Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such problems of internal management as may arise are likely to come from unfamiliarity on the part of individual teachers with the changing requirements of examinations and assessment . |
| 2 | It was this room may think is sparse but is almost over furnished by medieval standards . |
| 3 | This last objection can be put in a form applicable to many of the theories discussed in this book : that it may be a mistake to try to define the essential features of literature in absolute and objective terms ; that such definitions as one may devise are likely to be relevant only to certain kinds or certain features of literature , or merely constitute one among a number of possible ways of approaching the subject . |
| 4 | The regulations which a licensing board may make are concerned with procedure only . |
| 5 | As a matter of common law , if the purchaser receives information relating to the vendor 's business which he knows or ought to know is confidential , the purchaser is under a duty to maintain the confidence and not to use the information . |
| 6 | Another measure which the Tories may consider is increased influence over their own affairs for Scottish MPs through the committee structure at Westminster . |
| 7 | Tommy , that again should 've been blue . |
| 8 | That should 've been automatic , ni November ninety three . |
| 9 | Where he found the energy — Anyway , this poor child , only nineteen she was ( he should 've been ashamed of himself and him a man of forty ) — if she 'd only come to me at the start ! |
| 10 | It 's my fault really , cos the window should 've been open . |
| 11 | Christ , he must 've been good . ’ |
| 12 | must 've been frightened , cos he 's never had |
| 13 | ‘ You must 've been surprised when I answered the door . ’ |
| 14 | morning , but it must 've been alright because er he was going off with David , I said you got tablets for him and she said yeah plenty of stuff for him , anyway , he seemed , he looked alright anyhow |
| 15 | ‘ You must 've been crazy ! ’ she told herself . |
| 16 | in Brazil the archbishop now in his late eighties I should think was renowned everywhere said that there 's a quote here from him on the Traidcraft leaflet . |
| 17 | The government did not have to concern itself with the balance of payments ( which was always expected to be favourable or self-adjusting ) , free trade meant that there was no need for elaborate connections with industry , the level of employment had to be left to the supply and demand for labour , and all that the government should do was elementary regulation in the interests of those sections of the community unable to defend themselves . |
| 18 | To be for animal welfare , as distinct from merely being against animal cruelty , is to believe that we have a duty to improve the quality of animal life , by ensuring — so far as this is possible — that other animals are the beneficiaries of what is good for them , not merely that we should avoid being cruel to them . |
| 19 | Nicholas Monu 's Poseidon seizes the attention at the beginning , but the scale of the speeches one actor after another must face is daunting . |
| 20 | We should stop being defensive . |
| 21 | ‘ You must stop being stupid . |
| 22 | erm the other view , of course , is that medicine should have become much more scientific and that these almost old wives remedies should have been disgraced and discontinued . |
| 23 | She made it sound as if the two things should have been similar . |
| 24 | It should have been anthemic instead of light and poppy . |
| 25 | But either way we should have been consistent and we apologise for confusing at least one of you . |
| 26 | " I should have been honest with that child this morning . " |
| 27 | The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that . |
| 28 | The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that . |
| 29 | At that range it was impossible to distinguish details — but the royal standard should have been visible and was not . |
| 30 | However , Moeri says that , with his system , the explosion should have been impossible . |