Example sentences of "them may [be] " in BNC.

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31 A number of important questions need to be asked , with all the tact at your command ; some of them may be best addressed to an articled clerk who is already with the firm .
32 Variants of ( Ε ) and ( o ) do not form a continuum along a single linear scale , but each of them may be said to be part of one or more subscales which can be constructed on , for example , the continua of roundness , or backness or length .
33 But since it suits ill with his vocation , and perhaps bodes no good to — the other one — neither of them may be anxious to say it openly for all to hear .
34 However , this embraces a wide variety of behaviours ; the relationship between them may be cooperative or coercive ; their roles may be ill-defined or clearly-defined , overlapping , conflicting etc .
35 The offences may occur within the family or between acquaintances and to report them may be socially disruptive .
36 The seeds of some of them may be millions of years old .
37 The types of functions allocated between them may be equally haphazard .
38 As Lorenz wrote , ‘ one of them may be inclined to go on to mouth-pulling a few seconds before the other one .
39 While some landforms may have been so produced , it is possible that many of them may be relict forms subject to little later modification .
40 To them may be added differences in fertility levels and patterns , in prevalence of contraceptive use and in organized activities to regulate fertility .
41 On the other hand , the non-standardised dialects of Germany , Austria , and German-speaking Switzerland are all heteronomous with respect to standard German , in spite of the fact that they may be very unlike each other and that some of them may be very like Dutch dialects .
42 In future , these matters will not be decided here because responsibility for many of them may be transferred to Europe . ’
43 The objectives of the Network do not include distribution of a large volume of third party sell situations , although some involvement in them may be a necessary feature of certain domestic M&A marketplaces .
44 It is time , now , to offer a conspectus of the positions which English adjectives may take , and what the functions of the adjectives appearing in them may be .
45 British people realize that for better or worse their destiny is inextricably intertwined with that of the U.S. even though some of them may be reluctant to admit it .
46 3.10 Subject as provided in clause 5.5.3 all fixtures affixed to or installed in the Premises as part of the Tenant 's Works ( other than Tenant 's fixtures ) shall become and remain the property of the Landlord notwithstanding that any of them may be affixed or installed after completion of the Lease The difficulty here is ensuring that both parties know what are tenant 's fixtures and it may be as well to include in a schedule the fixtures to which the landlord is referring .
47 Perhaps more time labouring them and giving a more a briefer introduction to them may be , erm a more in-depth introduction ?
48 Well it 's impossible at the moment , with the media coverage and the erm information about war and the situation in the Gulf , not to touch children , however careful the adults around them may be , and it 's very important for us as adults to not be so caught up , in our excitement perhaps even , about what 's going on and all the razzmatazz that may be attached to the sort of glory of whose ever side they may be on that we forget the extent to which children are very much affected by how they see the adults around them respond to what 's going on .
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