Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her day will probably be crammed with essential tasks ; an older child may well be feeling jealous and therefore be in need of more attention than usual ; money may be in short supply — and time certainly will be . |
| 2 | The maps may be of surrounding areas and zoomed right up to detailed floor-plan scale . |
| 3 | These results are the first controlled data to syggest that cyclosporin may be of clinical benefit in patients with ulcerative colitis . |
| 4 | Soil mark sites are visible because of different coloured marks in the soil , usually just after ploughing For example , if a burial mound with a ditch around it has been flattened by ploughing , the material from which the mound was constructed , the soil filling the ditch , and the soil in the rest of the ploughed field may be of different colours . |
| 5 | That 's tru that 's the only part may be of traditional sales that you |
| 6 | The endoscopic Doppler ultrasound may be of diagnostic value in the evaluation of Dieulafoy 's disease when bleeding has stopped spontaneously . |
| 7 | If , for example , a provision may be of doubtful import , such resort would be perfectly legitimate … ( p145 ) Because Chalmers saw codification as an improvement in the form of the law , resurrection of old authorities is easy . |
| 8 | This finding may be of clinical importance in the few patients who have severe hypergastrinaemia as a result of long acting profound acid inhibition . |
| 9 | And her advise to others like her is to seek help , rather than become victims of law which in this case may be over protective . |
| 10 | The constant updating of all media contacts should be of top priority and should not be put off and off until a spare moment arrives . |
| 11 | It was natural that their products should be in great demand . |
| 12 | The computer must be of merchantable quality . |
| 13 | If the rope breaks , the take off field should be within easy reach for a downwind landing , whereas a problem with the towplane 's engine usually means a field landing is almost inevitable . |
| 14 | Nitrates should be in single figures and water changes should be carried out at the rate of 20% each week for the time being . |
| 15 | The bulb must be in good working order and the wiring must be good , i.e. free from any short circuits or bad earths which could adversely affect the lamp , |
| 16 | Since the keywords must be in upper case , you may wish to use the |
| 17 | The water level should be between half-way and two-thirds of the way up the aquarium . |
| 18 | At the end of key stage 4 the response should be in written form only . |
| 19 | Then on the fourth month the birds should be in full production of fours , threes and maybe a few twos . |
| 20 | The sack should be in certain Karrimor agents ' shops by now , priced £350 , but at present it will only fit people of average size or bigger — those who take , say , size 42–47 boots . |
| 21 | All other systems of social support should be for voluntary organizations of citizens to devise and subscribe to . |
| 22 | Since his surplus stock may be in keen demand he may not be able to supply you — but he can at least point you in the right direction by suggesting alternative sources , ones that have proved themselves so far as he is concerned . |
| 23 | As in the latter case , the horse may be in eager anticipation of what is to come ! |
| 24 | These results suggest that the children of fathers who had been monitored for exposure to external penetrating ionising radiation in the nuclear industry may be at increased risk of developing leukaemia before their fifth birthday . |
| 25 | Similar relationships may be of equal importance in the diabetic subject . |
| 26 | Secondly , in family abuse , the history of the relationships may be of great significance in current abuse . |
| 27 | Sometimes these disputes may be between large private organizations when companies argue about the terms of a commercial contract . |
| 28 | To the environmentally concerned , however , the origin and extraction method for capturing an essence may be of vital importance . |
| 29 | It now seems that the time of injection may be of crucial importance in determining the effects of melatonin . |
| 30 | These attributes would be expected to lead to new and better solutions to problems in the UK and it seems that the apparent anomaly may be of cultural origin . |