Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may also be trouble in the 1st/2nd syncromesh . |
| 2 | it may well be allergy mediated to h pollen or dust or something like that . |
| 3 | Mr Sommerville said : ‘ It may well be drink and drugs were involved and each aggravated the other . |
| 4 | Nowadays it may well be world history , deeply simplified . |
| 5 | It seems you are right — it may well be time for the Party to come out into the open . ’ |
| 6 | But perhaps it may regretfully be time to demolish our bothies — their unique charm and tradition destroyed by the greedy — another casualty like that on the consciences of the cairnbuilding , memorial erecting , road bulldozing and ‘ 100 best walks ’ brigade . |
| 7 | It may simply be inefficiency at this level , but it could be worse . |
| 8 | It may now be time to risk the uncertainty of a split . |
| 9 | It may now be time for the different royal colleges to examine the possible use of a standard hospital letter for all specialties to general practitioners . |
| 10 | It may only be coincidence that the window cleaners were around last weekend when this incident occurred . |
| 11 | The oral shield has an irregular shape , although it may sometimes be hourglass shaped , and extends from the oral frame on to the interradial area . |
| 12 | All the rule books seem to say you must wear some sort of jacket — the BSJA naturally stipulate the colours — and in some classes it should even be tweed . |
| 13 | It should really be occasion for surprise that the terraces are as well preserved as they are , not that they are dissected . |
| 14 | If aspects of CAB policy that the adviser questions arise during training , then it must also be part of training to show how advisers might try to influence CAB policy . |
| 15 | It must always be community against community . |
| 16 | It must really be business that had brought Bunny here as it was n't his sort of pub . |
| 17 | I can always give you a routine check-up , but obviously , if you get any twinges , even if you think it might just be wind , give us a call . |
| 18 | Climate change through the man-made modification of greenhouse gases might be disastrous , but it might equally be deliverance . |
| 19 | It might even be arsenic and he would be dead in ten seconds flat . |
| 20 | It might only be breast tissue , I do n't know that . |
| 21 | So faint , it might only be moonlight through the clouds — then she saw long pale hair streaming . |
| 22 | With my father agreeing to give me £2,000 , and adding , ‘ This is the third plane ticket I 've bought for that man ’ , I flew back to England and finished painting the house white , thanking God that I liked the art nouveau and Edwardian furniture David had been buying , because otherwise it could have been tricky , having received the letter and realising that it might actually be love , it might actually be something serious going on . |
| 23 | So it 'll soon be Easter as well wo n't it ? |
| 24 | It 'll soon be Easter |
| 25 | ‘ It 'll soon be Christmas , ’ said Pascoe inconsequently . |
| 26 | Well I said it 'll soon be Christmas she said yes not quite four weeks she said . |
| 27 | It 'll soon be tea time wo n't it Tim ? |
| 28 | ‘ It 'll soon be time for us to take control , seriously . ’ |
| 29 | It 'll soon be time for me to write again . |
| 30 | ‘ It 'll soon be time for your afternoon lesson . ’ |