Example sentences of "[that] he [modal v] be the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again Sunderland had to thank goalkeeper Tony Norman for some inspired saves but at first it seemed that he might be the villain of the piece after gifting bottom-of-the-table Brighton an 11th minute lead . |
| 2 | I felt that he might be the person to bring out the spiritual element in Joyce 's life , as well as the comedy . |
| 3 | The bow suggests that he might be the Master of Animals or Enualios , the god of war . |
| 4 | Until she proved otherwise she had to constantly bear in mind that he might be the enemy . |
| 5 | But it helps even more if we understand what his purpose is , which is in the next verse : ‘ Those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son , that he might be the firstborn among many brothers . ’ |
| 6 | Kallibunker 's coat was short , sparse and curly , and it was quickly realized that he might be the forerunner of an entirely new breed of pedigree cat . |
| 7 | And he revealed that he had been promised that he would be the subject of a Mental Health Review Tribunal to consider his permanent release within three weeks of returning to Britain . |
| 8 | He had to shore up support among traditional Democrats , and he did ; hence the expectation that he would be the harbinger of a hundred new social policies on everything from vaccination to AIDS . |
| 9 | Nigel knew that he would be the choice of any thinking woman , in spite of Jo 's remarks . |
| 10 | Moreover , if Richard discussed peace on the assumption that he would be the heir to all his father 's dominions then he may well have re-activated very real differences of opinion which had lain dormant since the spring of 1185 . |
| 11 | Gelbard was reported to have warned US officials in September that he would be the target of an assassination attempt , which Bolivian officials believed was due to take place on Dec. 10 to coincide with the anniversary of the extradition of former Interior Minister Luis Arce Gómez to the US on drug trafficking charges [ see pp. 37487-8 ] . |
| 12 | " Lloyd George would secure a greater hold on the rank and file of our party and he would also be so dependent on that party after the election that he would permanently be driven into the same attitude towards our Party which Chamberlain was placed in before , with this difference — that he would be the leader of it . |
| 13 | Mr Cubbage , however , was very circumspect in his choice of lady friends and he realised that he could be the target for any gold-digging female . |
| 14 | And suspicions are growing that he could be the victim of a dirty-tricks campaign . |
| 15 | When the right of control and transfer is conveyed , the holder relies on the same method of notification by which he was made a holder , except that he will be the initiator of the message to the carrier , and will need to await the carrier 's confirmation before the transfer process can be set in motion . |
| 16 | A threat expressed in the form ‘ if I catch you when there are no police about ’ addressed to an adversary is not caught by the section , since it is not a threat of such as to cause the victim of it to believe that he will be the object of ‘ immediate ’ violence . |
| 17 | Oh , indeed so , erm our domestic life is extraordinarily complicated but when , after my maternity leave expired and when I 'd finished having time off and breast feeding the baby , he in fact looked after her for a term in Cambridge and I came back to Sussex and taught during the week and went back to my daughter and husband at weekends , and now he 's actually taking leave in his turn , if you like , so that he can be the back-up here while I teach and do my work this year . |