Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] be another " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether it should breed is another matter . |
| 2 | There must have been another timeslip . |
| 3 | It must have been another gift . ’ |
| 4 | Well obviously we want the incident to be brought to an end and until it 's brought to and end you always have that fear that there might have been another tragedy . |
| 5 | A funny creation , it 's probably best to read it first before you change your life , as all it may signpost is another batch of second-rate lifestyle articles . |
| 6 | Scots Wha Hae , which some may claim is another emotional dirge , has tremendous credentials ( tune going back to the 14th century and words by our national bard ) . |
| 7 | There could have been another contributory factor having a bearing on the origin of man 's appreciation of beauty . |
| 8 | ‘ I have thought about whether I could have been another of his victims . |
| 9 | There could have been another car/coach/taxi coming the other way ! ’ |
| 10 | I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another . |
| 11 | ‘ If you had n't bumped that sodding Angel there 'd have been another murder this afternoon , ’ said Perdita sulkily . |
| 12 | if we 'd have started de it 'd have been another six months , no disrespect to Adrian but , you know , I , I just know the history of how it would have progressed . |
| 13 | ‘ But whether he 'd come is another matter . ’ |
| 14 | There may have been another factor that induced these creatures to leave the ground . |
| 15 | Then , wryly : ‘ There may have been another reason ; even as a young man I was a staid sort of chap and they were a bit wild at times . |
| 16 | His coinage system seems to have been in good order for most of the reign , although its development and exploitation for the king 's benefit may have been another cause of popular unrest . |
| 17 | There were times when Blackadder allowed himself to see clearly that he would end his working life , that was to say his conscious thinking life , in this task , that all his thoughts would have been another man 's thoughts , all his work another man 's work . |
| 18 | Call Me Old Fashioned , I thought was a good title , and A Licence to Print Money would have been another good title for a bestseller , but it had rather a rapacious sound do n't you think ? |
| 19 | ‘ It would have been another 17 or 18 years before we could have had this vote again and I would have lost my chance . ’ |
| 20 | I suppose the milking machines coming in would have been another |
| 21 | She too had been struck by the similarity between the kitten 's fur and her own hair , and Raphael would have been another subtle reminder for the future of Fen . |
| 22 | Had we relied on public sector finance , it would have been another century before we had such an opportunity for British industry , with all the infrastructure back-up that will flow from it . |
| 23 | So necessity it would seem was another reason why she tended to use just the one camera . |
| 24 | So necessity it would seem was another reason why she tended to use just the one camera . |
| 25 | Whether this will persist is another matter . |
| 26 | Whether anyone will buy is another matter . |