Example sentences of "but it [vb mod] be [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a rule is good in some circumstances and bad in others , it will sometimes be missed when it should be used if its weight is low ; but it may be mis-applied if its weight is high . |
| 2 | But it may be observed that the general movement of culture offers little support to anyone who would pin his hopes for the future of man as a spiritual being on this kind of natural religion . |
| 3 | But it may be argued that ‘ conduct ’ includes the circumstances in which the conduct takes place , including such matters as the time of day or night in addition to the ferocity of the attack . |
| 4 | Mr Harold Macmillan was admittedly fortified by an informal poll of Conservative members and notables , but it may be argued that he should not have been the sole fountainhead of advice , if it is indeed a constitutional principle that a retiring Prime Minister has no special title or status to advise on the choice of his successor . |
| 5 | The speechreader may grasp the meaning quickly but it may be received as bare fact , unadorned and unsoftened by excuses , explanations or reasons . |
| 6 | The meaning of the word ‘ immediate ’ is likely to give rise to dispute in the courts , but it may be assumed that if , for example , a man threatens a woman that unless she has sexual intercourse with him , he will violently assault her in the presence of her children when they return home the following day , this will not be rape under the Committee 's proposals . |
| 7 | The plaintiff is prima facie entitled to the injunction but it may be refused where the interference is trivial . |
| 8 | But it may be doubted whether he necessarily commits an offence under section 4 should he fail to do so . |
| 9 | That may be so , but it may be suggested that as much depends on the surrounding legal rules as on the mandatory penalty . |
| 10 | Examples are not provided but it may be suggested that a refusal by Scrooge 's wife to have sexual intercourse unless her housekeeping were raised would fall within it . |
| 11 | So far we have considered three ways of sampling directly from a given population , but it may be thought that this direct method has dangers attached . |
| 12 | The overall picture presented in his article is a little less clear than it might be , if only because of the multiplicity of interesting observations ( fortunately Bolinger provides us with copious examples ) but it may be summarized as follows : ( a ) Adjectives may qualify either the referent of a noun or its sense without simultaneously applying to the other . |
| 13 | though David Holbrook ( 1973 ) , for one , would not agree — are the Narnia books of C.S. Lewis , but it might be argued that the story told allegorically in The lion , the witch and the wardrobe was told much more successfully in The Bible . |
| 14 | Certainly the two definitions ( ( 9 ) and ( 12 ) ) are not far apart ; but it might be claimed that at least the one that focuses on the nature of context makes clear that one of the goals of a pragmatic theory should be to explicate that nature . |
| 15 | Luff 's achievements have now become legendary in the history of Blackpool 's tramways , but it should be recorded that he was fortunate in presiding during a time of expansion , and also enjoyed the political support of the Transport Chairman Ald. C. E. Tatham from 1934 until his death in 1954 . |
| 16 | A detailed discussion of such clauses is beyond the scope of this chapter , but it should be said that the case law shows that use of such clauses to provide security in the event of failure to pay the purchase price is surrounded with many pitfalls . |
| 17 | Both the above principles are useful guides , but one regularly finds , in analysing natural speech , cases where it remains difficult or impossible to make a clear decision ; the principles may well also be factually correct , but it should be emphasised that at present there is no conclusive evidence from instrumental study in the laboratory that they are . |
| 18 | The services referred to below are described as they would relate to a Northern Ireland exporter but it should be realised that similar services are of just as much importance to importers . |
| 19 | Scorn has been poured upon the excessive mourning practised by Victorians , to which even their children and servants were subjected ; but it should be recalled that the badge of mourning was like the tartan of a Highland clan : it symbolised solidarity . |
| 20 | Solihull teachers were strongly so , but it should be recalled that only a relatively small proportion of them had had any direct experience of the process . |
| 21 | As a varnish stain colours and finishes in one operation , they are very popular , but it should be noted that because the colour is in the finish , each extra coat will make the surface darker , and if the varnish stain is not applied evenly , where the film is thicker , the colour will be darker . |
| 22 | You may recall that Bachop was outstanding during the World Cup , but it should be noted that he was playing for Western Samoa , not New Zealand . |
| 23 | But it should be noted that this document envisaged a definite stage of development in which Northern Ireland would be significantly changed as a result of success in achieving the reforms being demanded by the civil rights movement . |
| 24 | But it should be noted that this convergence need not be complete . |
| 25 | But it should be noted that a substantial minority ( 45 per cent ) of single adults caring for such parents were male . |
| 26 | Many other systems ( Riseman and Hanson , 1974 ; Ullman , 1977 ; Hull and Srihari , 1982 ) use similar methods with grams , but it should be noted that the majority of these are designed to check the spelling of typed input . |
| 27 | There is little systematic evidence of how people in other cultures get on with one another , but it should be noted that within a tribal community there may be such strong libidinal ties among the members that the interrelations among them appear peaceful , and may be so for quite long periods of time . |
| 28 | This is not the place to enter into a detailed discussion of different electoral systems and their advantages and disadvantages ; but it should be noted that those who oppose the general principle of proportional representation do not usually do so in terms of arguments about democracy and representation , but more often stress the need for strong and stable government . |
| 29 | It would superficially seem reasonable to accept 7.45 , but it should be noted that more of the highest third of pupils placed " pm " after the clock time than did pupils in other bands . |
| 30 | These are homologues of the stipital muscles of the maxilla but it should be noted that the glossae possess no muscles corresponding to the cranial flexors of the laciniae . |