Example sentences of "[det] be [pron] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is what may be called " event stratigraphy " in which we correlate not the rocks themselves , on their intrinsic petrological characters , nor the fossils , but the events such as the Triassic transgressions just discussed . |
| 2 | From the interactional perspective outlined above , this is what would be expected . |
| 3 | One of the most obvious reasons for this is what might be called ‘ social drift ’ . |
| 4 | For in the present climate of opinion this is what might be conveyed . |
| 5 | From the hypothesis that adaptation is proprioceptive due to the learning of arm movements , this is what should be expected . |
| 6 | Over and above the nature of the general economic and social developments , the main reason for this is what can be termed the specificity of cultural goods : that is , the fact that ‘ music can never be just a product ( an exchange value ) , even in its rawest commodity form ; the artistic value of records has an unavoidable complicating effect on their production ’ ( Frith 1983a : 10 ) . |
| 7 | It must be stressed , however , that this is what can be achieved by effort , innovation and good management in production , rather than what happens in a laissez-faire atmosphere . |
| 8 | This is what could be termed in as a a pregnant pause ! |
| 9 | Brutus says that he has no real reason to believe that Caesar would change his nature like this but because they had no proof either was it would be too much of a presumption to say that he would not change at all . |
| 10 | If they all were it would be wrong . ’ |
| 11 | For that is what might be called Dirk Coetzee 's third profession : he is a family man , a policeman , and a hitman . |
| 12 | That is they can be broken down by bacteria to inert residues . |
| 13 | Answer guide : Fixed costs in the majority of cases will be unavoidable ; that is they will be incurred whether or not an opportunity is accepted or rejected . |
| 14 | Therefore , fixed costs are unavoidable ; that is they will be incurred whether or not the firm manufactures and sells both products . |
| 15 | Now I do n't know where that is it could be anywhere . |
| 16 | Finally retrieval is a separate process because of another familiar phenomenon that it is possible to know something , that is it must be in storage , but not actually succeed in retrieving it at a particular time . |
| 17 | In summary , Collins have pulled out of participation in the National Corpus Project and Longman have given a commitment to participate in the National Corpus Project , which leaves us having submitted a proposal a revised proposal to the D T I , erm fully documenting Longman 's contribution , erm but leaving O U P's role and financial contribution to the project open in anticipation that there is likely to be some rearrangements amongst the industrial partners , that is there may be a reallocation of funding between Longman and O U P and maybe the addition of new partners erm or it may just stay as it is erm . |
| 18 | It 's it 's not if you do n't reach seven thousand pound it 's not a a failure situation , it 's just that 's we would be very happy to have that because the following year which is when no expenses come up for you know no no production costs come from erm then er that 's that 's the sort of profit we need to calculate for the |
| 19 | You 're probably sick and tired of the word carbohydrate , but that 's what should be on the menu for your evening meal . |
| 20 | No but Charlotte that 's ridiculous you do n't look , tell me do you look at some people and I do have you ever looked at any people , saw them doing something and think oh that 's probably what , well that 's what should be done ? |
| 21 | You get really annoyed when they do n't know everything and they do and they ca n't answer your questions , apart from your parents I do n't think there 's one person , well me anyway , there 's not one person I 've looked at and thought oh well that 's what should be done . |
| 22 | And as much as none of us would like that , I feel it may be , you know , it may , it will be something that will be over very quickly , er the only worry of course is that so many people will get hurt , but if that 's the way to end it all then perhaps that 's what should be done . |
| 23 | He said it 's every single way because that 's there must be a reason but he said they 're not getting priority so we 'll be left that he said |