Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be to enable a moving vehicle to draw electric power while it runs along rails , the innovation that made possible the electric streetcar . |
| 2 | Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own . |
| 3 | If the business fails to keep proper records it may be charged a financial penalty . |
| 4 | Even if one acknowledges the significance of the state itself as an agency , there is a danger that it may be given a role which is too sharply independent . |
| 5 | However , here he was at pains to point out that ‘ although this work was intended for an appendix to the Gardeners Dictionary , yet it may be reckoned a complete performance in itself independent to that ’ . |
| 6 | It is not as it may be interpreted a message of hope that the sun might still wake him but rather one of despair that even the sun is at a loss and does not know how to wake him . |
| 7 | In port it may be considered a cosy double . |
| 8 | It may be decorating a flat for a housebound person , to taking care of the cat of an elderly hospitalised lady . |
| 9 | Walking boldly into a room may be indicative of a feeling of wellbeing ; on the other hand it may be conveying a mood of anger , so analysis of further cues is required to differentiate . |
| 10 | Its object is concerned with inflation , with preventing or restraining a general fall in the value of money , as seen in a general rise in prices — however difficult it may be to attach a precise concept to a ‘ general rise ’ in prices . |
| 11 | His agent , Giles Gordon of Sheil Land , had reacted to the sight of the manuscript with alarm , but was won around by reading it : ‘ He said that perhaps it should be cut a bit , but that we should aim to keep it to the same kind of scale . ’ |
| 12 | It could stop the erosion of rights catalogued throughout this book , and for this reason such a document needs to be considered seriously by the socialist opposition in Britain , and not written off as mere attempts at electoral reform when instead it should be developing a radical heart along democratic socialist lines . |
| 13 | I think it should be done a lot younger as well . |
| 14 | If such a home places its residents under the care of a consultant psychiatrist , surely it should be called a hospital . |
| 15 | Yes , I think this is what 's tended to happen is people call the system , i.e. the central processing unit — which is really the microprocessor , the memory and the interface circuits — as a microprocessor , when really it should be called a microcomputer . |
| 16 | Welfare benefit work should not be excluded from the scheme ; on the contrary , it should be accorded a high priority . |
| 17 | This allows a premier cru to stand out and get appropriate recognition even if it should be considered a grand cru . |
| 18 | This 24 hours is only two-thirds of the 36 hours available ; it should be considered a minimum time to allocate to private study . |
| 19 | It must be getting a bit boring Dave . |
| 20 | A cat is a carnivore and if it is to be kept as a pet it must be given a carnivorous diet . |
| 21 | And Mrs Rogers came up to me and said how wonderful it must be to have a husband who takes an interest in his family ; her Dan does n't know he 's got a family and cares less . |
| 22 | If 1T82 had anything to do with the outbreak of mass hysteria among would-be buyers , sellers , makers , and so on of microcomputers , then it must be judged a success . |
| 23 | A very special bomber because it must be carrying a very special cargo . |
| 24 | So it must be making a difference . |
| 25 | It might be argued a contrario that the term " shop assistant , draper 's assistant etc. " which is recorded for some of the bridegrooms , suggests that " grocer does indeed refer to a shopkeeper . |
| 26 | It might be called a polyamino acid , because the basic units are amino acids . |
| 27 | However it might be expecting a lot for him to win four races and it could be that Simon Beck , who starred at the TT , will score his first Irish success . |
| 28 | It might be considered an expensive reward for achieving a high standard and a costly method of public relations . |
| 29 | Er it might be putting a sign up on the , on the fence saying beware of the dog , it might be having a gravel drive . |
| 30 | Er it might be putting a sign up on the , on the fence saying beware of the dog , it might be having a gravel drive . |