Example sentences of "[modal v] to be part " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deal was won by TVMM against strong competition from Scottish Televison , which used to be part of the same organisation as Grampian . |
| 2 | The military regime in Iraq laid claim to Kuwait on the grounds that it used to be part of the Ottoman province of Basra . |
| 3 | Sweden used to be part of the ‘ snake ’ ( predecessor of the European exchange-rate mechanism ) , but quit in 1977 , so that it could keep control of its own economic policy . |
| 4 | Back in the good old days Turkey used to be part of what was know as ‘ Asia Minor ’ , or the ‘ Near East ’ , to distinguish its differences from Europe . |
| 5 | Mr Morraine told us it used to be part of the mainland . ’ |
| 6 | They used to be part and parcel of the water authorities and looked after the rivers when we were one big body , as a water authority . |
| 7 | Meco , which used to be part of the Dowty Group , makes mining equipment including pit props . |
| 8 | It will not be something that ought to be part of our very definition . |
| 9 | And such a sentence need n't be confined to the characters of the Bible ; words like those ought to be part of the way that you and I speak about our lives . |