Example sentences of "[det] [vb mod] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bush administration has undertaken a national energy review which will report by the end of the year , and that may be the first step towards the national action to end dependence on Gulf oil , and to start what 's always eluded this country — an Energy Policy . |
| 2 | The quality matches the sheer size ; that must be the first , grateful , comment . |
| 3 | ‘ The brutal truth , however , is that some youngsters are so out of control they have to be detained , but that should be the last resort . ’ |
| 4 | If you are feeling ‘ fluey ’ this may be the first sign of mastitis . |
| 5 | Proverbs 13:10 tells us ‘ Pride only breeds quarrels , but wisdom is found in those who take advice ’ , and for some this may be the first experience in considering opinions other than their own . |
| 6 | Although children will already have had everyday experiences with water this may be the first time that water has been offered to them as a material to play and experiment with . |
| 7 | AI believes this may be the first time a poll has shown such opposition . |
| 8 | This may be the first piece of half-good news in three years for defence manufacturers who have seen orders for new equipment shrink even faster than national defence budgets ( chart 1 ) . |
| 9 | This may be the first time there has been a broad comparison of two fairly " complete " catalogue systems which are also internally quite similar ( the present writer had a hand in the design of both of them ) with the same users in the same library . |
| 10 | Everybody get trouble sometime , and this may be the first for you — the first we hear about . |
| 11 | It is not too alarmist to wonder whether this may be the last truly British election . |
| 12 | This may be the last thing I 'll ever see ? ’ |
| 13 | This may be the last check of the design before it is " sealed " and handed over formally to the production team . |
| 14 | Even in 1893 when the Manchester , Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway had opened its extension to London as the GCR , it was the wish of the Chairman , Sir Edward Watkin , that this should be the first stage of a connection to the Channel Tunnel if ever it was built . |
| 15 | Being undemanding as to most conditions this should be the first choice of every aquarist . |
| 16 | Boarding out ( or fostering ) has been practised for many years and the Curtis Committee on the care of children strongly urged that this should be the first choice in finding substitute homes . |
| 17 | THIS should be the last word about exploding rats and other devices that appeal to the sadistic sense of humour in most of us . |
| 18 | Struggling to contain his emotions , a shattered Wilfred Ball said of his son Johnathan 's death : ‘ This should be the last tragedy of all . ’ |
| 19 | This should be the last tragedy of all . |
| 20 | This must be the first time anybody has been profiled in current editions of both Climber & Hill Walker and Homes & Gardens . |
| 21 | This must be the first year when new rock boot models have n't been coming out of everyone 's ears . |
| 22 | This must be the first step towards national reconciliation . |
| 23 | This must be the first review ever to end with a load of balls ! |
| 24 | But this must be the first time I 've puked for about two years . |
| 25 | Post-war Vienna , rain-soaked cobbles , Orson Welles throwing a moody , Trevor Howard looking incredibly British — ah yes , this must be The Third Man . |
| 26 | ‘ This must be the last place on earth where his words are public — except Albania . ’ |
| 27 | This must be the last weekend . ’ |
| 28 | This 'll be the first New Year we have n't seen in together , just the three of us . ’ |
| 29 | No , this this 'll be the first time they 've come down here in about three or four month . |
| 30 | Patricia Whitaker-Dowling , David Wilcox , Christopher Widnell and Julius Youngner at Pittsburgh University have shown that interferon can prevent viruses from getting inside animal cells , and they believe that this might be the first line of defence set up by the interferon system in response to viral attack ( Proceedings of the U.S . |