Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The carving of the features on the youth 's head , fig. 70 , is so like that of the girl 's that they may well be the work of one artist ; but this has none of the other 's contradictions . |
| 2 | They may also be the bureau manager or they may be a voluntary advice worker with the same caseload as any other member of the team . |
| 3 | Ideological preferences are similarly of little use , since they may simply be the way in which politicians present their views in order to gain public acceptance . |
| 4 | I I mean er I doubt whether we 'll we 'll have a full slate in February anyway so I mean they 'll probably be the option for people to come in later and we 'll probably end up co-opting people later and er I think we should |
| 5 | The former has five gadroons , compared to the three in the Colchester example but , clearly , they might still be the work of the same mosaicist . |
| 6 | If only a few cases were known , they could easily be the result of an animal just happening to die when in a remote spot . |
| 7 | Though private names could still co-exist in this new world , they would soon be the minority . |
| 8 | Thus , while they should be drafted , so far as possible , to withstand judicial scrutiny , they will only be the subject of litigation in exceptional cases . |
| 9 | However , SFX are not limited to the work of those designated in the credits or cited in the Academy Awards as visual effects or sound effects specialists ; they can also be the task of the make-up artist , the stuntman/woman , even the costumier . |
| 10 | They can also be the cause of chimneys which lean : should your chimney stack lean , it is essential to have it rebuilt — there is no other cure . |
| 11 | Given the pluralistic nature of society , they can only be the product of hysteria and demagogic manipulation . |
| 12 | What I 'd like to do is to help them to see that they do n't need to give up on the computer , that they can actually be the master of it , although of course I do n't I 'm not suggesting that they become programmers — that would be to abdicate their function in another way — but certainly they can understand it , and I think of course it keeps coming back to this issue over and over again , an issue about education . |