Example sentences of "[vb base] it [modal v] [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The subsidiary element is the idea that since ‘ pain' is evidently not the name of a material object it must be the name of an aethereal one , a personal experience . ) |
| 2 | The big banks hope it will be the answer to organised card crime , which is moving into the country in a big way . |
| 3 | ‘ We hope it will be the highlight of 1993 — a favourable outcome would set the seal on a tremendous amount of very hard work by the technical groups and the rest of the LNS team . ’ |
| 4 | " I suppose it must be the baby , " whispered Mama . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose it could be the fact that I backed Double Dutch at 10-1 as a saver simply because I think she 's good value and certainly not because there 's anything wrong with my horse , ’ Ramsden said . |
| 6 | yeah I suppose it could be the swimming |
| 7 | ‘ I think I will ride pillion on the way out , but I reckon it 'll be the sidecar for me on the way back . ’ |
| 8 | The move is opposed by many Americans , who fear it could be the start of another Vietnam . |
| 9 | I I had n't thought of that but er I mean it will be the group kind of er lecturing I mean it wo n't be lecturing to er a full meeting all day . |
| 10 | You can use it for a lot of things , but when you get down to analyse it , I think it may be the law of the jungle where the strongest survive ; and I do n't know necessarily whether that 's a bad thing . |
| 11 | ‘ I think it would be the end of Crumwallis at Burleigh . ’ |
| 12 | I think it might be the week after next . |
| 13 | I think it might be the medicine he 's on . |
| 14 | I think it will be the trip of a lifetime . ’ |
| 15 | I think it will be the hay that increases the temperature . |
| 16 | I can just see the Waste , or rather I think it must be the Waste , for there 's a tower there and it 's bare of trees . |
| 17 | and it 's everything just to stop you getting at what , well get it then yeah , I 've , I do n't mind some of it , I 've not had a bit of marzipan for I do n't mind these erm almond slices , I quite like them , but I think it must be the texture of the marzipan |