Example sentences of "be [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to imagine a school appointing a Head of French or Science without having either a fair idea of what a French or Science curriculum should be or a commitment to quickly devise one . |
| 2 | If this point is charged or reported then the accused 's mental state or mens rea should be proved , i.e. an intent to be or an awareness that his conduct may be disorderly . |
| 3 | Besides , what nobler work of civilisation could there be than a child happily asleep ? |
| 4 | For example , it might be that a driver was deliberately altering his records in some way . |
| 5 | For example , in considering the efficiency and effectiveness of a regional airport it may be that a specialist transport economist could assist the auditor in assessing the effectiveness of the airport 's operations . |
| 6 | Could it be that a degree of PMS ( I do not mean suicidal or murderous tendencies ) is a perfectly reasonable response by a healthy reproductive system to the unnatural state of non-pregnancy ? |
| 7 | It might be that a friend says to the young man who is thinking of living in Bali ‘ You do n't really believe that nonsense , you 're playing at being Gauguin' . |
| 8 | It may be that a vaccination programme is required — Rotavirus or E-coli . |
| 9 | For our purposes , the distinction could be that a diary is written at the time of the event , memoirs are a writer 's recollections of a particular period ( perhaps aided by diaries ) in which he was not necessarily the central character , while an autobiography is an attempt to give a systematic and chronological record of the author 's life , with himself at the centre of the story . |
| 10 | The problems are not all one-sided , however , as it may be that a supplier of equipment or software has to fall back on contractual remedies . |
| 11 | It may be that a prerequisite for obtaining reversals in the effects of risk on recognition is that there is a reasonable amount of peripheral information available in the situation . |
| 12 | A democratic approach would be that a majority of the band constitutes the necessary authority to make decisions . |
| 13 | Rather than sending the children out when the adults want to talk , it may be that a neighbour could make sure to include them in an outing to give the child time to talk to them . |
| 14 | The seller may also wish to stipulate whose knowledge will be imputed to it ; it may be that a company could have knowledge through a person who knows nothing of the existence of the warranties . |
| 15 | Purely on a psychological level , it may be that a culture such as ours that has grown up out of a Judaic-Christian background finds cremation difficult to accept . |
| 16 | It may be that a variety of different approaches is considered appropriate . |
| 17 | It may be that a variety of non-Northumbrian factors also played a part here — not least the early Viking raids , the likely disruption of shipping routes and Anglo-Frankish trading disputes — but the cessation of minting during Aethelred 's second reign is in such striking contrast to what happened in southern England that essentially it remains a mystery . |
| 18 | It could be that a firm may only be able to say with any certainty that it expects the rate of return on an investment project to be within a particular range , say 10 to 15 per cent . |
| 19 | As regards the present argument , the law seems to be that a parent or guardian can consent only to treatment which is in his charge 's interest . |
| 20 | It can not then be that a man was present on earth before a woman , and the woman formed from him . |
| 21 | The literal meaning seems to be that a man is so full of the Holy Spirit that he carries conviction when he speaks about Christ . |
| 22 | The true moral seems to be that a choice is difficult not because we can not decide which is the better but because we can not bear to give up the one that has not been chosen . |
| 23 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |
| 24 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |
| 25 | It may therefore be that a clause which wholly negates one party 's promise will never be given effect ; even if this is not the case , the court will be extremely reluctant to interpret the clause in that way and clear words will be needed to have that effect . |
| 26 | The effect in essence must be that a Transfer Notice constitutes the Company the agent for the sale of the shares . |
| 27 | The effect in essence must be that a Transfer Notice constitutes the Company the agent for the sale of the shares . |
| 28 | It could be that a lack of support in the community also contributes to postnatal depression — it certainly increases anxiety and unhappiness . |
| 29 | The general idea underlying this discretion seems to be that a court should not award a judicial review remedy if to do so would cause ( query , serious ) damage to the ‘ public interest ’ such as would outweigh the injury which the applicant would suffer as a result of refusal of a remedy . |
| 30 | It may be that a court of equity will regard the bank as affected by equities arising out of the manner in which the husband persuades his wife to agree to the proposed transaction . |