Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the recession may even be healthy in making it more difficult to publish the second-rate , he argues : rather than having a clear strategy of which subjects they would concentrate on , far too many academic publishers were happy simply to print a selection of the manuscripts they were sent , including multi-authored books and conference proceedings which tended to be of limited academic market . |
| 2 | ‘ Closure of the USM may prompt a rush of restructuring by USM companies that decide that this is the opportunity for an MBO or a delisting , or even to maximise shareholder value by break-up or sale , but the current recession may not be the ideal timing for any of these options , ’ says PW 's Nigel Crockford . |
| 3 | The data from the recession may not be useful in managing in normal times but on the other hand may help in managing the next recession . |
| 4 | THE recession may still be biting , but video games company Nintendo continues to buck the trend . |
| 5 | A male may not be aware or the possibility or a female 's alternative reading of what an object constitutes or signifies ; similarly , it may never occur to a member of a one social class that some revered object may be subject to a parodied and subversive interpretation by members of another . |
| 6 | When the subject enters the political arena and becomes politically controversial , we assume an elective silence on the political issues and confine ourselves , if we intervene at all , to constitutional or legal questions or views on practical matters affecting the law and its administration where our views may naturally be expected and sought . |
| 7 | And father we pray that our hope may not be in vain but may lead us to sharing again in your kingdom . |
| 8 | Even illustrations may not be adequate , details of pictures often being poorly represented , leaving an artist 's techniques , materials and handling to be discovered from more specialist studies . |
| 9 | As external forms , however , objects may also be independent of the interpretation of any one particular group , and their consistency as a material presence may belie the actual variety of meanings they evoke . |
| 10 | It will even take account of the fact that some relevant objects may not be described as ‘ wooden ’ at all , but as being made of ‘ beech ’ , ‘ mahogany ’ , ‘ deal ’ or the like . |
| 11 | While perception of objects may not be prior to those mental apparati which absorb them ( a version of the Kantian categories ) , it does act as a firm physical constraint upon them . |
| 12 | Within such an approach , objects may not be reducible to the workings of a central hierarchical principle , or be directly related to what are otherwise considered the most important social divisions . |
| 13 | The decision to withdraw from the NPT may well be part of that . |
| 14 | These languages and their related cultures may also be studied as components of the MA(General) . |
| 15 | Some societies and cultures may indeed be more pleasant to live in , just as some seem more exciting and others nastier . |
| 16 | Coins may also be acquired from various sources ; local finds or gifts of collectors may give very different pictures . |
| 17 | Coins may also be found and reported on a casual basis by interested members of the public or systematically searched out by treasure hunters with metal detectors . |
| 18 | The proportion of non-flying invertebrates may not be as high , and they are harder to sample systematically , but I am optimistic about the numbers that remain undiscovered . |
| 19 | For in secondary schools , so often organised in this way , a child 's experience may not be as ‘ coherent ’ ‘ broad ’ and ‘ balanced ’ as the curriculum planners imagine . |
| 20 | Guidelines for acute severe asthma based on hospital experience may not be an appropriate yardstick by which to judge how asthma attacks are measured in the community . |
| 21 | The higher success rates obtained for Imperial units suggest that out of school experience may well be an important factor in making the associations required . |
| 22 | It seems likely that for a parent or spouse , the experience may well be comparable to the sorts of events and difficulties implicated in depression . |
| 23 | Others still may be associated with specific circumstances ; but we must remember that every problem is founded upon the impact of circumstance on the personality of the individual or persons concerned , so that earlier experience may again be involved . |
| 24 | The industry may be run down to 12 or 14 pits , and there may be no interest from the private sector , because long-term contracts may not be negotiated , especially in view of the amount of imported coal . |
| 25 | While the bidding for contracts may nominally be through international competitive bidding arrangements between suppliers and members of a government , the award may in practice be carried out in ways which make it impossible for the Bank and other donors to police it . |
| 26 | However , as explained at page 32 below , dealings on exchanges which are not recognised investment exchanges ( RIEs ) or designated investment exchanges ( DIEs ) may in fact be treated as " off-exchange " for the purposes of the COB Rules ; moreover , qualifying futures contracts may still be within the money market exemption ( see page 24 below ) provided that they are not bought or sold , or expressed to be as bought or sold , on an RIE . |
| 27 | But although his selected trio — Northwich Victoria 's Liverpool-born defender Jeff Parker , Warrington Town utility man Paul McNally and Northern Ireland Under-21 midfielder Norman Kelly may not be household names , he is convinced they are the right choice . |
| 28 | Such damage may however be considered under 4*/5* Maxplan Contents policies as accidental damage . |
| 29 | If during repairs , further underlying damage is found , this damage may only be accepted as coming within the cover of the policy if it is directly related to the incident giving rise to the claim . |
| 30 | In the end , the failure to offer an entitlement curriculum may not be a failure of the National Curriculum , but of the market-led sections of the Reform Act . |