Example sentences of "this [vb mod] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are feeling ‘ fluey ’ this may be the first sign of mastitis . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | AI believes this may be the first time a poll has shown such opposition . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Everybody get trouble sometime , and this may be the first for you — the first we hear about . |
| 8 | It is not too alarmist to wonder whether this may be the last truly British election . |
| 9 | This may be the last thing I 'll ever see ? ’ |
| 10 | This may be the last check of the design before it is " sealed " and handed over formally to the production team . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Being undemanding as to most conditions this should be the first choice of every aquarist . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | THIS should be the last word about exploding rats and other devices that appeal to the sadistic sense of humour in most of us . |
| 15 | Struggling to contain his emotions , a shattered Wilfred Ball said of his son Johnathan 's death : ‘ This should be the last tragedy of all . ’ |
| 16 | This should be the last tragedy of all . |
| 17 | This must be the first time anybody has been profiled in current editions of both Climber & Hill Walker and Homes & Gardens . |
| 18 | This must be the first year when new rock boot models have n't been coming out of everyone 's ears . |
| 19 | This must be the first step towards national reconciliation . |
| 20 | This must be the first review ever to end with a load of balls ! |
| 21 | But this must be the first time I 've puked for about two years . |
| 22 | Post-war Vienna , rain-soaked cobbles , Orson Welles throwing a moody , Trevor Howard looking incredibly British — ah yes , this must be The Third Man . |
| 23 | ‘ This must be the last place on earth where his words are public — except Albania . ’ |
| 24 | This must be the last weekend . ’ |
| 25 | This 'll be the first New Year we have n't seen in together , just the three of us . ’ |
| 26 | No , this this 'll be the first time they 've come down here in about three or four month . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | For about fifteen minutes he did nothing but sit there contentedly , sipping his coffee and watching their restless , flickering scene around him through half-open eyes : the tall , bearded man with a cigar and a fatuous grin who walked up and down at an unvarying even pace like a clockwork soldier , never looking at anybody ; the plump ageing layabout in a Gestapo officers leather coat and dark glasses holding court outside the door of the cafe , trading secrets and scandal with his men friends , assessing the passers-by as thought they were for sale , calling after women and making hour-glass gestures with his hairy gold-ringed hands ; a frail old man bent like an S , with a crazy harmless expression and a transistor radio pressed to his ear walking with the exaggerated urgency of those who have nowhere to go ; slim Africans with leatherwork belts and bangles laid out on a piece of cloth ; a Gypsy child sitting n the cold stone playing the same four note again and again on a cheap concertina ; two foreigners with guitars an a small crowd around them ; a beggar with his shirt pulled down over one shoulder to reveal the stump of an amputated arm ; a pudgy shapeless women with an open suitcase full of cigarette lighters and bootleg cassettes ; the two Nordic girls at the next table , basking half-naked in the weak March sun as though this might be the last time it appeared this year . |
| 29 | An RICS spokesman said : ‘ This could be the first signs of spring flowers in the beleaguered market and herald the return of confidence . |
| 30 | This could be the first Gittel 's twin ! ’ |