Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in a disposal |
| 2 | 0501.2 Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in a disposal |
| 3 | Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in an acquisition |
| 4 | 0601.1 Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in an acquisition |
| 5 | Now that may be pushing it too far , but there are real dangers in giving a Home Secretary of any power , er the powers that this bill , bill suggests . |
| 6 | The common earthworm can be anything from four inches to a foot long , and many people claim to have seen worms 20 inches long , but that may be stretching a point . |
| 7 | It says it has 100 orders for the systems , nine models of the HP 3000 and HP 9000 lines ; a handful of the new 3000s went out in August ; the first 9000s should be shipping this month . |
| 8 | Instead of closing the door o to its union supporters , Labour should be opening up new ways in . |
| 9 | and I think in rape , it does seem to me , quite absurd that an old gentleman of seventy-five should be judging it . |
| 10 | That must be disturbing him greatly ; for , after all , though the Rabbi was not her blood relation and she had known him only since her marriage , even for her it was an intolerable wrench . |
| 11 | ‘ That must be upsetting for the innkeepers . ’ |
| 12 | Back at the products , version 6.2 should be entering beta test by the end of the year and , for the first time , Pick should become properly aware of networks and usable across distributed systems . |
| 13 | erm We have n't as yet , erm the problem is I do n't normally deal with the sub- committee , the person that 's that should be dealing with it is not here today , so I 've been unable to track down a copy of this letter . |
| 14 | ‘ Then perhaps it 's me that should be mistrusting you , ’ I said . |
| 15 | It was n't yesterday 's experience , it was n't yesteryear , it was n't something just that happened twenty , thirty , fifty years ago , it 's something , Paul says , that should be happening today ! |
| 16 | So that should be recording now . |
| 17 | Along with cash in hand , and the rent being paid up for a month , that should be travelling money enough . |
| 18 | Some may be looking forward to the next life , others begin to take a pride in having reached advanced years , even in outliving others . |
| 19 | Among the smaller firms supplying the larger ones , some may be operating independently and others as subcontractors . |
| 20 | For de Gaulle , apparently , the sooner the better and , although this may be straining the comparison , on the analogy of Badoglio 's Italy , the French in Vietnam might at least have been allowed to work their passage towards the status of a fully fledged ally rather than endure the uncomfortable ambiguities of a compromised position . |
| 21 | This may be contributing to current depression of desire and loss of human potency . |
| 22 | A related issue concerns the development of private hospitals and clinics on Green Belt land but this may be declining in importance as the private health care sector becomes saturated in the south and south east . |
| 23 | When you realise that this may be happening , do something about it — immediately ! |
| 24 | This may be happening again . |
| 25 | This may be changing . |
| 26 | ‘ We think the French may be planning an attack . ’ |
| 27 | Office automation is another area where the French may be lagging . |
| 28 | I I must confess Mr I had some difficulty with the wording of P P G there when it says , unacceptable coalescence , er and trying to balance that against the expressed aim that this should be freestanding . |
| 29 | Mr Jones thinks this must be working because Olwyn seems to like it . |
| 30 | And it is a good thing that someone sensible should be doing so for the subject has got into the hands of theorists of the most tiresome sort . |