Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] be [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could not grow CTL to 1s6 from all B53-positive donors during the low transmission season for malaria but , as previous work suggested , detectable CTL to P. falciparum may be relatively short-lived in the absence of boosting , and low precursor frequencies may be common because of the very small numbers of hepatocytes infected by each sporozoite inoculum . |
| 2 | A. griegi and A. otteri may be confused if the specimens lack a disk as the features of the oral frame are similar . |
| 3 | Indeed , Blundell fears that UK food surpluses may be transient because the intensive agriculture that produced them is not sustainable . |
| 4 | Nominal roll-calls may be useful where a small number of staff , say 25 , are involved . |
| 5 | Thus expenditure-reducing policies are most appropriate when the problem is identified as a deteriorating current account balance , whereas tighter monetary policies may be preferable if capital outflows are the source of undesirable pressure on the exchange rate . |
| 6 | The expectation of an open offer and clawback from shareholders may be strong where the new shares being issued represent a significant proportion of the existing issued shares of the bidder or are being offered at a significant discount to their current market price . |
| 7 | Qaddafi , at only one point , seems to say that states may be legitimate if they coincide with nations : ‘ The nation-state [ al-dawla al-qawmiya ] is the only polity harmonious with natural social structure . ’ |
| 8 | Reaction times should be fast if the target phoneme occurred after the recognition point , and slow when it occurred before the recognition point . |
| 9 | Dips should be fairly thick so that they do not drop off accompanying crudités , and fillings for pastry parcels and buns should be firm if the food is likely to be bitten and not eaten in one mouthful . |
| 10 | Franklin even added point ( excuse me ) to the argument about whether pointed or knobbed lightning rods may be preferable when he showed that blunted ones acted at a greater distance . |
| 11 | In addition , although the test of incorporation is generally objective , special steps may be necessary where the person seeking to rely on the terms knows that the other person is under a disability ; for instance , that he can not read the language in which the terms are printed ( Geier v Kujawa [ 1970 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 364 ) . |
| 12 | Technological influences may be important where the plant or machinery is old , or where new technology is unsuccessful . |
| 13 | But now ‘ job ’ cars are going diesel completely , because from next year all cars must be cat-equipped if they are petrol vehicles , and so the price differential has been ironed out between petrol and diesel , since ‘ cat ’ cars are more expensive than non-'cats ' . |
| 14 | I must say it makes a difference but oh god how the Kurds and Bosnians must be suffering as temperatures drop in their respective lands . |
| 15 | But once the jury had asked , in their innocence , to hear them , it seems obvious that the parties should be present when the tape is played , so that any material which comes to light and is thought worthy of comment can be dealt with . |
| 16 | ( For example , the young critics suggested the cartoon kids should be barefoot since street kids ca n't afford shoes . ) |
| 17 | ( For example , the young critics suggested the cartoon kids should be barefoot since street kids ca n't afford shoes . ) |
| 18 | Steps should be attractive as well as functional . |
| 19 | He says drivers should be aware if they get one of these tickets it 's because people have been inconvenienced . |
| 20 | Nothing on the surface of the text indicates which kind of question is being asked ; yet it is important that young readers should be aware whether they are being directly invited to find an answer , or whether they are being led , as in ( h.7 ) and ( h.8 ) , through the history of a discovery . |
| 21 | Fearing that Austrian reprisals might be possible if she stayed on the continent , Hortense decided to take her son to England , stopping off in Paris on their way in the hope that the new King , Louis-Philippe , might allow her to stay there , at least for a time . |
| 22 | The need to pay ransoms could be ruinous since , to raise the cash required , land often had to be sold . |
| 23 | Provisions in a contract which purported to give a non-judicial body exclusive power to decide questions affecting the rights of contracting parties would be void as contrary to public policy . |
| 24 | Shadow Scottish Secretary George Robertson has written to the Prime Minister saying that Scots would be outraged if Northern Ireland got elected an Assembly and Scotland did n't . |
| 25 | Losses would be double if Grimethorpe had to bear the full cost . |
| 26 | Our schools will be filthy because of cuts in hours of non-teaching staff . ’ |
| 27 | Older cars will be exempt if disposal costs exceed the value of recycled parts , as will cars destroyed in accidents . |
| 28 | In the future it is envisaged that all three methods will be available as alternative input techniques for computers , perhaps including shorthand as a fourth . |
| 29 | There will be no charge for this facility and the same payment methods will be available as with a single charge . |
| 30 | It calculates that drivers will be angry when they hear that the price of lead-free petrol could reduce performance — especially in West Germany where there are no speed limits on autobahns . |