Example sentences of "they may [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Complete removal of weeds , including all the roots , is important , preferably by hand or while digging ; incidentally , do remember that some of them may be the very plants you are intending to grow , though if the area contains horsetail it is better not to try growing perennial plants in it until you have been clearing out this weed for some years . |
| 2 | They may be the sole earners in households where men and teenage children are all unemployed . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , redundancy payments play a special role for women because they may be the sole source of financial compensation for job loss . |
| 4 | Such people are infectious however , and if they are involved in food preparation and are careless about washing their hands , they may be the modern equivalent of ‘ Typhoid Mary ’ , passing Giardia on to others . |
| 5 | You have to take the risk of describing the doorknob , or the little country shop , because they may be the only details that can take you in — into the strange and wonderful labyrinth that is your writer-self . |
| 6 | They may be the only source of data on the topic in question . |
| 7 | Although the use of vertical elevations or sectional drawings is rare in leases there is no reason why they should not be used ; and where the property overhangs or interlocks with another property they may be the only practical or readily comprehensible way of describing it . |
| 8 | Of course , many workers in adult education are also feminists — they may be the anti-sexist male variety — but on the whole they are women who want adult education to respond to the concerns of the women 's movement . |
| 9 | They may be the dual hemispheres of cerebral comedy , but when asked what makes them funny , they replied , ‘ We do n't drink sherry and listen to Texan polkas ’ . |