Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [adv] [be] [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Erm , that is kids may express curiosity , kids may even be doing things that imply they 're getting some sort of pleasure out of their bodies y'know they may be , as we used to call it when I was a child , playing with themselves , um they may be erm doing various things that er that give them some sort of bodily pleasure .
2 So curtains and mountains should really be saying curtains and mountains .
3 During those talks , Mr Shevardnadze said all military aid to Nicaragua has been frozen since the beginning of the year , but that weapons may still be reaching Nicaragua from Cuba .
4 I 'm sure most people in those places would rather be eating fish and chips .
5 The other side of the coin is that firms may now be hiring workers more quickly as demand picks up .
6 But if Eildon becomes the new landlord then these tenants will eventually be paying rents on the same basis as other Eildon tenants . ’
7 Twelve other Stoke potters will also be supplying china to the hotel , which opens in September .
8 Officers will also be taking fingerprints — for exclusion , of course . ’
9 Because of these difficulties , there is a widespread view that auditors will regularly be drawing attention to inherent uncertainties surrounding the going concern .
10 The 32 two-man teams all play four rounds , with the lowest combined total taking the team trophy — and the Americans could well be tackling England again for the honours .
11 The inhibitors might therefore be causing amnesia not because they prevent protein synthesis but because of their effect on increasing amino acid levels .
12 Primordial black holes with initial masses less than this figure would already have completely evaporated , but those with slightly greater masses would still be emitting radiation in the form of X rays and gamma rays .
13 Unfortunately , it is not possible to state what the overall dependency total is , as most supplementary benefit claimants will also be drawing housing benefit .
14 Agents will always be making mistakes , and some agents will be making larger mistakes than others , but the rational expectations hypothesis stipulates that these mistakes should , on average over time , cancel each other out .
15 Sailors will also be joining classes at Hurworth junior and infant school .
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