Example sentences of "they [vb mod] be [adj] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Building up parental confidence in these techniques can sometimes present a problem as they may be contradictory to the parents ' viewpoint . |
| 2 | Of course , they may be due to the stochastic component of the process and therefore be unpredictable , or they may be due to the systematic or predictable component . |
| 3 | Of course , they may be due to the stochastic component of the process and therefore be unpredictable , or they may be due to the systematic or predictable component . |
| 4 | They may be hostile to the global capitalist system and feel that they and Nigeria are victims of exploitation within it . |
| 5 | Alternatively ( as happened in many Third World countries in the 1980s ) they may be responsive to the interests of transnational capital in the shape of the World Bank and the IMF imposing ‘ restructuring ’ policies in order to ensure repayment of Third World debts . |
| 6 | Yes … high earners will get bigger fines … but they may be disproportionate to the offence . |
| 7 | The train was slowing slightly ; they must be close to the station . |
| 8 | For such methods to gain widespread acceptability they must be comparable to the Parsonnet system in ease of implementation . |
| 9 | They should be appropriate to the stated aims of the organisation , rather than to an individual or sub-group 's desire to maximise their own aims . |
| 10 | Developing countries have their own specific economic , political and social requirements and it is often felt that the media should ‘ carry out positive development tasks ’ ; that they should accept restrictions if the state so desires and that they should be subordinate to the needs ( economic , cultural , political ) of a developing state . |
| 11 | Since shareholders controlled the company they should be entitled to the profits and the managers obliged to act in their interests , for this ensured that the shareholders had the incentive to exploit wealth-maximizing opportunities . |
| 12 | Spokesman Jim Sutton says they should be ‘ prosecuted with vigour ’ , but he reminds owners that they could be liable to the same fate if planners ever get tough . |
| 13 | say that you 're not allowed to , to run those because they 'd be contrary to the directive , but er we 'd have to wait and see |
| 14 | He said that they would be subject to the same collective discipline , would be able to carry a majority in the Commons and would be able to sustain the short-term unpopularity of some of the decisions that might be necessary to get the economy moving again . |
| 15 | They had the power of constriction , and Anne guessed they would be sticky to the touch . |
| 16 | And I also believe that an elected Second Chamber to replace the Lords would feature people of much lesser ability and stature , who would be unable to speak their minds freely because they would be beholden to the same electorate as the Commons . |
| 17 | Both sides undertook to take steps to implement these proposals once the British government had established that they would be acceptable to the people of Rhodesia as a whole . |
| 18 | After three months they would be entitled to the statutory minimum wage in Germany , but this would still be less than the wages taken home by Germans working on the same site . |
| 19 | They would be open to the richest individuals and companies in the city . |
| 20 | Pupils also know that language changes over time , they will be used to the idea of ‘ fashionable ’ words and phrases which drop into and out of popular usage , even in their relatively short life-spans . |
| 21 | If somebody has er , life cover , and living insurance is over a hundred thousand , they will be subject to the need being established . |
| 22 | They will be useless to the drafter 's client unless they are explained . |
| 23 | They will be open to the public from the end of 1993 , and it is hoped the local farming community will benefit from demonstrations at the farms . |
| 24 | Shift-work hours are not merely inconvenient but they can be disturbing to the functioning of the whole family . |