Example sentences of "and they may [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brothers may be rivals , and they may be internalised . |
| 2 | The BBC believe that no one does sport as well as they do — and they may be right . |
| 3 | But their small size also means that insect fossils are easily overlooked and they may be more common than is supposed . |
| 4 | Their life expectancy may be less than the national average , and they may be more susceptible to illness and disease . |
| 5 | Veins can be identified by their faintly blue colour and they may be made to stand out by restricting the flow of blood back to the heart . |
| 6 | Both , however , may be produced by a volcano during the course of a single eruption , and they may be chemically identical . |
| 7 | Some are undoubtedly produced when ropy strands or shreds of sticky lava are flung up out of the vent , twisting and turning slightly in the air before falling back to earth ; these are known as rope or ribbon bombs , and they may be as much as one metre long . |
| 8 | Similarly , if every time one of your subordinates makes suggestions at a meeting you purse your lips then this may send a message to the person that you disapprove and they may be discouraged from coming forward with ideas . |
| 9 | Their difficulties stem from a number of different causes and may be temporary or permanent ; and they may be receiving their education , either outside the mainstream ( whether in special classes or units in ordinary schools , or in special schools ) or in ordinary classes in ordinary schools . |
| 10 | Compliment the opposition You are threatening them , and they may be disarmed by compliments . |
| 11 | They may have a strong urge to provide care which they can not translate into reality , and they may be acutely uneasy as a result . |
| 12 | ‘ After Chelsea tomorrow we play Arsenal on Wednesday and they may be our toughest games so far . |
| 13 | Conversely they may find it difficult to adapt to poor lighting conditions , and they may be nervous when coming indoors after being in brighter light outside . |
| 14 | And they may be torn three ways , between the practical direction they are getting in the school , the advice they are being given in college and by their teaching practice tutor , and their own developing sense of the kind of teacher they would or would not like to become . |
| 15 | The commitment of such teachers is to the emotional and personal well-being of the pupils , and they may be openly critical of the content-based , exam-passing philosophy of more traditional colleagues . |
| 16 | But Brusilov understood this and was prepared to pay the price , for he later wrote : ‘ An offensive without casualties may be staged only during manoeuvres … to defeat the enemy , or to beat him off , we must suffer losses , and they may be considerable . ’ |
| 17 | All things being equal , a favourable balance makes war less likely , but other things are not always equal , and they may be hard to ignore . |
| 18 | The troops that form the detachment are chosen from the army list in the usual way , and they may be armed and equipped in any way permitted by the army list . |
| 19 | The value charge of such a word reflects the mores of the language users , and they may be unaware that it has two distinguishable components to its meaning . |
| 20 | The influence of such leaders on their followers is limited and they may be quite helpless in the face of recalcitrant committee and sub-committee chairmen . |
| 21 | Distressed ventilated babies are more likely to breathe asynchronously , increasing the risk of pneumothoraces , so their oxygen requirement will probably be higher and they may be at increased risk of intracranial haemorrhage . |
| 22 | The others are waiting and they may be in danger . |
| 23 | Sceptics will no doubt dismiss Tito 's order ( even though it was issued down through the full chain of command ) and the assurances given pursuant to it by the Yugoslav negotiators at Bleiburg as mere window-dressing , and they may be right . |
| 24 | All types are included and they may be fresh or frozen . |
| 25 | They find themselves involved in what is a mainly adult activity and they may be quickly bored by a church service . |
| 26 | Above all , family members frequently blame themselves — and they may be encouraged to do so by the primary sufferers . |
| 27 | And they may be asked to play the role of " devil 's advocate " , preventing forecasters and marketers a like from becoming complacent and insular , losing sight of the continuous impact of the external environment on the business . |
| 28 | ( 9 ) ) and they may be heard under an arrangement under s.5(1) . |
| 29 | These standards may vary from country to country and they may be changed from time to time within a given country . |
| 30 | Not all poems are sufficiently lyrical , and they may be overburdened with wordy information : This kind poetry is far too prolix to be successfully set to music . |