Example sentences of "case [modal v] [be] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time limit in Ord. 53 suffers from three major defects : first , the basic limit of three months is too short and may , indeed , be contrary to EC law ; secondly , not even the three months is an entitlement : a case may be struck out for undue delay even if brought within three months ; and thirdly , there is a discretion to extend the time limit on vague grounds , and this creates uncertainty . |
| 2 | It is sobering to reflect that a case could be made out for the judgment that the last extensive exercise of the English poetic sensibility was Wordsworth 's Prelude . ’ |
| 3 | However , it is necessary to consider this in a little more detail , for it might be argued that a rather better case could be made out for the materialist theory than the dismissive remarks of the preceding section seem to suggest , provided certain additional facts are taken into consideration . |
| 4 | I believe a good case could be made out for saying EITHER : |
| 5 | He had no doubt that the case could be wound up on the strength of it . |
| 6 | There case would be written up in medical journals ‘ because we have eliminated every other possible cause . ’ |
| 7 | Pinochet also claimed no direct knowledge of events at Pisagua and there were widespread fears that the case would be handed over to military jurisdiction . |
| 8 | Once the parties had been heard , the master or registrar would have the power either to make an ‘ unless ’ order , that is that the case would be struck out unless particular steps were taken within a particular time , or the case would be set down for trial . |
| 9 | The Union 's case will be set out by their senior life member , Ken Harris , who said this week he will relinquish his post as a trustee . |
| 10 | A better case can be made out for its subject being Salmo salar : the Atlantic salmon , than for Orpheus ! |
| 11 | However , a case can be made out for cyclically adjusting such figures so that the long-term trend of unemployment may be observed . |
| 12 | The most that can be said is that a good case can be made out for so doing ; law-abiding spectators would probably be sympathetic , depending upon the outcome . |
| 13 | A case can be made out for the 1918 election as a Unionist victory rather than a coalition victory . |
| 14 | Despite recent insights then , a respectable case can be made out for some form of intervention in some natural monopoly cases . |
| 15 | I believe that a formidable case can be made out in support of Lord Simon 's conviction that ‘ the concept of ‘ crime of basic intent ’ is a useful tool of analysis ’ . |