Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The language presented to them may be a genuine record of native speaker behaviour , genuine , that is to say , as textual data , but to the extent that it does not engage native speaker response it can not be realized as authentic discourse . |
| 2 | Plato makes Protagoras a proponent of democracy , and Socrates is his antagonist : Now when we meet in the Assembly , then if the State is faced with some building project , I observe that the architects are sent for and consulted about the proposed structures , and when it is a matter of shipbuilding , the naval designers , and so on with everything which the Assembly regards as a subject for learning and teaching But when it is something to do with the government of the country that is to be debated , the man who gets up to advise them may be a builder or equally well a blacksmith or a shoemaker , merchant or ship-owner , rich or poor , of good family or none . |
| 3 | The objectives of the Network do not include distribution of a large volume of third party sell situations , although some involvement in them may be a necessary feature of certain domestic M&A marketplaces . |
| 4 | Mind you , in a small place like this , everyone must be a friend of the family . |
| 5 | Presumably , if the rules for learning are to have any universality in natural conditions , the experience which affects them must be a common feature of all the animals having the rules — in other words , the variance due to the environment is normally small in the environment to which the animal is adapted . |
| 6 | Teams of between three and five people , one of whom must be a competent helm , will race vintage 1938 ‘ Redwing ’ sailing boats in a day-long regatta . |
| 7 | Euthanasia , although technically illegal was practised in Holland , but under what were regarded as safeguards , including the explicit and continued request of the patient , the agreement of relatives and of two doctors one of whom must be a consultant . |
| 8 | a ) The affairs of the Society shall be managed by an Executive Committee of the Officers , together with not less than two and not more than twelve other members of the Society , at least one of whom must be a holder of the Medau Society 's Leadership Award . |
| 9 | The affairs of the Society shall be managed by an Executive Committee of the Officers , together with not less than two and not more than twelve other members of the Society , at least one of whom must be a holder of the Medau Society 's Leadership Award . |
| 10 | Therefore , there is no conflict between commercial viability or motivation and safety , but we believe that the security of the installations and of those who work in them should be a legitimate purpose of the Bill and the provisions in clause 5 . |
| 11 | if you 're going to join a K you , you , you should , I mean joined writing to me should be a soften version |
| 12 | a ) The affairs of the Society shall be managed by an Executive Committee of the Officers and the chairmen of the standing sub-committees , together with not less than two and not more than twelve other members representing all aspects of Medau activity , one of whom should be a representative of the Medau teachers elected from among their own number . |
| 13 | I may be a little late so do n't wait supper for me . |
| 14 | Start dinner without me — I may be a while . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I may be a bastard , Zack , but I 'm the only bastard in this whole damn mess you can trust and you 're going to have to trust me . |
| 16 | I may be a layman in terms of aero-space , but I know my own country and I know military thinking . |
| 17 | ‘ I may be a bit rusty , ’ he said , and they both laughed . |
| 18 | ‘ That may be pure coincidence , of course , and I may be a sceptic . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I may be a villain , but I am not going to sit by and let an innocent man do a ten-year stretch for something I 've done . ’ |
| 20 | I may be a little biased about this one , but I now consider it to be of a very high standard . |
| 21 | I may be a dish , but I am also a don , and not prone to see emergencies where none exist . |
| 22 | Although I may be a bad man , I 'd never bribe anyone to marry , as you 've tried to . |
| 23 | It 's intended to suggest that I may be a more complex character than they assume . |
| 24 | " I may be a little late , " she said , " next week , after the violin class . |
| 25 | Dear Horace , I think I may be a bit late with this as here in the antipodes , and especially being some way down a circulation list , your column takes some weeks to reach me . |
| 26 | But Pete , I may be a bit of a shit mysel' and not exactly a paragon of virtues , and mebbee I 'm not what I made people think I was , but that does n't mean that it is n't true — ; the greed of the bourgeoisie , the oppression , the need to show it up for what it is . |
| 27 | I may be a Catholic . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll just send you a little champagne to prove that though I may be a prude I 'm not a puritan . |
| 29 | ‘ I think I may be a secret Moslem , ’ Georgiades said to Owen . |
| 30 | And that 's why this is very interesting for you because you now know what your preference is and what you need to think about is that I may be a very high reflector , but I can see there 's , there 's Lou in particular was a very strong activist and when I put them together training , I need to ensure that it 's not the way I like to learn , it is a balanced approach others can also gain , I need to ensure that others gain from this . |