Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Where I 'll be is right here in Liskeard , for the most part seated at this very desk . ’ |
| 2 | What the reader comes across are events , flashes , brief encounters , steps on a journey , though what the shape and direction of the journey itself might be is hard to say . |
| 3 | A good example of how nasty one can be is to be had from the chimpanzee language experiments . |
| 4 | He acknowledges that precisely what rules of property there should be is undetermined by this ‘ general requirement of justice ’ and he also concedes that the choice of rules will be to some extent arbitrary . |
| 5 | What the outcome of seeing him might be is beside the point ; I have become incapable of calculation . |
| 6 | But what they will be is discreet about it all . |
| 7 | And that 's how it should be is it ? |
| 8 | It should be is what we 've agreed in one of our suggestions , that unless you 're talking about something different . |
| 9 | I tell you what it could be is that cos you got ta know that C D's use laser to read it |
| 10 | ‘ If and when I make love to you , the last thing it will be is ‘ casual sex ’ . ’ |
| 11 | That the aggregate wealth of society is as high as it can be is of no moral value in itself ; what counts is the effect of increases in total wealth on the welfare of the individuals who make up society . |
| 12 | There 's nobody else it can be is there ? |