Example sentences of "it [modal v] be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be to enable a moving vehicle to draw electric power while it runs along rails , the innovation that made possible the electric streetcar . |
| 2 | If the business fails to keep proper records it may be charged a financial penalty . |
| 3 | However , here he was at pains to point out that ‘ although this work was intended for an appendix to the Gardeners Dictionary , yet it may be reckoned a complete performance in itself independent to that ’ . |
| 4 | In port it may be considered a cosy double . |
| 5 | It may be decorating a flat for a housebound person , to taking care of the cat of an elderly hospitalised lady . |
| 6 | Its object is concerned with inflation , with preventing or restraining a general fall in the value of money , as seen in a general rise in prices — however difficult it may be to attach a precise concept to a ‘ general rise ’ in prices . |
| 7 | It could stop the erosion of rights catalogued throughout this book , and for this reason such a document needs to be considered seriously by the socialist opposition in Britain , and not written off as mere attempts at electoral reform when instead it should be developing a radical heart along democratic socialist lines . |
| 8 | Welfare benefit work should not be excluded from the scheme ; on the contrary , it should be accorded a high priority . |
| 9 | This 24 hours is only two-thirds of the 36 hours available ; it should be considered a minimum time to allocate to private study . |
| 10 | A cat is a carnivore and if it is to be kept as a pet it must be given a carnivorous diet . |
| 11 | It might be to get a criminal or terrorist prisoners released , ’ he explained patiently . |
| 12 | Dig over flowerbeds — the longer lumps of soil are exposed to frost , the easier it 'll be to get a fine tilth in spring . |
| 13 | It would be totally random , so it could be called a random walk . |
| 14 | It could be having a good night 's sleep the night before , playing tennis or taking a sauna , losing weight or having a stiff drink just before you begin . |
| 15 | It could be termed a quiet beginning , with scores of 38 and 35 along with a wicket with his offbreaks as the two sides drew . |
| 16 | Livestock was also carried , but especially from Ireland , so that it could be considered a true food import rather than a coastal one . |
| 17 | One simple way to prevent it would be to fit a broad-band electrical filter next to every electricity meter . |
| 18 | The ghost of the Duke of Windsor haunted the minds of the family , patently aware that the older he became the more difficult it would be to find a virginal , Protestant aristocrat to be his bride . |
| 19 | Old Granny Fordham , who lived in a lonely cottage on the Enderley estate , could n't afford luxuries like butter and eggs , and could n't easily get to the shops in the village , so it would be doing a real service to take Mrs. Grant 's gift to her . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm just coming , ’ called Lydia , thinking how amusing it would be to make a big splash and drowning noises , but even she knew that this would not be the action of a nice woman . |
| 21 | They make rotten toilet paper , and I do n't know what else to do with them , and , oh Nick ’ — she suddenly sat heavily beside me on the bed — ‘ you 're a good man and sometimes I think how nice it would be to have a good man in my life again . ’ |
| 22 | The borrowed cat was a wonderful balancer , and Mildred felt rather disloyal as she found herself thinking how nice it would be to have a well-behaved sleek black cat which she could feel proud of . |
| 23 | It will be made a London-based company , Blue Heaven Productions , for the ITV network . |
| 24 | It will be writing a native implementation of SoftPC for the PowerPC Mac , which is due to be available when Apple first ships the machines in January or February . |
| 25 | It will be writing a native port of SoftPC for the Mac PowerPC and is due to be available when Apple first ships the machines in January or February . |
| 26 | First , I believe that I speak for a number of my hon. Friends when I say that we want the Bill to reach the statute book , come what may , in view of the approaching general election , and I hope that it will be given a fair wind . |
| 27 | The Body Shop has announced that it will be boycotting a European " ecolabelling " plan because the standards are not stringent enough . |
| 28 | In early October it will be opening a new gallery on the Calle Orfila , Madrid , designed by New York architect Richard Gluckman . |
| 29 | It will be allocated a new registration number once Customs have confirmation that the buy-out has taken place , so Newco will , for VAT purposes , constitute an entity distinct from the vendor , even though , commercially , there is continuity of the business . |
| 30 | It will be offering a COSE-compliant version of VUE to the other COSE founders . |