Example sentences of "[conj] they may be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Distressed ventilated babies are more likely to breathe asynchronously , increasing the risk of pneumothoraces , so their oxygen requirement will probably be higher and they may be at increased risk of intracranial haemorrhage . |
| 2 | They can operate at temperatures up to 1,000°C and very high pressures ; and they may be in constant use for 10 years . |
| 3 | What he has done is describe certain linguistic features of the text which distinguish it from other texts ( he refers to Yeats 's ‘ Phoenix ’ and Tennyson 's , ‘ Morte d'Arthur ’ , as well as instances of non-literary usage ) , and which look as if they may be of some literary significance ; but he leaves it to the literary specialist to determine what the nature of that literary significance is . |
| 4 | Desirable though they may be in special circumstances , I have always conducted a personal vendetta against glazed cabinets and patented bookcases with evil and malicious sliding and lifting glass panels . |
| 5 | There is certainly a case for insisting on the democratic control of the EMS , but that means getting more , not less involved in European politics , messy , complex and frustrating as they may be to those who long for simple black-and-white , left-and-right simplicities . |
| 6 | IF THE Home Unions XV are tempted — as they may be after all the disruptive absentees and injuries — to go into tonight 's Parc des Princes Bicentenary bash less than seriously , they should consider the way the French are treating it . |