Example sentences of "but it [modal v] be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the age of 21 it may be attractive to work in an exotic location on an hourly paid basis with minimal regard for the niceties of work permits and income tax ; but it may be a great deal less attractive twenty years later . |
| 2 | But it may be a long time coming ; and , meanwhile , the flow of hopefuls from the south shows no sign of stopping . |
| 3 | This example suggests that having such a membership should not be a pre-requisite of representativeness , but it may be a relevant factor to take into account . |
| 4 | ( But it may be a local children 's term for " climbing trees " ; check before judging . ) |
| 5 | It was risky , especially considering he 'd been out just that previous evening , putting sugar in car and motorbike petrol tanks , but it might be a good idea anyway . |
| 6 | I mean I , I do n't know how you feel about it but it might be a good thing to do something that was not religious based , erm |
| 7 | But it would be a major blow to our work in the community . ’ |
| 8 | Albania seems to be opening its frontiers , but it would be a major project to find out how a yacht cruising on its own can overcome the bureaucratic barriers . |
| 9 | Barnes believes he will be fit for the Test but it would be a major risk playing him . |
| 10 | The fees were ludicrously small , but it would be a good idea to get away from Viola . |
| 11 | ‘ But it would be a good rumour to spread , step up the pressure all round . |
| 12 | ‘ I had n't thought of it , but it would be a good idea to clear them before we get more rain . |
| 13 | erm Peter wants to tighten up on on on the business of erm carrying holidays over and I think he 's right , actually , erm and he also is using this opportunity to try to et us to plan our holidays as a group so that we 're not all off at the same time , or if it 's appropriate we should all be off a the same time then we 're off at the same time , but it 's erm common sense should prevail one way or another , but it would be a good idea if you could let me have erm a brief indication of any major times you plan to be away . |
| 14 | but it would be a good , aha here comes a car , ah |
| 15 | Obvious , perhaps , but it would be a serious mistake to think that the lessons will have been learnt by the next bull market . |
| 16 | Robert knew that his stepdaughter would have a little inheritance , not as much as it should have been because that stubborn old woman had dipped into her capital to buy worthless stock , but it would be a nice little nest-egg all the same . |
| 17 | I was miserable most of the time , but it would be a towering ingratitude to say that I 'd have done anything else with my life . ’ |
| 18 | But it would be a superficial reading of club ideology to view the movement simply in terms of its ‘ rescue ’ work , for though this may have been so in the early days , it was never the sole aim which would imply a passivity hardly reconcilable with the ambitions of the founders of clubs , or with that of the missions and settlement houses . |
| 19 | It may make for easier government and public convenience to restrict the tradition of marching and assembling for protest , but it would be a dangerous and a foolish idea to believe that public protest can somehow be laid aside as belonging to a bygone age . |
| 20 | But it would be a cynical mistake to limit the forces of inertia to these narrowly political ones . |
| 21 | Clearly there must be a re-creation of many aspects of the court of Napoleon I , but it would be a great mistake to see the court of the Second Empire as a simple pastiche — just as it is a great mistake to see in Napoleon III nothing but a simulacrum of his uncle . |
| 22 | Practitioners of the art will certainly want their own copies ; but it would be a great pity of its readership were thus restricted . |
| 23 | Current musical fashion may dictate a leaner , more vital Mozart style , but it would be a great pity to dismiss these beautiful and extremely musical accounts just because they fail to match present-day ideas . |
| 24 | But it would be a great loss if pupils ' knowledge of a range of other languages was to decline . |
| 25 | There is no requirement to draw attention to subsidence , but it would be a criminal offence to say that there is none , or that the property is free from defect . |
| 26 | The price of the book may preclude its private purchase , but it would be a useful addition to any library . |
| 27 | Maybe , an in terrorem provision to the effect that : ( a ) the ratio for year one should be [ as specified ] ; ( b ) the ratio for future years shall be determined annually by the partners ; and ( c ) pending agreement by the partners , no drawings at all are permitted , would provide the necessary pressure for all partners to approach the matter constructively , but it would be a bold firm which chose such a course . |
| 28 | But FA spokesman Mike Wilmore said : ‘ We have said that in principle we would n't be in favour , but it would be a brave man who said that would always be the position . ’ |
| 29 | He says that he 's heard the shipping companyw ant to re-export the dog , but it would be a brave man who risked trying move the animal in it 's present condition . |
| 30 | A far narrower range of beliefs are attributable to the dog , specifically those that hark back to what we could immediately read off from similar behaviour in the case of a human being ; thus the dog believes his master is at the door but it would be a false move in the game also to ask if it believed that its master would be late the next day . |