Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb mod] [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would it be too much trouble , ’ she enquired sarcastically , ‘ to tell me exactly where we 'll be this time tomorrow ? ’ |
| 2 | This may be because low staff turnover creates less need for induction and job training and more need for development training or it may be that job training is more likely to be taken for granted . |
| 3 | The variant patterns seen in the developing countries , except Mauritius , may reflect poor data quality , or it may be that , in these countries , apart from births of first and very high order , number of previous births is not a strong determinant of the viability of a fetus of 28 or more weeks . |
| 4 | It may be that even though certain aspects of the superego do not develop , other , different ones might do so instead ; or it might be that , in the absence of a superego which forbids parricide and incest , an individual might develop some other kind of superego with other , perhaps analogous prohibitions . |
| 5 | It might be a scene in the High Street , or it might be some particular local personality who it would entertain the people to see in the evening , erm their faces on the screen . |
| 6 | Help me , or it will be more than I can do . " |
| 7 | The fact that D'Oyly 's aristocratic informant said that the washermen should be paid for their service with money ( ridi ) may simply reflect the greater social distance which separated the aristocrats from the Hena , or it could be that , at that date , the distinction between commercial and non-commercial economic transactions had not yet become so clear-cut as it is today . |
| 8 | It could be accessory after the fact of murder , or it could be some little thing like obstructing justice in the course of a homicide enquiry . |
| 9 | The far world not the The unspiritual world that that we can You see the pride in the eye , that with that that that that can be can be another women or it can it can be cosmetics , it can be a dress to women or it could be another man . |
| 10 | or it could be this week , er you know how they have the January and they have it in Haymarket |
| 11 | Or of the mother who promotes cross-cousin marriage so that a new member of her own lineage can be brought into her adopted one , so that she will be less of an outsider in the latter . |
| 12 | Because th the key thing is that you should be more in charge , not that you should be receiving erm some statement from an expert which then determines what happens , you know ? |
| 13 | The doctor said there were not likely to be others , and he assured her it did n't matter , so she must be all his family . |
| 14 | mm , so you 'll be more than welcome to come over , you will be |
| 15 | Remember , before you approach the council , that they may be more than interested in the quantities of water necessary to run your ponds … you may end up with the officials knocking at your door . |
| 16 | Just as it seemed that they may be some sort of communication , the wind grew stronger and all went awry , the sky momentarily clearing , the celestial blue briefly highlighting the monochrome grey . |
| 17 | The problem in considering the future of fertilizers is rather to consider the changes which will occur in world agriculture , and it is already apparent that they will be many . |
| 18 | Many labour markets appear to fall into this category , with wage rates being determined through complex institutional arrangements and bargaining processes which seem to imply that they will be less than fully flexible . |
| 19 | Researchers say that there 's no evidence for this , although it may be some conscious or subconscious nutritional knowledge at work . |
| 20 | In the meantime , he said , the French were making genuine progress in building up native forces although it would be some years before the Vietnamese would be competent to defend themselves . |
| 21 | This cemented his place in the Test team , although it would be another year or so before he was given the new ball , and then it was just a question of piling up the scalps as the main strike bowler . |
| 22 | The drug 's being tested by cancer specialists … although it could be some years before it 's generally available . |
| 23 | Although it could be more . |
| 24 | The red thing A is colour-similar — as distinct from shape-similar or size-similar , although it can be all of these to the red thing B. But their colour can not be defined in terms of their colour-similarity . |
| 25 | Normally this sole bill of exchange although it can be this first or second bill of exchange if two bills are raised for the same debt . |
| 26 | Although it will be some considerable time before it is fully catalogued , all the material is accessible and a record is being maintained of the areas most in demand ; cataloguing priorities are being established accordingly . |
| 27 | I told him I believed him and that it would be such a dirty trick not to post the letter that I was sure he must have posted it . |
| 28 | I I 've always assumed that that meant that it would be such a tremendous lever for the enemy to hold someone like that . |
| 29 | So you would kind of know when you saw what colour th that it would be that |
| 30 | His commercial pride badly wounded , Mercer fought off the criticism , but had to endure a harsh winter watching his team struggle in the knowledge that it would be many years before he could contemplate the fire-side warmth of his own undersoil heating . |