Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [adv] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that 's what all training should be really is n't it . |
| 2 | Why this should be so is not clear . |
| 3 | There have also been suggestions that local heroin ‘ epidemics ’ recur at intervals of 15–20 years , though why this should be so is not clear . |
| 4 | Why this should be so is worth pondering . |
| 5 | The implicit assumption as to why this should be so is that questions of law are for the ordinary courts . |
| 6 | In general , areas of tabular relief seem best suited to the preservation , if not to the formation , of incised meanders , e.g. the Mesozoic areas of the Paris Basin and the lower Wye gorge , although why this should be so is not certain . |
| 7 | That this should be so is not simply a matter of cognitive theory choice , but also a matter of the economic , political and culturalideological interests of theoreticians and practical actors in rich and poor countries . |
| 8 | That this should be so is not surprising . |
| 9 | That this should be so is not surprising . |
| 10 | That this should be so is not surprising , given changes in employment and demographic patterns . |
| 11 | So the , the earliest you 'll be home is tomorrow afternoon is n't it ? |
| 12 | However well charted the world may be there is still adventure , danger and hardship for some travellers to endure : Christina Dodwell experienced ‘ cold terror ’ while crossing the rapids of the Laigap River in Papua New Guinea ; Dervla Murphy survived an attack by wolves and several rape attempts ; Rosie Atkins , travelling round the world with her husband and two children , was trapped overnight in a battered old coach by a landslide in Ladakh . |
| 13 | We all have our own personal philosophy as to the rights of animals , but whatever that may be there is now sufficient scientific evidence to demonstrate that all the major farm species have sufficient cognitive powers to recognise quality in life . |
| 14 | People realized that however sophisticated and advanced a technology may be there is no fool-proof technology and no safeguard against human error — and nor , it should be added , against terrorist or military intervention . |
| 15 | When the Last Trump sounds , the first thing he 'll say when he pops his head out of his grave will be where 's my breakfast ? ’ |
| 16 | You know could be I 'll I 'll a large part of it may I do n't know whether all of it but a large part of it will be here 's the English for you know that sort of thing . |
| 17 | At a press conference , also yesterday , given by leaders of a loose coalition of anti-apartheid organisations known as the Mass Democratic Movement ( MDM ) , the point was restated that the political prisoners whose unconditional release Mr de Klerk announced on Tuesday — the exact day they will be out is not known yet — would take up their political activities under the banner of the ANC . |
| 18 | When this will be so is unclear . |
| 19 | One reason why that will be so is that we have a coherent approach to Europe , not one that changes every weekend . |