Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [adj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another familiar failing of which you should be aware is the subconscious tendency of some interviewers to always look for someone who is like them and therefore to judge people on how far they match up . |
| 2 | He meant to look forbidding , but found it difficult when eyes that should be glaring were shut . |
| 3 | Various formulations of in exactly what respect the statements should be clear are to be found in the Speech . |
| 4 | Why space-time should be four-dimensional is a question that is normally considered to be outside the realm of physics . |
| 5 | There is an embarrassing paradox in British technology , in that much of the information classified as ‘ secret ’ by HM Government is exceedingly trivial while much that should be secret is not . |
| 6 | Whether the law should be this is a moot point . |
| 7 | Finally , the requirement that a bystander should be terrified was qualified where the offence occurred in public , so that it was not necessary to prove either that a bystander was actually terrified , or even present , or even that a bystander was even likely to be present . |
| 8 | ‘ It must be awful being old and put away in a home because no one will have you at home and look after you . ’ |
| 9 | What must be certain is that their problems will be heard and evaluated . |
| 10 | Ltd. v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha [ 1962 ] , in which it was held that a term implied in a hire contract for a ship that it must be seaworthy was such an innominate term . |
| 11 | The time at which these two factors must be present is when the statement is made . |
| 12 | What must be clear is that no reservation under Article 23 , however worded , can operate to extend the scope of the Convention beyond that established in Article 1 . |
| 13 | What must be true is that no system of predicting good and bad risks — computer credit scoring , personal interview , previous payment history , or any combination of these — can be infallible . |
| 14 | Well Kana 's must be thin in n it ? |
| 15 | Tottenham , it must be said , also had key players absent but what must be disturbing is how they failed to raise their game until a double substitution in the 70th minute . |
| 16 | ‘ I guess it must be tough being Lorna Lewis 's daughter . ’ |
| 17 | His proclamation that the moon might be habitable was bound to attract criticism from Aristotelian diehards such as Alexander Ross . |
| 18 | Um and erm that might be that 's one of th some of the few things that the library 's got but erm er anyway . |
| 19 | You know you you m you might be able be a little bit blameworthy in some instances ? |
| 20 | Nevertheless , the perception that this might be desirable was reborn , whether for good or for ill , among the twelfth-century rulers of France . |
| 21 | Consensus was assumed ; the possibility that ‘ good practice ’ might be problematic was not . |
| 22 | That 'll be that 's all that 's collecting for that er what do they call it ? |
| 23 | A few cards as well , that 'll be that 's worth a couple of dozen eggs I reckon . |
| 24 | I put , well it 's cos you 'll be that 's , that thing it 'll be like prunes . |
| 25 | ‘ From what I hear , it could be dangerous being your age , ’ he said shiftily , avoiding my eye . |
| 26 | What could be worrying is the extremity of some of the observations on rap records , for instance . |
| 27 | I know it could be something to do with regime er banks of course are supervised by the Bank of England at the moment and er the financial services er regime is supervised by the S I B and it could be that is the reason why it is not explicitly stated er that the accountant has to be acting in his capacity as erm as auditor . |
| 28 | He wondered what it could be that was so urgent , and why he had n't mentioned it yesterday over lunch . |
| 29 | Deputy editor Matthew Symonds said the only way the move could be economic was if one of The Times 's rivals was forced out of business . |
| 30 | Stone was quarried there seven days a week , he said , and the only way the tarmacadam plant could be competitive was by having the flexibility to work on Sundays when necessary . |