Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [modal v] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The house is open to the public that day , so I 'll be in the kiosk answering questions from people and occasionally thinking about what 's happening in London . |
| 2 | FOR the first half of the year you should have plenty of attack , although you may be on the receiving end of a show of force . |
| 3 | If it is the latter kind , then you can be rather more technical and detailed than you might be for the general readership . |
| 4 | Born in 1930 , so she must be on the verge of retirement now . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll guide you upstairs so you can be with the others , ’ Bryce said . |
| 6 | Will he therefore do his best to defuse the present unhappy situation and assure the people of that great continent that , although they may be on the other side of the world , they are close to the hearts of the people of the United Kingdom ? |
| 7 | It will tend to mean retailers will keep prices lower than they would be in the absence of rivals . |
| 8 | They also mean that lending rates , due to the higher cost must be higher and deposit rates must be lower than they would be in the Euromarkets . |
| 9 | These courses attract both couples and single people , and a holiday atmosphere prevails , as the lectures are less intensive than they must be in the shorter courses . |
| 10 | Yes , so that until they drop out of the system erm , erm , a year from when that stage one decision was making , the teams over the sub teams overall stage one times are likely to be erm considerably higher than they will be in the month immediately after that er multiple has dropped out . |
| 11 | These facts make them more reliant than they should be on the good opinion of their partners . |
| 12 | ‘ All the club is worried about is finishing in the top half of the Merit Table so they will be in the top division when leagues start next season , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Well , they ca n't get into the gardens from this side , so they must be in the woods . |
| 14 | It acts to foster rather than hinder the material and non-material interests of most groups involved in the planning process , although it may be to the short term tactical advantage of some not to recognise the fact . |
| 15 | Accordingly , if the nature of the privilege going beyond the Bill of Rights had been identified , your Lordships could have determined whether or not such privilege exists , although it would be for the House of Commons to determine whether or not there was an infringement of any privilege found to exist . |
| 16 | He added that Keith 's return to the airwaves was a one-off for the time being , although he could be on the look-out for a job when he finished work on a book . |
| 17 | Queen 's student Donnelly excelled at Lurgan and won his first Northern Ireland Cross Country title a few weeks ago , but is still not fully fit , although he could be by the time of the Belfast race . |
| 18 | Contrary to such a view , black kids believe that , for them , being successful is more difficult than it would be for the white person of comparable proficiency . |
| 19 | On present evidence , that would be welcome : a reunited Germany with Mr Kohl as its first chancellor is likely to be more prosperous , and stabler , than it would be under the Social Democrats . |
| 20 | If interest payable under any such agreement or notification is less than it would be under the client money regulations , that fact must be prominently stated in the relevant written consent . |
| 21 | The eggs , even before they hatch , require great care , reducing the time a parent bird can spend finding food for itself and keeping it sitting on the ground or in the branches of a tree where it is exposed to much more danger than it would be in the air . |
| 22 | Because of this the language in video materials , even for elementary level , tends to be a little more varied than it would be in the textbook . |
| 23 | I 'm putting your question down , is it a lot more expensive than it would be in the , in the producer country , which is what you said really , is n't it ? |
| 24 | Is it a lot more expensive than it would be in the producer country ? |
| 25 | He is in for the ride , so he must be on the payroll . |
| 26 | And from London , so it would be on the line where they had the accident , would it not ? ’ |
| 27 | I doubt if I 'll be off the hook for long . |
| 28 | Sometimes I cough , as if I might be on the verge of tears . |
| 29 | Madge charges £2 provided she can be in the audience . |
| 30 | She looked as if she could be on the cover of a fashion magazine . |