Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [modal v] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would it be too much trouble , ’ she enquired sarcastically , ‘ to tell me exactly where we 'll be this time tomorrow ? ’ |
| 2 | A database for a short exercise on the scientific properties of WATER may , for example , be easier to index initially than one for a project on the lives and achievements of famous people , where there may be greater scope for individual interpretation . |
| 3 | It might , however , be the method of choice against mosquitoes in urban regions where there may be more houses than breeding places , where there is likely to be opposition to house spraying , and where the breeding places are limited and more easily identified . |
| 4 | Having explored some aspects of being a principal carer , and the cared for elderly person in a close relationship in a family , we need to look in more detail at the character of informal care networks , where there may be more people involved in a less intense way . |
| 5 | It is also now recognized that even where there may be some correlation between certain factors and certain forms of abuse , it is inappropriate to assume that the one causes the other ; both may be linked to a third but underlying set of structures and mechanisms . |
| 6 | I could always retire on disablement pension , find some quiet town , a town on a river , where there 'd be some fishing . |
| 7 | Some of the conflict will be negative and sterile , impeding the work of delivering services , but some of it may be constructive and positive , where there can be genuine debate about the balance between patient care priorities and securing value for tax-payers ’ money . |
| 8 | ‘ The fastest part is the fourteen miles to Ilkley , then there is a quiet stretch along the river towards Otley , before a three mile climb to the Dyneley Arms and on to Yeadon Moor , where there can be strong cross-winds . |
| 9 | This provision does not appear to have been formally invoked but it may prove of particular assistance in some federal systems where there can be constitutional problems in appropriating funds for these expenses . |
| 10 | We need much more investment in education and training and a much more effective competition policy , particularly in those industries that have recently been privatised , such as British Telecom , and the gas and electricity industries , where there should be real competition , not misuse of monopolistic powers . |
| 11 | We can now turn right to the other end of the book , where there should be another paste-down and free endpaper , though in earlier books the latter will often be missing , having been appropriated by some seventeenth or eighteenth century housewife as a shopping list or for copying a cooking recipe . |
| 12 | The rate of value added tax ( VAT ) was to be lowered from 25 to 22 per cent from Jan. 1 , 1993 ; taxes on electricity and fuel for industrial use would be abolished , while the tax on carbon dioxide emissions would be increased to 0.32 kronor per kilogramme of emission except for industry where it would be 0.08 kronor per kilogramme . |
| 13 | L.G.M. Rees , the pilot of the Sunderland reported : ‘ My aircraft was launched at last light the evening before the sortie since it was dangerous at that time to leave an aircraft on moorings in daylight where it could be easy prey to enemy aircraft . |
| 14 | This highlights an important implication of establishing the SEM although there might be net gains to be reaped this does not mean that all participants in the process experience benefits . |
| 15 | After all it would have a great element of surprise in its favour and although there might be some shooting it was doubtful if the Germans would know what they were shooting at , especially if good diversions were laid on . |
| 16 | And although there may be equivalent grades between PADI and BSAC , they were n't recognised by him or the club . |
| 17 | Equally , although there may be pronounced disagreements between states , and between individual citizens within states , about where the line should be drawn , few would dispute that some curtailment of the liberty is indispensable to the stability of society ; and indeed in the United Kingdom today our lives are permeated by enforceable duties to provide information on demand , created by Parliament and tolerated by the majority , albeit in some cases with reluctance . |
| 18 | Although there may be one area for mountain biking . |
| 19 | Although there may be heavy rainfall during the winter , a deciduous tree 's roots can not absorb water from the cold soil quickly as water evaporates from its leaves . |
| 20 | Although there may be considerable idiosyncrasy in the actions the situation is not anarchical . |
| 21 | Although there may be common ground between them there are also likely to be enormous , and significant , differences . |
| 22 | Although there may be some pickings for libraries amongst remaindered titles — romantic fiction is an obvious example — non-fiction remainders are only occasionally likely to prove a fruitful source of purchase . |
| 23 | Thirdly , as for members of the public suing in respect of unlawful action in the public sector , will the Secretary of State confirm that unions have no immunity now for unlawful action in respect of public services and , that , although there may be some doubt about it , the only decided case in law held that the public already have the right to sue in respect of action that affects them ? |
| 24 | In my opinion , although there may be some difference in the wording of these sections , the position under section 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 is broadly the same as that under section 268 of the Companies Act 1948 as explained by Buckley J. in In re Rolls Razor Ltd. [ 1968 ] 3 All E.R. |
| 25 | This conclusion was hotly disputed by the POA , although there can be little doubt that the running of the prison system had come to depend unhealthily on overtime ( for which the prison officers were of course paid extra at higher rates ) and that at least some of this need for overtime was generated by unnecessary restrictive practices . |
| 26 | But on any one day , although there will be subject assessors beavering away in places all over the country , their activity is not very visible unless you happen to teach in a department being visited ; the rest of the staff in your own college or school may be unaware that a subject assessor is there . |
| 27 | Although there will be little difference between what they cost new , a car registered in January 1992 is going to be more attractive to buyers than one which went on the road in December 1991 , so second-hand it will be worth about £200-£300 more . |
| 28 | Although there will be significant exceptions , and these should be further studied , friendship is not a primary vehicle for the provision of the care that so many old people need . |
| 29 | One species , which lives in a small area round the Suez , certainly does ripen its eggs at full moon , and a sea urchin off California has a similar lunar cycle , so there may be some substance to the fishermen 's claim . |
| 30 | Steel-Maitland wrote to The Times in 1913 to accuse the Liberals of corrupt practices at the Wick Burghs by-election , and Sanders noted that at Taunton they had given away half-crowns wrapped in Liberal leaflets ; both contests went against the trend , so there may be some truth in the allegations . |