Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be unsatisfactory given the many different types and forms of treaty , and the diverse ways in which they impact upon third parties . |
| 2 | In addition , if you are treating your pets outside , avoid using a spray near a pond , as this may be toxic for fish . |
| 3 | This may be unacceptable to the vendor . |
| 4 | As postulated by Smith ( 1969 , 103 ) , this may be indicative of influence from the west country . |
| 5 | Most studies focus on school achievement , but this may be misleading because there is evidence to suggest that Afro-Caribbean and Asian students are more likely than white students to stay on in further education and some do manage to obtain academic qualifications that had eluded them at school ( Craft and Craft , 1983 ) , while one investigation suggests that young black people in inner city areas had gained better academic qualifications than white youth in the same areas ( Roberts , Duggan and Noble , 1983 ) , a finding borne out more generally by some other studies ( Brown , 1984 ) . |
| 6 | But this may be misleading because agnathan globin is homologous with both gnathostome myoglobin and haemoglobin . |
| 7 | This may be verbal and , strangely , the Act does not specify how long your notice should be . |
| 8 | This may be right but what counts is leverage , not force . |
| 9 | Although a two-state success/failure branch for components and systems is often used , this may be inadequate when we have to examine partial successes or failures ; this treatment for the plant might well produce thousands of sequences , so these are usually grouped into a small set of typical sequence states that will be bounding in terms of the consequences one is looking for . |
| 10 | But in order to gain compensation , the child would still have to show that its defects were caused by in vitro fertilisation , and this may be impossible to do in practice . |
| 11 | However , it is strongly rumoured that this may be sometime in the early part of 1992 , when some amendments to the Building Regulations are to be introduced . |
| 12 | Smaller paths and lanes frequently lead off the main holloway , but even this may be narrow and insignificant by modern standards . |
| 13 | While this may be suitable for certain types of business customer and private individuals transferring money into other bank accounts or investments , it is clearly unsuited to small purchases . |
| 14 | This may be clever and amusing , but you will have to decide whether it would make them too obscure for your students . |
| 15 | ‘ This may be rough . ’ |
| 16 | This may be illusory since the government will decide the value of vouchers and can alter them at will . |
| 17 | This may be appropriate , not only because hospital beds are usually expensive but also because most people prefer to be looked after in the community . |
| 18 | This may be appropriate in an organisation like the Army where discipline and the carrying out of orders is essential to the success of that organisation . |
| 19 | Though this may be understandable in their case , it is not typical of society as a whole . |
| 20 | Frame : This may be internal , external , moulded or simply two straight or curved plastic or metal bars . |
| 21 | Of course , if enough people come to their senses in time , none of this may be necessary . |
| 22 | There are some situations where this may be necessary and other times when grandparents take over during a crisis . |
| 23 | This may be necessary if negatives are needed abroad . |
| 24 | On the other hand , the organisation will always retain the right to terminate the engagement prematurely if it considers this may be necessary . |
| 25 | This may be necessary even if the industry is situated many miles from the site . |
| 26 | This may be necessary for reasons of motivation , innate intelligence , interests , time for study , time of arrival into class as well as the students ' linguistic abilities . |
| 27 | This may be necessary when , for instance , the DC has been activated through the wrong package . |
| 28 | Section 50C(2) provides a specific example of when this may be necessary , that is , where it is for the purpose of error correction . |
| 29 | ‘ You realize , Poole , ’ said Mr Utterson , ‘ that this may be dangerous for us both ? |
| 30 | Even more ciliary muscle contraction will be required for near vision and this may be uncomfortable . |