Example sentences of "[subord] [vb mod] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except may be in the pitch . |
| 2 | Although the inclination angle can not be determined , the a priori probability that it is less than must be at least and has 95% probability of being less than . |
| 3 | In any large firm the managers have considerable scope for indulging in actions which may not be in the best interests of the owners , or for allowing their subordinates a freer rein than might be in the owners ' interests . |
| 4 | You could still transfer stitches by hand tooling but , except when working small motifs , this would take more time than would be worth the effort . |
| 5 | But somewhere it says about the amount it cost , but I mean if must be like that . |
| 6 | I shall remind her , if need be on my knees , |
| 7 | Alternatively , if there are differences between Ministers , these can often be resolved by a meeting of two or three Ministers , if need be under the chairmanship of a Minister-without-Portfolio . |
| 8 | Would be regarded as unreasonable , there 'll be no question of that being enforced , but er , clearly where the thing 's left open there , there 's some room for manoeuvre in negotiation eventually and settlement if need be before the courts . |
| 9 | When Mrs Thatcher decided to break the miners ' strike , if need be by force , there was no doubt where I stood ; or at the time of the Falklands , or the Suez operation against the Egyptian dictator , Colonel Nasser : foursquare behind the Tories . |
| 10 | In this way the officer accepting the production can also prove the date of first registration if need be by personal appearance . |
| 11 | Ill-educated , with a mixture of lawyer and peasant cunning , they were violent in the defence of their position , if need be in alliance with brigands and town gangs . |
| 12 | As Hilton puts it we are born into this image of sin which " if wilt be like to Crist " must be crucified ( 86.356b. – 156 ) . |
| 13 | Ledbetter , who was attracted to the subsidiary out of patriotic , America-first aspirations , believes the until will be worth $100m in two years . |
| 14 | Erm , under the banding system Mr Chairman , and as I say , it 's purely er to clear it in my mind we 've got residential points A and B and we have a manual system for nursing homes but the C one I 'm not sure whether should be in nursing homes or residential homes . |
| 15 | By the Land Registration Act 1925 ( s70(1) ) : All registered land shall … be deemed to be subject to such of the following overriding interests as may be for the time being subsisting in reference thereto . |
| 16 | In 1771 , Miller 's successor , William Forsyth , reported to the Garden Committee that Mr Miller , an engraver , desired to view and take plants ‘ as may be of use in the work he is now engaged on ’ . |
| 17 | 2.3 If the Landlord is unable to obtain at a reasonable cost any of the materials referred to in the Building Documents the Landlord may [ ( subject to notifying promptly the Surveyors of its intention to do so ) ] in carrying out the Works substitute for them alternative materials as nearly as may be of the same quality |
| 18 | otherwise than with the left or nearside of the vehicle as close as may be to the edge of the carriageway . |
| 19 | ‘ otherwise than with the left or nearside of the vehicle as close as may be to the edge of the carriageway ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ otherwise than with the left or nearside of the vehicle as close as may be to the edge of the carriageway ’ . |
| 21 | This point was proved by showing in evidence that the vehicle was the wrong way round , i.e. the offside or right of the vehicle was next to the kerb or that the nearside was not as close as may be to the kerb . |
| 22 | 9. ( 1 ) After the initial allotment any shares proposed to be issued shall first be offered to the members in proportion as nearly as may be to the number of the existing shares held by them respectively . |
| 23 | 9. ( 1 ) After the initial allotment any shares proposed to be issued shall first be offered to the members in proportion as nearly as may be to the number of the existing shares held by them respectively . |
| 24 | First on the list of their declared objectives was ‘ The establishment of a store for the sale of provisions , clothing etc. ’ ; and third ‘ To commence the manufacture of such articles as the Society may determine upon , for the employment of such members as may be without employment , or who may be suffering in consequence of repeated reductions in their wages . ’ |
| 25 | For the good student , therefore , there is nothing more important in examination technique than dividing up his time as equally as may be between all the questions . |
| 26 | If he ended up with a taste for feudalism and aristocracy it was because he believed that the old paternalism was better than the inhuman gulf between ‘ classes ’ — ‘ One would wish to see the rich mingle with the poor as much as may be upon a footing of fraternal equality . ’ |
| 27 | Both of them are ‘ such knowledge of effects or appearances , as we acquire by true ratiocination from the knowledge we have first of their causes or generations : And again , of such causes or generations as may be from knowing first their effects . ’ |
| 28 | Mary paused , some distance from the little settlement of Buttermere , and steadied herself inside this deeply protected , world 's end valley , the home as might be of the hidden enchantments of fairy tales as Mr Fenton had said . |
| 29 | Hum. , 1908–13 ) for the purpose of giving graduates of the College opportunity to travel at such time in their careers as might be of most value to them either by enabling them to broaden their experience of other countries and their peoples or to carry out research . |
| 30 | The roofs were most often not their own : long since , the community had drawn in from its perimeter , sharing its water , its food and its warmth , and distancing itself so far as might be from the walls and the thud of the cannon . |