Example sentences of "[be] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large geographical areas have thus been classified as being ‘ less favoured ‘ and individual farmers qualify for supplementary assistance no matter what their financial position may be or the number of farms which they own . |
| 2 | the bonuses will be or the bonus will be that and your total on the card therefore is eighteen twenty one . |
| 3 | What better example of devolution to the individual could there be than the provision in amendment No. 3 that |
| 4 | This one foot , they must be than the other . |
| 5 | It may be that the user has submitted another package which references this module which must be approved first ( thus causing the error to be replaced with QA OK , after this module has been approved ) . |
| 6 | It may well be that the gum that surrounds the seeds of these species of Parkia and not of the seeds of the Palaeotropical ones is important here . |
| 7 | Yet , like the Christian cross , the sacral horns were used in a general symbolic way , and it may be that the Labyrinth was , as a whole , dedicated to Poteidan even though individual sanctuaries and shrines within it were dedicated to other deities , in much the same way that within a cathedral there may be chapels dedicated to a variety of Christian saints . |
| 8 | 1.8 " Architect " means ( name ) of ( address ) or such other person as the Landlord may from time to time appoint to perform the functions of the architect under the Building Contract and notify to the Tenant as having been so appointed It may be that the landlord will entrust supervisory functions to a surveyor or some other suitably qualified person . |
| 9 | It is important to try to give the tenant the opportunity of objecting to unreasonable requirements and recommendations , hence the suggested amendment , although it may be that the landlord will make the reasonably valid statement that the actual requirements of the insurers must be complied with as otherwise the landlord will be forever switching insurance companies . |
| 10 | Various indices now exist and it may be that the choice of index should to some extent be determined by the nature of the property . |
| 11 | It may be that the battle of Otford was a Kentish response to Mercian interference in the mid-770s in areas that were regarded by Ecgberht as within a Kentish sphere of influence . |
| 12 | It may be that the amp sounds okay but do they really need an LED for goodness sake ? |
| 13 | It could be that the king had returned . |
| 14 | The consequence would be that the King would send for Ramsay MacDonald , the leader of the Opposition . |
| 15 | In none of these cases do we think of the owner as having parted with the right of ownership , though it may be that the contract between the parties creates rights in favour of the bailee which the owner can not use his right of ownership to override . |
| 16 | The theory seems to be that the contract constituted by the articles of association defines the nature of the rights , which , however , are not purely personal rights but instead confer some sort of proprietary interest in the company though not in its property . |
| 17 | ( Indeed it could be that the fullness of humanity summed up in Christ would be well represented by a woman and a man concelebrating . ) |
| 18 | I do not think it can be said that the manner of death is any more horrific than it used to be ( although it may well be different ) but it may be that the way of reporting someone 's death has radically changed and that this has brought its own problems . |
| 19 | It can not really be that the way things are looking to me now is pink , since I could be wrong about whether that way is pink or not . |
| 20 | But it may be that the way forward is to look at secondment ( from the Dublin office has been seconded to Sri Lanka for several months . |
| 21 | It may be that the contravener himself has not received anything under the transaction in question . |
| 22 | It may be that the consul for the state of origin can serve documents only on nationals of his state , or he may be allowed to effect service on anyone in the area of his responsibility . |
| 23 | The reasons for doing this may be that the animal maximises its chances of mating with somebody with whom it can have offspring while at the same time minimising the ill-effects of inbreeding . |
| 24 | If the general approach is fairly robust , it ought to be that the relationship between population and land cover is fairly stable , so that we would expect the model coefficients to be similar to those obtained from the ward data . |
| 25 | The best hope for Buckingham Palace must be that the couple can avoid divorce , put their disappointments aside and agree on a distant but reasonably amiable working partnership . |
| 26 | It could be that the couple simply decided to go away for a few days , but those who know Mrs Allsopp say it 's unlikely she would have left without telling anyone . |
| 27 | I 'm , I do n't but with this T G I they have got a manual for T G , T G I and it may be that the procedure for T G I only needs to reference that manual if that manual is and it may be that if B T need a similar thing they will obviously have one specifically for B T. |
| 28 | It seems likely that the tumour viruses originally ‘ stole ’ their cancer genes from cellular DNA , and it may be that the transfer of genes between viruses and cells is a very common event . |
| 29 | It may be that the ban will in due course be struck down , or at least restricted in its scope by the European Court : a total prohibition on television and radio appearances by representatives of a lawful political organisation , for example where they are elected local councillors speaking about domestic issues , can hardly be justified on the grounds of national security or the prevention of public disorder . |
| 30 | Could it be that the sponsor of the competition — Lloyds Bank — expects to revolutionise its money sorting system ? |