reflect this idea of Montxo Algora 's that emotions are what will save us in virtual reality ’ . |
| 22 | Let the movement be the initial inspiration and then work on the modulations at home , for these are what will help to increase the musicality of the piece . |
| 23 | You are what used to be called a White Russian . ’ |
| 24 | At the other end of the scale are what can be called ‘ sensitised district health authorities ’ such as Tower Hamlets or South East London Commissioning Agency , where the district health authority retains all the strength of combined purchasing power but seeks to maximise general practitioners ' participation in decisions about what is commissioned . |
| 25 | They are what can be called logical , conceptual , or formal relations rather than causal relations . |
| 26 | Perhaps your very words are what must represent us to posterity . |
| 27 | If this is how her work is to be read , then we are of course back with all the problems of the kairos approach : why has history been what it has been and given what history has been what may be said of God 's intention in relation to women ? |
| 28 | All the semantic tallies we have considered so far have been what might be termed pure tallies , in that they have no perceptible semantic connection with any other elements in the language . |
| 29 | I think maybe that 's what 'll keep me sane through this whole trip . ’ |
| 30 | And I mean to say that 's in all honestly , that 's what 'll happen , they 'll pay less I should imagine . |