Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Complete removal of weeds , including all the roots , is important , preferably by hand or while digging ; incidentally , do remember that some of them may be the very plants you are intending to grow , though if the area contains horsetail it is better not to try growing perennial plants in it until you have been clearing out this weed for some years . |
| 2 | But one of them may be the sort of book you feel you are best fitted to write . |
| 3 | The demand for equality and social justice — that everyone must be the same — derives from what was originally envy . |
| 4 | Sort of everyone should be the same , everyone should have equal rights and equal erm opportunities . |
| 5 | Whether a full Porter-style analysis or some less rigorous approach is used , those key determinants ( or key factors ) and action in response to them should be the linchpins in the corporate control system once the strategy is established . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , ’ he said disarmingly , ‘ I may be the devil , but I do n't drink and I 've been married to the same woman for 40 years , so I ca n't be that bad . ’ |
| 7 | I may be the first challenger for Lennox , so it 's not surprising that I 'm behind Bowe . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ she said , ‘ yours should be the ballad of naivety ? |
| 9 | I must be the only artist who does a huge painting and then does the preparatory work afterwards . |
| 10 | I figured I must be the only fool who was trying to start something ; I was trying to get that big BB King sound and then I saw The Fabulous Thunderbirds , with Jimmie Vaughan on guitar . |
| 11 | She said after her last injuries in December 1991 : ‘ I guess I must be the unluckiest policewoman . |
| 12 | After 3 attacks brave Lesley said : I must be the unluckiest policewoman . |
| 13 | ‘ Three injuries in three years — I must be the unluckiest policewoman , ’ she said . |
| 14 | Kelly said : ‘ I must be the only manager in the country who is cheesed off that his side are still in the FA Cup . |
| 15 | ‘ I sometimes think if that is true , I must be the most successful Chancellor there has ever been . |
| 16 | I must be the only artist who does a huge painting and then does the preparatory work afterwards . |
| 17 | ‘ I must be the only American citizen who does n't drive a car . |
| 18 | ‘ The story has to be finished , and I must be the one to finish it . ’ |
| 19 | Er I think you 've all guessed that I must be the policeman . |
| 20 | ‘ And I 'm her daughter , so naturally I must be the same , ’ Sabine said harshly . |
| 21 | Erm , mainly out of perversity , I do admit , because I must be the only social scientist of my generation who 's read all of them from cover to cover . |
| 22 | I ca n't wait until he gets round to me — I must be the only female in Hochhauser not on his list . ’ |
| 23 | I should be the Man of Destiny |
| 24 | I should be the last to imply that a Member of Parliament ought to subordinate his judgement of what is wise or right to even the most overwhelming majority of opinion . |
| 25 | As someone who lives just outside Brighton and commutes to Autocar & Motor 's office on the outskirts of Teddington , West London , it 's fitting that I should be the Clio 's new keeper . |
| 26 | Who has the right to ordain that I should be the one to go mad in this house , with a senile old woman of almost ninety years ? |
| 27 | ‘ I should be the social worker . |
| 28 | She replied that she and her community would co-operate in this task on one condition , namely that I should be the General Editor . |
| 29 | We did an interview and , at the whim of my sadistic cameraman , it was agreed that I should be the " victim " . |
| 30 | As Martin stood scratching his head , one of the goblins sneaked up behind him and whispered , " Say , " He told me I should be the richest man in the world . " " |