Example sentences of "[modal v] of [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Any lease issued now should of course be on a short term basis , as Development Proposals in some shape or form are likely to be implemented . |
2 | All donations will be formally acknowledged by the Honorary Treasurer , , and should of course be in favour of the Association . |
3 | All donations will be formally acknowledged by the Honorary Treasurer , , and should of course be in favour of the Association . |
4 | All donations will be formally acknowledged by the Honorary Treasurer and should of course be in favour of the Association . |
5 | If the user decides to allow simultaneous copies , there must of course be at least two available units . |
6 | L and T have promised to keep to their obligations , the covenants , for the whole period of their lease — which may of course be for the next thousand years . |
7 | This meal may of course be of gargantuan proportions and much snacking of high-energy foods may precede its consumption . |
8 | ‘ The coercion may of course be of different kinds , it may be in the grossest form , such as actual confinement or violence , or a person in the last days or hours of life may have become so weak and feeble , that a very little pressure will be sufficient to bring about the desired result , and it may even be , that the mere talking to him at that stage of illness and pressing something upon him may so fatigue the brain , that the sick person may be induced , for quietness ' sake , to do anything . |
9 | Marriages might of necessity be in the first place a business agreement — an exchange of goods and services — but this did not mean that deep feelings did not enter it . |
10 | Information about shape and size will of course be to some extent writer dependent . |
11 | To achieve this the Troll field must be developed but Troll gas will of course be in competition with Soviet gas , so , much will depend on price and also perhaps on the influence of strategic considerations . |
12 | We will of course be in the middle of a natural seasonal shortage but I am advising finishers that they can not afford to ignore current prices and I think that a reasonable flow of cattle will still come forward , ’ he said . |
13 | Even when it is near the zenith , as it can of course be from the southern hemisphere , it still twinkles quite noticeably . |