Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Korn may be seen as in considerable contrast to Reynolds ; he was no Ivy Leaguer , and learnt the principles of economics and entrepreneurship in his parent 's grocery store . |
| 2 | In less polite ways , Panama may be pushing its luck . |
| 3 | Prime Minister David Lange may be know internationally as the David who slew the nuclear giant , but locally he 's better known as the man whose monetarist Minister of Finance , Roger Douglas , has led a successful crusade to corporatise government and unshackle the economuy . |
| 4 | It is also worth noting that Lawton claims that the HMIs may be pushing a model of curriculum planning ( based upon statements of aims and objectives ) which is out of date an issue we return to later in the chapter , and in Chapter 8 . |
| 5 | How valuable this Romanian channel of military information was to the Pentagon may be doubted , but it is revealing of the extent of Ceauşescu 's duplicity . |
| 6 | Kevin Horlock may be called in to midfield |
| 7 | Billingham Synthonia , who have won their last seven in a row , have doubts over defenders Sean O'Brien and Tommy Connor for the home game with Northallerton , and with another defender Andy Harbron unavailable , manager Stuart Coleby may be forced to play . |
| 8 | SOCCER star Neil Webb may be struggling to find top form . |
| 9 | Only then will negotiations start on which matches involving Middlesbrough may be televised by BSkyB . |
| 10 | ENVIRONMENT Secretary John Gummer may be called in to save a family of badgers at Berwick . |
| 11 | Private collections also simplify research in some topics ; Moscow may be closed , but there are the Trotsky papers at Harvard . |
| 12 | Advice , information and visits at Winfrith may be obtained via Occupational Safety Group ( extension 2797 ) or Occupational Health ( extn 2162 ) . |
| 13 | The elongated figures of Bartholomeus Spranger are well illustrated in his Resurrection , while the more etherial work of Hans von Aachen may be appreciated in his Annunciation of 1613 . |
| 14 | A stretch of the A173 in Brotton may be closed for weeks following the accident , which saw masonry crash into the road . |
| 15 | Modest , charitable in his judgments , never censorious , Jim may be thought to carry tolerance almost too far ( it is time he was convicted of some venial fault ) . |
| 16 | SIR — It was with considerable alarm that I read ( article , April 6 ) that William Kent furniture at Houghton may be sold at auction because the many items ‘ are additional to those on view ’ and that their loss ‘ would not be evident ’ . |
| 17 | Dealers in Manhattan may be crying poverty , but plans are underway to open three exhibition spaces patterned after the European Kunsthalle model by the spring . |
| 18 | Sunderland may be playing at Wembley next month but they may also be relegated from the Second Division despite having games in hand . |
| 19 | And talking of news , Alice , you might be interested to hear that Madeleine may be getting engaged to an army officer called Lionel Dunbar . |
| 20 | BRITISH BUSINESSMAN John Ward may be reimbursed by the Kenyan Government for the £500,000 he says he has spent investigating the murder of his daughter Julie in the Masai Mara reserve five years ago . |
| 21 | Parsing may be regarded as a search for the syntactic representation of the input . |
| 22 | The establishment of the Cambridge Board 's Rural Areas Committee in 1932 to facilitate its extended role in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire may be interpreted as a natural development of the UEMCC 's 1926 stance and officially endorsed by the 1932 Adult Education Regulations through the provisions for the appointment of Article 11 resident tutors in rural areas . |
| 23 | These observations raised the possibility that additional isoforms of smooth muscle MHC may be expressed in smooth muscle cells . |
| 24 | In a passage which is bound to be seen as highly controversial in the present situation in East Germany , Sir Leon said : ‘ If Germany 's partners give the impression of being opposed to reunification this will only increase what is at present a small risk : that some in Germany may be tempted to seek reunification on the basis of doing a unilateral deal with the Soviet Union , involving the setting up of a new unified German state outside the Community . |
| 25 | My maternal grandmother was living with us at the time , it having been decided that her flat in Highgate should be closed down for the duration of the war , and she circulated between the homes of her son and three daughters so that she could be looked after . |
| 26 | In the county that has produced men of such credit to their country as Bruce and Burns , the name of John Dalrymple should be spoken of with shame . |
| 27 | We hope that this year , whether or not the snow situation improves , the Verbier Ski School will revise their arrangements and meet pupils directly up on the slopes , but if not , then any family going to Verbier should be warned of the timewasting and difficulties which arise if the arrangements are left as they were last year . |
| 28 | Graham Kelly should be putting his own house in order , not making guest appearances in the witness box . |
| 29 | ) . That well known evil genius Professor Grime must be defeated , and you are the one for the job . |
| 30 | Gaps in photographic coverage at Logan and Younger should be identified for future schedules . |