Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [adv] [be] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a country whose violence is matched by nothing except its litigation , Mr O'Gara 's only real worry must surely be America 's product-liability laws . |
| 2 | Shamir and company persist , mulishly , in their contention that Arafat will always be Arafat ; thus , according to the Deputy Foreign Minister , Benyamin Netanyahu , ‘ the PLO says … flat out ’ that it seeks ‘ Israel 's annihilation . |
| 3 | Porcelain can also be TL tested , but it is such a hard ceramic that a drill can not be used to take the sample because of the heat generated and the spurious luminescence signals produced . |
| 4 | The one abiding image of this campaign will surely be Neil Kinnock on the pop concert stage at Sheffield , when he clutched the sides of the lectern with both hands . |
| 5 | To push him towards a record , Scott will be challenged by Mark Allen , six-times winner of the Nice Triathlon , plus Mike Pigg , Ken Glah and Scott Tinley , while the top European will probably be Rob Barel , from The Netherlands . |
| 6 | Peace should be ours too , within the church family , and the origin can only be God . |
| 7 | No complete certainty is ever possible in the matter of ‘ u ’ , ‘ n ’ , ‘ v ’ , ‘ i ’ and so on , particularly where names are concerned — Julian o could easily be Julian a , Pothe could be Poche , Tonn might be Toun . |
| 8 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 9 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 10 | The women 's editor of the Tollemarche Advent , having found nothing about Ben MacLean in the office files , decided that the quickest source of information regarding Tollemarche 's first author would probably be Mr Pascall , the bookseller . |
| 11 | It is a romantic vision : Milan can never be Venice , but at such times it can also never be anything but Italian . |
| 12 | Famed for its set-piece shower stabbing ( in which neither Janet Leigh nor Tony Perkins were involved , and the blood substitute is actually chocolate sauce ) and sudden , violent murders , Psycho may also be Hitchcock 's saddest film . |
| 13 | Rizzo suggests that Parthenissa might also be Elizabeth Lisle Bowles , wife of the Brackley vicar [ Rizzo ] . |
| 14 | They are now joint second with Torbrex , but the dark horses in the title race could yet be Edinburgh Civil Service who easily beat Touche Ross 4-1 with comparative ease but while Grange overcame bottom side Stepps 4-2 this was possibly their worst performance of the season . |
| 15 | The most delightful volume must surely be Sir James M Barrie 's original autograph manuscript of Peter Pan . |
| 16 | Her first impression of the man she knew with a sinking feeling could only be Niall Grant was of strong , sun-tanned features which held her gaze as the blue eyes looked coolly into hers , and for the first time in her life her height , which at five feet eight inches had given her an advantage over a lot of men , suddenly seemed diminished . |
| 17 | Another example could well be Peter Brooke who , though not having quite the same entrepreneurial approach , certainly had the business instincts and connections to build a significant position for Spencer Stuart in the UK , principally among the more traditional British organisations . |
| 18 | And then he limps out of the door , because Dudley Moore will always be Dudley Moore . |
| 19 | In evaluating its credentials our prime example will again be Rawls ' theory . |
| 20 | Archie would probably be Wilko 's first choice given his preference for older players , but may settle on the younger version . |
| 21 | The latest date possible for the upper house election would then be August 13th . |
| 22 | News that the band have shifted the Seattle date until after their Reading Festival appearance , lends credence to rumours suggesting that the home town show may well be Nirvana 's last . |
| 23 | Another aspect may well be Lorca 's rejection of industrialisation — a Romantic hangover , no doubt ! — which appears in Leonard 's oscillation in his late teens between commerce and art . |
| 24 | The highlight of Sotheby 's 19th-century painting sale will undoubtedly be Millet 's ‘ Woman churning ’ , executed for the last Paris Salon in 1870 . |
| 25 | He should avoid sins for which a change of fortune may well be God 's punishment . |
| 26 | It had simply never occurred to her that the young woman in a ski jacket with faded jeans tucked into her boots might actually be Hugo Varna 's daughter ! |
| 27 | His main threat could well be America 's present No 1 , Fred Couples . |
| 28 | Point of call on the way will probably be Leicester Forest East 3.30–4pm where we could meet up with anyone from South-East area . |
| 29 | But the greatest and most original clergy wit of all time must surely be Revd Sydney Smith ( 1771–1845 ) . |
| 30 | Their number did not include Derek Turnbull for all that — outside of Hawick — his spiritual home as a rugby player would surely be New Zealand . |