Example sentences of "but it [vb mod] be [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The golfer 's name may not easily be discovered , but it may be easy to determine the landowner 's identity . |
| 2 | Such a task is clearly beyond the scope of this report , but it may be instructive to describe two schools in some depth . |
| 3 | Hardware can usually be replaced , but it may be impossible to reproduce the information stored on it . |
| 4 | This paper should have suggested many lines of worthwhile investigation , and observations of real populations on the shore will undoubtedly throw up others , but it may be helpful to list some topics here . |
| 5 | It is perhaps audacious , given the undeniable uncertainty in which we find ourselves in thinking of consciousness , but it may be possible to regard this mutual dependency as a matter of nomic correlation of one of the kinds specified earlier ( 1.5 ) , although nomic connection of a uniquely primitive character . |
| 6 | But it may be well to keep it in existence . ’ |
| 7 | These two areas are not entirely distinct , but it may be useful to examine them separately . |
| 8 | But it may be useful to give a preliminary , summary answer . |
| 9 | It is not possible here to attempt to unravel the many strands of thought and practice that have historically influenced the contemporary curriculum in this way , but it may be useful to refer briefly to some of them before going on to consider the current pattern . |
| 10 | Several rents are due but it may be necessary to withdraw money from the National Savings Account to pay for the booklet , ‘ A Guide to Services , Facilities and Interest Groups in Juniper Green and Baberton Mains ’ and a new supply of posters . |
| 11 | Health visitors and school nurses may advise on strategies for discipline or behavioural problems , but it may be necessary to refer some families to family guidance or the PAC which provides family therapy . |
| 12 | The creation of a ‘ front ’ without sharing power may suffice to secure an agency 's legitimacy and respectability , but it may be necessary to share power and so succumb to external pressures . |
| 13 | But it may be reasonable to put on the Purchaser the onus of investigating the contracts — thereby reducing the need for Warranty 6.3 . |
| 14 | But it may be difficult to stop a determined sniffer |
| 15 | But it may be likely to provoke the victim into the use of violence , in which case it would be caught by the section . |
| 16 | Reading a chapter in a book wo n't give you either of these , but it may be able to offer you some explanations , understanding and suggestions for further development . |
| 17 | What can be found will inevitably vary according to the area under study and the survival of evidence , but it may be wise to capitalise on whatever special feature the particular settlement has to offer , perhaps an old building , church or archaeological site . |
| 18 | But it may be wise to follow the Which ? team 's advice before making your choice — otherwise the recipient of your gift could be limping into the New Year . |
| 19 | But it may be unfair to look for remedies at classroom level from such global data . |
| 20 | It would be wrong to treat this case as a decision on the application of section 6. which was clearly not in the court 's contemplation , but it may be permissible to comment that if an offence of this kind is to be held to be sufficiently serious to justify a substantial community service order , the scheme of the Act , with its albeit clumsy attempt to raise the public perception of the severity of community sentences , seems destined to failure . |
| 21 | Putting it in an academic essay would certainly be unexpected , but it might be possible to claim that it is a regional/class standard written form . |
| 22 | These alternatives will not always be available at short notice but it might be possible to plan for them . |
| 23 | Likewise , Charlie 's old school is not an entity that has the property of old-school-ness ; this is not a property of which English speakers would make frequent use , but it might be possible employ it in cases where something had the characteristic of " being a school in an old way " — perhaps with extensive use of wax tablet and stylus , and possibly a slave or two for the menial work . |
| 24 | The footway along Captains Road is relatively narrow , but it might be possible to provide a cantilever shelter with a solid , glazed face backing on to your fence , which should reduce further damage to the fence and hedge , and also provide some noise shielding . |
| 25 | It would be impertinent to say that to N C V er , to I B M , but it might be appropriate to say it to some of the less enlightened firms , or , should John be taking a similar line , in other words , how interventionist would you like either government or N C V O speaking on behalf of the vol voluntary sector to be , in pressing the business sector to have an overall and agreed strategy rather than the individual and enlightened strategy you put forward . |
| 26 | If we 're looking at the question of services coming together to deal with the emergency erm obviously I suppose the army and that will come in on a voluntary basis which but it might be necessary to see where someone could be authority to coordinate the services and bring it whatever is required . |
| 27 | Sometimes we can get a good impression of the player but it might be necessary to take some more shots later in the studio . |
| 28 | Try again before making any changes , the kite will have stalled in most cases ; but it might be necessary to adjust the bridle by moving the ring up the continuous line . |
| 29 | He was — interesting , and looked as though he knew his way around the world both backwards and forwards , including the inside of a lady 's bedroom — not that she was intending to let him inside her bedroom , but it might be fun to indulge in a little flirtation , might n't it ? |
| 30 | She refused to look upon herself as an invalid , but it might be sensible to take a tonic , say , during the coming winter months , and to catch up with the loss of sleep she had so cheerfully endured . |