Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Many acts of trespass , breaches of contract , violations of copyright , and so on , regrettable as some of them may be on other grounds , have no implications one way or another for the stability of the government and the law . |
2 | And I must be on top to let him take the full force of the impact . |
3 | I 'll be like bloody Cinderella . ’ |
4 | ‘ I 'll be in terrible trouble ! ’ |
5 | However , as Alec explained to me in detail the procedures involved I began to realise that I could be in trouble , that I could be in serious trouble . |
6 | I mean you can get units sort of er I 'd be in inner London for that price . |
7 | I thought of how I 'd be in full control if I was alone . |
8 | I 'd be in quick Oh |
9 | I shall be in hot water with some gay acquaintances for even listing homosexuality among deviations . |
10 | And I shall be in big trouble if I return alone . |
11 | All I have to do is to get through the skin of stones and then I shall be in soft earth ( I imagine ) . |
12 | If you tell the police , my wife and I will be in serious trouble . ’ |
13 | Common male fetish objects , which may be of minor significance to the individual concerned , are breasts , legs , hair , shoes and underwear . |
14 | David Wray ( 1983 ) describes another program type which should be of great interest to the reading teacher . |
15 | Instead of nutrient content per 100 g , the authorities have related their figures to average portion sizes , which should be of practical value to dietitians , health care workers and the food industry . |
16 | It is corporate failures and the auditor 's role in them which should be of fundamental concern to professionals charged with protecting the public interest — not with their economic self-interest , which is a secondary issue in professionalised activity . |
17 | But Tolkien would no doubt instantly have felt that Shakespeare had no copyright on the phrase , which must be of immemorial antiquity in English , ‘ as old as the hills ’ . |
18 | As the communal conscience is examined , in an avalanche of detail , after the death of little James Bulger , there are certain aspects of contributory neglect which must be of great concern to everyone . |
19 | All manholes must have covers which give access for clearing blockages , and which must be of adequate strength to take pedestrian traffic or , in the case of driveways , vehicles . |
20 | Benjamin Franklin , the official US representative in France , talented inventor as well as an effective diplomatist , considered that Lafayette himself should be in nominal command , with John Paul Jones leading the actual assault . |
21 | If you have any information which might be of special interest to our readers please send it to the Presbytery . |
22 | An excellent comparison of Athenian and Spartan habits and philosophy is given by Thucydides , in the mouth of Pericles ( ii.39 ) : ‘ our city is open to the world , and we have no periodical deportations in order to Trevent people observing or finding out secrets which might be of military advantage to the enemy . ’ |
23 | Similarly a chorus of cavaliers , referring to ‘ corni e tamburi , e trombe ’ , has instrumental parts which could be for actual trumpets and drums but are more probably for strings imitating them , since in Act II when Chiron is supposed to play his lyre the music consists of a sinfonia di viole , and the passata dell'armata which ends the First Act of Didone ( 1641 ) and another chiamata alla caccia in the Third are equally ambiguous . |
24 | This does seem a reasonable argument , and I certainly would not want to lose a therapy which could be of real value to people . |
25 | For families in less straitened circumstances , one gift in kind which could be of increasing importance is the payment of school fees . |
26 | If the Government can seriously contemplate investing £3,000 million in a company employing 100,000 people , they should also be prepared to start the discussion by studying the proposition with a view to supporting a project which could be of tremendous advantage to the nation as a whole . |
27 | ‘ There are plenty of opportunities for a greater exchange of expertise which could be of tremendous benefit to both sides . |
28 | The aim of the project is to try to discover the processes by which this efficiency is attained , which could be of great value in the design of automatic systems of face recognition . |
29 | We have known for years that there are many wrecks which could be of historical value , telling us about the way in which vessels were constructed and , from their contents , about how ordinary people lived in times past . |
30 | READERS who care for a dementia sufferer may like to know that Counsel & Care has just published a fact sheet which could be of considerable help to them . |