Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Christie may be new Falkirk chairman |
| 2 | Bactericidal products may be cationic detergents consisting of QAC-bisguanide combinations or liquid soaps compounded with disinfectant . |
| 3 | Specifically , the products may be gross substitutes in demand : increased sales of one will detract from sales of the other . |
| 4 | If there is any suspicion that the building may be inhabited entry must not take place without police assistance . |
| 5 | The opportunity may be some way away , despite yesterday 's rise in sterling . |
| 6 | While the text may be mere words on a page the discourse takes on a deeper and more determinative role . |
| 7 | Such visible inequality may be one reason prejudice against travellers is so virulent . |
| 8 | Scot may be fourth victim of IRA sniper |
| 9 | In some of the applied sciences the number of hours may be considerable while in an Arts course the formal teaching periods may be relatively few . |
| 10 | Although the early attempts may be conceptual failures there is a growing knowledge of the field so that when the right idea is found it can be more easily recognised . |
| 11 | In patients with this problem who are elderly and in poor general health , other methods of stone fragmentation such as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy or biliary stenting without stone removal may be safer alternatives than either surgery or enlargement of a sphincterotomy that is already a reasonable size . |
| 12 | The best kept secret of this election may be that poll tax collectors plan a massive drive to catch those who have failed to register for poll tax , or those who have registered but failed to pay it , when they present themselves at the polling booths tomorrow . |
| 13 | SOCRATES and Plato may be unlikely corner men for an aspiring heavyweight champion , but Lennox Lewis , the man reluctantly carrying the tag of the next Frank Bruno , is a lover of philosophy , and admits to being ‘ one of those deep-thinking kind of guys ’ . |
| 14 | Although adopting an integrated problem based course may be one way of achieving elaboration , Dr Coles believes that such radical approaches are not essential . |
| 15 | Of course , a lot of the information on the course may be old ground to an applicant with experience . |
| 16 | The effect of smoking may be one example . |
| 17 | The insect may be 50 yards away , and so make only a tiny image on my retina . |
| 18 | Groups may be self catering . |
| 19 | Since users ' ability to appropriate most of the benefits of innovations is likely to be particularly evident in industries where spillovers or positive pecuniary externalities inhibit independent R&D by suppliers , it follows that co-operative R&D ventures amongst suppliers and user-led innovation programmes may be alternative methods of reaching the same goal . |
| 20 | Germany may be one country now , but Berlin still bears the scars of its divided past and remains uncertain about its future |
| 21 | It also provides staff with experience in the development of assessment procedures , and this experience should be valuable preparation for the more extensive devolution of responsibility which is envisaged by the Council . |
| 22 | The outcome of such discussions should be popular decisions and popular demands ; and since in a democracy it is the people , and not the government or parliament , which is sovereign , it is then the business of government to accept and to implement the popular will . |
| 23 | If we assume that this ratio is stable and repeat our earlier point that banks will normally be looking to expand their lending as a source of profit , then it follows fairly obviously that a change in the availability of base money to banks must be matched by a change in the size of the total balance sheet and that this latter change must be some multiple of the change in the size of the base . |
| 24 | That both planets should be suffering ice ages simultaneously may , of course , be just a matter of coincidence ; but it seems more likely that there is a common cause . |
| 25 | It seems to have been a fairly general rule in the later enclosure awards that the minimum width for inter-village roads should be forty feet between the ditches , though local roads carrying more than the average traffic for the district were often laid down forty-five or fifty feet wide . |
| 26 | ‘ Mind you , ’ George said abruptly , ‘ that certificate must be sheer balls because he 'd have to use his roadname on it . |
| 27 | You must supply the full textual or numeric UIC , with square brackets , and the total field must be 20 characters or less . |
| 28 | This clearly uses ( 10.25 ) which does not satisfy the boundary conditions ( 7.3 ) which require that f and g must be smooth functions . |
| 29 | Corms should be two inches below ground , indented side upwards . |
| 30 | Parents and coaches should be encouraging children at this age . ’ |