Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words the five year housing land supply should not be the Structure Plan requirement plus an allowance of 60% . |
| 2 | Your 17 day holiday to Czechoslovakia and Hungary must surely be the travel bargain of the nineties ’ . |
| 3 | The criteria for analysing work done must primarily be the job specification . |
| 4 | It may not be the London Palladium but it is a smash hit ! |
| 5 | After all , he 'll still be the WBC champion in the New Year . ’ |
| 6 | After all , he 'll still be the WBC champion . ’ |
| 7 | There 'll also be the Pedigree Chum Professional and Fun Agility Challenge finals , the Pedigree Formula Working Dog of the Year Awards and the fun Flyball competition . |
| 8 | This might well be the word processor that puts WordStar right back on the map in the word processor stakes . |
| 9 | I could only be the Shangri-La Singapore . |
| 10 | He was not , could not be the Southfields Strangler or the Rapist of Raynes Park . |
| 11 | But surely the Richard Jobson listed could not be the Richard Jobson , singer , model , TV presenter poet etc etc ? |
| 12 | Front-drive , a 2.2-litre 16-valve in-line four developing an impressive 225bhp , four-wheel disc brakes with an optional anti-lock device and compact dimensions by usual US standards could easily be the routine outline for a French , Swedish , perhaps even German four-door performance saloon . |
| 13 | It could n't be the water table , because the site was higher than the rest of the garden . |
| 14 | ‘ I knew it could n't be the murder weapon , ’ he gravely told Wickham , ‘ because I was using it on Friday evening , hours after MacQuillan was found dead . ’ |
| 15 | Could n't be the rent man , he 'd come yesterday and been paid . |
| 16 | But it could n't be the Jockey Club , who knew that the ‘ grey gate ’ system using a 65 yard long elastic tape was flawed yet did nothing about it . |
| 17 | One song could even be the Tom Tom Club singing about rough Sapphic sex . |
| 18 | This little incident could well be the starting point for a very interesting research project . |
| 19 | They may also be the bureau manager or they may be a voluntary advice worker with the same caseload as any other member of the team . |
| 20 | erm That may well be the caricature picture . |
| 21 | This suggests that the 28in. screen size may well be the break point between acceptable and unacceptable viewing when the picture is zoomed . |
| 22 | The United Nations ' mediator , Diego Cordovez , admitted for the first time that a Geneva agreement on a Soviet troop withdrawal would only be the starting point for a settlement . |
| 23 | The researcher who ‘ attacks ’ a social situation would be the prosecution , the researcher who ‘ defends ’ would obviously be the defence counsel . |
| 24 | Family life would not be the family life they knew now . |
| 25 | If you must have one , the best choice would probably be the bean burrito — and ask them to hold the extras . |
| 26 | This would also be the feedback point for a process development in which the company is its own customer . |
| 27 | This would also be the feedback point for a process development in which the company is its own customer . |
| 28 | What is clear beyond doubt is that the level of intensional entities can not be identified with any level or world of objectively existing referents ; ( 25 ) is a perfectly coherent remark despite the fact that the speaker explicitly denies the existence of one of the principal participants in it : ( 25 ) If Jack had married , his wife would now be the dowager duchess of Luntshire |
| 29 | Catching a fleeting expression on Lucy 's face , she persisted with ominous calm , ‘ This would n't be the Guy Sterne whose name we 've just been dutifully worshipping at the board meeting , by any chance ? ’ |
| 30 | He thought that if he 'd had the choice , it would n't be the toad snuff box , but the marvellous box in yellow and white opal enamel , with the unhappy Nicholas II 's cipher and crown , and the Imperial eagles in diamonds and black enamel . |