Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attachment may be the result of friction , locking soil into irregularities in the surface or electrostatic attraction where soil and surface have opposite charges , or from chemical interaction between soil and surface made possible by a change of state of both at the interface . |
| 2 | Competition and struggle may be the watchwords but this does not necessarily imply outright hostility . |
| 3 | Goody himself provides a telling example of how ‘ scientific ’ progress may be the product of social forces which , in themselves , do not represent the kind of scholarly community and logical thought which he extols . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , the Duchess of York 's mother , Mrs Susan Barrantes , denied giving a sensational interview about her daughter , which included claims that the Duchess may be the victim of an ‘ establishment plot ’ . |
| 5 | The afternoon may be the best time , as the patients are resting and having visitors . |
| 6 | Training and preparation may be the most isolatory activities , but sport itself is performed to be appreciated . |
| 7 | Seen this way , the collapse of Christendom is a blessing for Christianity , and the present crisis of faith may be the best opportunity in centuries , at least for Christians in the West . |
| 8 | The faith may be the product of conditioning , or it may be the fruit of symbolic bedazzlement , but in neither case is it in any significant degree the work of reason , judgement , or active participation in the processes of rule . |
| 9 | Securing Buick 's position as the marque of self-assurance may be the toughest job of all . |
| 10 | Organisational change may be the result of these kinds of issue rather than in response to some logic of organisational design . |
| 11 | Theory suggests that an exchange rate change may be the appropriate response to a country specific shock . |
| 12 | The 1979 Conservative election manifesto claimed : ‘ The balance of our society has been increasingly tilted in favour of the state at the expense of individual freedom … this election may be the last chance we have to reverse that process . ’ |
| 13 | Where there are several Caribbean-born individuals , or others like Rastafarians who put especially high value on the use of Creole , then Creole may be the language of preference for the whole conversation . |
| 14 | The formula framework promises a rational approach but , in fact , the contrary may be the case . |
| 15 | Their response may be the occasion for added impetus to the ostensible shift from equity to efficacy as the guiding principle in the design of water pollution standards . |
| 16 | In short obtaining an expected response may be the reinforcement required to shape the experimenter 's pattern of unintentional cueing . |
| 17 | In some situations , the appropriate response may be the ‘ concession close ’ ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 18 | Antigone may be the first of all political plays and is surely the greatest . |
| 19 | The supporters of the hunt believe today 's decision may be the thin end of the wedge |
| 20 | So measures of document exposure may be the only direct measures of the benefits of book use which are relatively easy to collect and to compute . |
| 21 | He must be able to decide rightly whether a native chiefs first offence should be punished , or whether patience should be exercised until he has offended ten , nay twenty times — either course may be the right one , it depends entirely on circumstances . |
| 22 | This may not always be so — indeed , the exact opposite may be the case . |
| 23 | Example 4:6 Rent geared to subrents receivable YIELDING AND PAYING THEREFOR by equal quarterly payments in advance on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October in each year per cent of the net rents which the tenant is entitled to receive for the whole or any part of the demised property and calculated in accordance with the schedule hereto SCHEDULE ( 1 ) In this schedule the following expressions have the following meanings : ( a ) " full rack rental value " means the best rent at which the demised property ( or as the case may be the part of the demised property in question ) might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market by a willing landlord to a willing tenant ( i ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 2 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) upon which it is actually occupied ( ii ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 3 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) of this lease ( iii ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 4 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) upon which it was last occupied and in any case disregarding the matters set out in paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) of section 34(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and on the assumption that the rent so determined will be revised every five years ( b ) " qualified accountant " means a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales or the Association of Certified Accountants ( 2 ) If the tenant lets or permits to be occupied the whole or any part of the demised property in return for any pecuniary consideration other than the full rack rental value thereof as at the date of such letting or permission or in return for no pecuniary consideration then he shall be deemed for the purposes of this schedule to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date of such letting or permission and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 3 ) If the tenant himself occupies the whole or any part of the demised property then he shall be deemed for the purposes of this schedule to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date on which he went into occupation and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 4 ) If the whole or any part of the demised property remains vacant for three months or more then at the expiry of such period of three months the tenant shall until the same is next occupied be deemed to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date upon which the said period expired and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 5 ) The tenant shall one month before the beginning of each quarter ( time being of the essence ) deliver to the landlord a certificate signed by a qualified accountant showing a true summary of : ( a ) the gross amount of all rents and licence fees which the tenant is entitled ( or deemed to be entitled ) to receive in respect of the demised property and each part thereof for that quarter and ( b ) the amount of any sum included in ( a ) above which the tenant is entitled to recover from any subtenant or occupier of the whole or any part of the demised property either by way of VAT or by way of service charge in respect of services or works performed or to be performed ( 6 ) Subject to paragraph ( 7 ) below the net rents shall be the difference between the two amounts shown in the said certificate ( 7 ) The net rents shall be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors if : ( a ) the tenant fails to deliver a certificate in accordance with paragraph ( 5 ) above ( in which case the tenant shall pay interest on the net rents at the rate of … per cent from the quarter day in question until payment ) or ( b ) any dispute or difference arises between the parties in connection with the calculation of the net rents ( in which case the arbitrator shall determine the amount of interest if any to be paid by the tenant ) ( 8 ) The tenant shall permit the landlord or his agent to inspect and take copies of the tenant 's books or account or any other document or record ( and if necessary the tenant shall procure any computer print-out ) which in the opinion of the landlord or such agent is relevant to the calculation of the net rents and shall bear the costs of such inspection if there shall be any material discrepancy between the certificate delivered by the tenant under paragraph 5 above and the results of such inspection . |
| 24 | Add proposed record spending levels on research and development , infrastructure , education , enterprise zones and job training , as well as real estate and profamily incentives , and there may well be good reason to fear that the overall budget deficit may be the constraint that yields if spending cuts ca n't be found to finance all of these initiatives . |
| 25 | The play may be the thing , but not necessarily the only thing . |
| 26 | This verdict may be the last attempt of this generation to keep intact the myth of a unanimously resisting France , for it is now under review by the Court of Cassation . |
| 27 | Ultimately the strongest driving force for change must be the students and young doctors themselves . |
| 28 | One sofa measuring eight by four foot must be the largest country house sofa in captivity . |
| 29 | The words in section 2(1) ‘ transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer ’ have been interpreted by the courts to require that the transfer of ownership to the buyer should be the main object of the agreement . |
| 30 | The response of the social services to poor standards of parenting should be the provision of more supportive services to enable natural families to cope better , rather than facilitating the removal of children to substitute care and the ultimate separation of adoption . |