Example sentences of "the [noun sg] they may be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pronouns can either become disjuncts ( he or she , her or his ) or the singular they may be used ( no one would use sexist language if they could help it ) . |
| 2 | If there are two student members on the bench they may be asked to deliver their judgments before the senior member . |
| 3 | Article 13 of the Third Geneva Convention , specifically on prisoners of war , repeats the limits on the information they may be required to give . |
| 4 | In this case , consumers or users are allocated into different groupings according to the way they may be categorised , thus : * Geographic Distribution — for instance , a substantial proportion of total UK demand is concentrated in London and the South East . |
| 5 | As far as this representative model is concerned procedural entitlements are viewed in purely instrumental terms , according to the contribution they may be expected to make to the accuracy of the underlying substantive policy judgments , and since no one has a right to a particular policy outcome , no one has aright either to any particular form of decision-making process . |