Example sentences of "they may be [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A final point that has to be borne in mind is that in order to make generalizations based on the type of quantitative analysis pioneered by Labov , a large number of tokens must be analysed ( usually thousands ) ; however , it happens that some variables that are quite salient in the community occur relatively rarely , and so we can not make reliable quantitative statements about these covering the range of speaker variables , even though they may be involved in linguistic change and may be important for historical projections on to earlier English . |
| 2 | The source of these birds is not known , but they may be present from late August until April . |
| 3 | Recrystallized organic-rich fossils , such as renalcid microorganisms in reefs , may show up very well under UV , whereas they may be invisible in transmitted light and CL . |
| 4 | Although such studies give a great deal of information about the memory for individual arousing slides , they may be unrepresentative of normal situations . |
| 5 | They may be unresponsive to ministerial suggestions , and they may make this opposition very clear through the local authority associations . |
| 6 | For domesticated felines remain ‘ part-kitten ’ all through their lives , and even though they may be middle-aged in feline terms they still look upon their human owners as their mothers . |
| 7 | They may be delirious with constant talking and mania . |
| 8 | For those who think they may be sensitive to synthetic chemicals , the only sound method of diagnosis is to avoid chemical exposure as much as possible and see if the symptoms improve . |
| 9 | Then we may say that ( 59 ) and ( 60 ) are L-tensed , but M-tenseless and non-deictic ( although they may be non-deictic in different ways ; see Lyons , 1977a : 680 ) . |