Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ICL Hungary general manager Ian Leach is currently in the UK discussing the possibilities with ICL subsidiary Technology Plc , though it may be July before a final decision is taken . |
| 2 | It may be Africa , and life may be cheap by comparison with that in the Western world , but just try to imagine this happening at Twickenham or Cardiff Arms Park : as the car park revelry goes on late into the night a youth slips into an official marquee and steals some equipment from it . |
| 3 | ‘ Or if they 're not there it may be Canon Wheeler has them for safekeeping . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It may be Grace Poole , ’ she answered calmly . |
| 5 | If anyone is to go it should be Whyte and Fairclough , the two defenders who contributed so much to Leeds downfall in 1992–3 . |
| 6 | I reckon it should be Ossie Ardilles |
| 7 | There was neither joy nor peace in the house and she found herself wishing the time away until it should be March . |
| 8 | DID Bill & Ted ‘ s Excellent Adventure make you laugh enough to be Comedy Video or do you think it should be Blackadder 's Christmas Carol ? |
| 9 | That it should be Hampshire 's good fortune to see this show first was due to good friends of the Horseshoe Theatre Company who had heard there was such a musical and the linkage with the Horseshoe 's artistic director , Adrian Reynolds was made . |
| 10 | It should be Bowe 's last defence until November when he is expected to fight Evander Holyfield in a rematch . |
| 11 | Whatever it was , he knew he would receive the truth now , however unpleasant , and was aware of nothing but thankfulness that it should be Abul Ismail here to tell him . |
| 12 | In case it should be Hannele , he had to answer it . |
| 13 | No , it should be Venables really . |
| 14 | Feeling it should be Michele who recovered it , Luce drew a long , steadying breath and turned to climb down . |
| 15 | For example , it was no wonder that scholars have searched in vain for Mount Horeb on Sinai since it should be Harib — and this is to be found in the Yemen area . |
| 16 | My hon. Friend the Member for Taunton talked about the difficulties in the south-west and whether Taunton should become the capital or whether it should be Bristol , Plymouth or Exeter . |
| 17 | There was a vicious irony that it should be Brian , who always confronted the guards when they treated him subhumanly , who was now being abused like a dumb animal . |
| 18 | ‘ It must be Europe . |
| 19 | This Jessica woman — he assumed it must be Jessica , he 'd never heard her name for sure until tonight — had been in danger of getting her face poked down her throat , was all . |
| 20 | It must be Gordon playing downstairs . |
| 21 | This morning it must be Ruth on duty . |
| 22 | ‘ It must be Elsie , ’ Lily said . |
| 23 | Then she realised that it must be Ianthe Broome , the canon 's daughter they were always talking about , and perhaps in some way a kind of ‘ rival ’ for the affections of a man she had not yet seen . |
| 24 | ‘ It must be Paxton , ’ Donna said quietly . |
| 25 | I think it must be Tod 's questions that eventually put them off . |
| 26 | But if I am to have a horse it must be Han Ch'in 's . |
| 27 | Must be a the gospel is blank blank R blank , so it must be Mark . |
| 28 | It must be Marlborough House . |
| 29 | Everyone took it for granted that it must be Oxford or Cambridge . |
| 30 | Jim , there 's a letter here addressed to Mrs S do you think it must be Shirley ? |