Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] be different " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must realise that other children 's values may be different , and that our children are affected by the pressure of their peers and others with whom they come in contact . |
| 2 | It may seem self-evident that submarine lava flows should be different from those formed on land , and that their formation should be accompanied by violent interaction between sea water and hot lava . |
| 3 | I had always believed that housewives must be different from you and me . |
| 4 | To understand this point you should imagine ( or even actually perform ) your pronunciation of a sentence in a number of different ways : for example , if the sentence was ‘ I want to buy a new car ’ and you were to say it in the following ways : ‘ pleading ’ , ‘ angry ’ , ‘ sad ’ , ‘ happy ’ , ‘ proud ’ , it is certain that at least some of your performances will be different from some others , but it is also certain that the technique for analysing and transcribing intonation introduced earlier in the course will be found inadequate to represent the different things you do . |
| 5 | Sleep patterns might be different , effecting subtle modulations to physiological responses concerned with ventilatory control . |
| 6 | The circumstances may be different : maybe it was n't a husband who died , but a parent , a child , or a close friend . |
| 7 | This question is needed because even if signs were the same around the world , the grammar of sign languages in different countries might be different . |
| 8 | Dr. Kirkcaldy and Professor Cooper both hope to pursue the studies further with personnel from the private and public sector , which may provide interesting insights into why the economic development of both countries might be different . |
| 9 | Its functions would be different its nee therefore the need for it would be different . |
| 10 | ‘ We have two sons and we 've got a future but our lives will be different because we were five . |
| 11 | As before , this may be developed in either of two ways , provided unc as r increases : x = q + Fx , suggesting the regression formula unc or unc Though the computations may be different , these two formulae are equivalent ; for if xo = 0 the regression formula gives unc and so on . |
| 12 | Seeds or border plants like lupins and Chinese lanterns , and many alpine plants , are usually worth saving , though the seedlings may be different colours . |
| 13 | The employer 's expectations and my expectations will be different , and inevitably compromise will characterize our relationship from the day I join until the day I depart . |
| 14 | Their side-effects can be different from those of alcohol , and are considered in more detail in Chapter 15 , but similarly they can be mistakenly classified and thereafter dismissed as part of the normal process of growing old . |
| 15 | Things may be different , however , if we adopt a more flexible definition of " word-pair " , as is advocated by several recent authors . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) The financial relief accorded to a hirer under a consumer hire agreement following the owner 's recaption of the goods may be different because under s100 of CCA 1974 there are limitations placed on recovery of money following termination in the case of conditional sale and hire purchase . |
| 17 | The secretory response of gastric acid to pure ethanol and alcoholic beverages may be different because the action of the non-ethanolic contents of the beverage may overwhelm that of ethanol . |
| 18 | The effervescent executive is likely to be gone in a few years , many of the employees will be gone , and the owners may be different as well . |
| 19 | There is of course no logical reason why things should be different this time , wrote Harsnet , why this too should not be an illusion , the illusion of imagining that I know not only what step to take first but also what step to take second and even what step to take third . |
| 20 | The excitement of this first fall of rain had filled her with a desire that things should be different , that she should be happy again . |
| 21 | Once you have to make sacrifices in your job and you have responsibilities then things might be different . ’ |
| 22 | In countries of labour shortage , undeveloped social hierarchy and a truculent and democratic working population , things might be different ; but in Britain and Germany , France and the Habsburg Empire , unlike Australia or the United States , the suitable maximum for the labouring class was a sufficiency of good decent food ( preferably with less than a sufficiency of strong drink ) , a modestly crowded dwelling , and clothing adequate to protect morals , health and comfort without risking improper emulation of the costume of their betters . |
| 23 | All things being equal , small animals need less brain than larger ones and large brains might be different from small ones simply by virtue of their size ( Russell 1978 ) . |
| 24 | Despite the fact that ‘ if only ’ implies that things could be different , they do not actually go away when the ideal conditions are achieved , they just surface in a new guise . |
| 25 | We 're supposed to be inspiring people with our vision of how things could be different . |
| 26 | ‘ I think most of us in our first tour had the impression that English conditions would be different from those in New Zealand . |
| 27 | I knew conditions would be different once we crossed the railway and entered Danakil country . |
| 28 | The overall aims of the experience would be specified , including : to give students the opportunity to work in a real production kitchen where the pace , the expectations and the allowed tolerances would be different from a college training kitchen ; to give students the chance to see and use specialist equipment unavailable at college ; to give the students the opportunity to assess their own personal skills , including the ability to cope on their own , away from home . |
| 29 | An artist , an art historian and a tourist may all be looking at the same painting but their perceptions would be different . |
| 30 | If only the British would pull their socks up things would be different . |