Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [conj] [adj] [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is any iron law of bureaucracy it must be that such organizations will not willingly do anything that may be against the organization 's perceived long-term interests and that , on occasions , this will lead the organization to ignore its nominal masters . |
| 2 | However , a practical consequence of this approach might be that few people would be prepared to consider such a sweeping initial recommendation . |
| 3 | It might be that this season will be his last chance , that he is a manager who can win Cups with short sprints but not the silverware that goes with marathons . |
| 4 | Gordon Donaldson , Clwyd county secretary for the National Union of Teachers , said : ‘ The result of these cuts could be that more children will eat junk food , such as crisps and pop , rather than more nutritional hot meals . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Could be that some tracks could emerge on a compilation , however , ’ says SF 's Clive Selwood . |
| 6 | One possible drawback could be that some people might decide to take an overdose as a result of learning about it through the media or public discussion , even if the behaviour had been presented as an inappropriate way of coping . |
| 7 | Not all summons forms can be used as addresses ( e.g. hey you in ( 47 ) can not occur in the slot occupied by Madam in ( 48 ) ) , although it may be that all addresses can be used as summonses ( Zwicky , 1974 : 791 ) . |
| 8 | It may be that many children will live for years with only episodes of severe illness . |
| 9 | It may be that neither statement need be held to subtract from the other , but there could well be some dispute as to which of the two is the more deeply entrenched in the novel . |
| 10 | It may be that several disciplines can be brought to bear fruitfully upon an area ( Europe ) , period ( Enlightenment ) , problem ( traffic congestion ) , or theme ( Pastoral ) while still maintaining their distinct identity ; in which case the term ‘ multidisciplinary ’ ( OECD 1972 ) becomes appropriate . |
| 11 | It may be that some visitors will get no further than this area ! |
| 12 | While a corollary of the new deal may be that some consultants will have to take a more direct role in the acute management of patients , this in no way diminishes the attraction of a senior post . |
| 13 | On the contrary , it is a matter of great urgency that the mother 's case should be heard because , at the end of the day , it may be that these children should live in the future with their mother . |
| 14 | As offending during the currency of a community order will not necessarily be a ground under Criminal Justice Act 1991 for re-sentencing an offender who is subject to a community order , and failure to respond to a community order must be disregarded when considering whether an offence is sufficiently serious to justify a custodial sentence ( s.29(1) ) , it may be that this decision will become particularly important under the new legislation . |
| 15 | It may be that this analysis could show universities those regions where particular methodologies , previously untried , may yield useful new information . |
| 16 | Amis also likes to write , as Larkin liked to write , about the fear of death , and it may be that this fear can be detected in the failure to notice here that both sorts of people are subject to it , as to other unavoidable misfortunes , and that both sorts die . |
| 17 | Er and that was the system and of course the thing was that with the riveters being on piece work , apart from negotiating a wage , you were negotiating what was known as a price list , and er whereas you would get X amounts of shillings or pounds for so many hundred rivets , or whatever it was , then the argument would be that that price should be upped because of the the cost of living going up , or whatever you know . |
| 18 | An additional benefit would be that more people could find part-time work , and adjust their working hours to their family commitments , or to the demands of part-time study . |
| 19 | How wonderful it would be if young people could be encouraged to visit the elderly , both in institutions and in their own homes ! |
| 20 | Now what a training performance this would be if this horse could win because he 's trained by Dermott Wilde and do you remember ten days ago he sent out Vintage Crop to win the Melbourne Cup down in Australia . |
| 21 | The result will be that those terms will be implicitly incorporated into their contracts , even though not specifically incorporated . |