Example sentences of "this [modal v] be [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be of pure sample , but more often it is diluted with a salt , usually KBr . |
| 2 | Unluckily , this may be of little help to the reader if the pictures illustrated are used as mere decoration , and not the subject of critical discussion . |
| 3 | This may be of some value , but the plan should be made to work harder . |
| 4 | I hope this may be of some use , and look forward to reading more on the subject in future editions . |
| 5 | This may be of particular benefit in paediatric liver diseases where the diagnosis of PSC may be made without resorting to invasive techniques . |
| 6 | This may be of particular value to investors from Germany and Switzerland , where the tax-sparing provisions in the Portuguese double tax treaties may be used in conjunction with a Madeira tax-exempt company to reduce the financing costs in multinational groups . |
| 7 | This may be of considerable importance , for in the non-diabetic there are long-established relationships between lipid and lipoprotein levels and macrovascular disease ( Gordon et al , 1981 ; Miller et al , 1981 ) . |
| 8 | Erm , you can use ordinary spelling , you probably will use ordinary spelling , or phonetic transcription , this may be for short sections . |
| 9 | This may be through private study , distance learning or attendance at formal courses . |
| 10 | This may be through formal meetings and newsletters but it is likely to be done most effectively by talking to your son or daughter about his or her progress and following up these discussions with the school . |
| 11 | This may be through universal services which reduce social and economic risks in the community , or specific services aiming to improve the circumstances of vulnerable individuals and families . |
| 12 | This may be in live coverage , for news programmes , for special programmes reporting the proceedings of Parliament or for other documentary , current affairs or educational programmes . |
| 13 | This may be from chronic stress , where our stress tap drips constantly a small amount at a time for months or years , or from sudden stress , when we encounter a specific fear , problem or major life event , which causes the stress tap to turn full on . |
| 14 | These priorities imply , on the domestic front , the attempt to maintain a continuing powerful role for the state , the economic dominance of a fairly small elite and an indifference to the welfare of rural peasant farmers , complicated as this may be by political loyalties to certain tribal groups . |
| 15 | This may be by direct knockdown or by severing the opponents ' kiteline . |
| 16 | Why this should be of such importance in the minds of you and me , and all the others from the world of the nineteen-forties I do not know . |
| 17 | This should be within 5 days of death . |
| 18 | This should be in sufficient detail for precise identification . |
| 19 | This must be at one end of the housing , clear of the other compartments , and then you will be able to slide the glass off this compartment without sliding it off the others . |
| 20 | This must be in close contact with the tank |
| 21 | It was long believed that remarriage and the prospects of remarriage must be taken into account when considering a widower 's claim but this must be in some doubt following the wide interpretation given to s4 of the Act in Stanley v Siddique [ 1992 ] 1 QB 1 : see Kemp & Kemp ( Sweet & Maxwell ) 22 – 004 et seq . |
| 22 | This might be for disciplinary reasons or for redundancies arising from , perhaps , reduced staffing needs or curricular changes . |
| 23 | Moreover , a secretary attached to a legation or an embassy and not to an individual minister or ambassador , and remaining at his post over a fairly long period , could become a valuable source of information about local conditions : this might be of great help to a new head of mission coming to a strange country of which he knew little . |
| 24 | This might be by parental design or due to natural events . |
| 25 | This could be for many reasons : for example the database does not contain a good example of that particular form of letter , or the character may have been badly written . |
| 26 | This could be in some cases because the prosecutor ( often a trading standards officer ) does not always suggest it and , in other cases , because magistrates tend to refuse if the defendant disputes the fact , or the amount , of the victim 's loss . |
| 27 | This could be by employing techniques such as ‘ auric control ’ , ‘ nature attunement ’ , or simply by taking a shower and a dose of Dr Bach 's Rescue Remedy ( see page 121 ) . |
| 28 | This could be by one side wearing party hats and the other not or the teams could be divided according to sex . |
| 29 | But this would be of limited value to the defendant , since any costs recovered by the defendant would be subject to a charge in favour of the board under section 16 of the Act and the operation of regulation 103 of the Civil Legal Aid ( General ) Regulations 1989 , the detail of which I need not examine , and would have the effect in this case that the defendant would in fact recover only a very small proportion of the costs he actually incurred . |
| 30 | This would be of little significance if the Chronicle in question were not the only source to record some important episodes . |