Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ That must be upsetting for the innkeepers . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Then perhaps it 's me that should be mistrusting you , ’ I said . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | So that should be recording now . |
| 9 | Along with cash in hand , and the rent being paid up for a month , that should be travelling money enough . |
| 10 | Some may be looking forward to the next life , others begin to take a pride in having reached advanced years , even in outliving others . |
| 11 | Among the smaller firms supplying the larger ones , some may be operating independently and others as subcontractors . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This may be contributing to current depression of desire and loss of human potency . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | When you realise that this may be happening , do something about it — immediately ! |
| 16 | This may be happening again . |
| 17 | This may be changing . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Mr Jones thinks this must be working because Olwyn seems to like it . |
| 20 | The time taken to flip from one stance to another must be fleeting . |
| 21 | This might be according to whether the client is new to the bureau or not , whether the enquiry is new or a continuing problem , or according to a client 's age , sex , origin , economic activity or area of residence . |
| 22 | She pointed out that they rarely seemed to express affection towards Pamela and that this might be making her feel insecure . |
| 23 | This might be going on . |
| 24 | McLuhan 's response was to write a series of books about the situation , but any suggestion that this might be reinforcing linear thinking is rapidly dispelled by the nature of his own prose . |
| 25 | Suddenly she felt afraid of where this might be leading . |
| 26 | I honestly do not think my child is encouraged in any way , possibly because his life is short … to take charge of his life and I think this might be giving him an unspoken message that you do n't count . |
| 27 | But now , at long last , it seems as though this might be ending : the much vaunted triumph of the West may be faltering in this , its first confrontation with a region and a group of peoples who are as confident and as proud — and as rich and powerful — as the Westerners have long been . |
| 28 | This could be taking fatherley pride a bit too far . |
| 29 | The road out of the village , southwards , shrinks in a quite unforeseeable manner in order to pass under the porch of a small chapel ; this could be distracting , and were something coming the other way lead perhaps to a rare collision on what is no doubt consecrated ground . |
| 30 | This could be happening when the child uses a video game or watches a TV screen . |