Example sentences of "they [vb mod] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or they may be no more than symptoms of a chemical fault in the consciousness-generator , and of no greater significance than that . |
| 2 | Even if the Charter should contain restrictions on its freedom of action , acts transgressing such restrictions are probably not void , though they may be a ground for revoking the Charter . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They may be a bit shy . |
| 5 | The point of introducing these ideas here is to draw attention to the radical analysis which suggests that management may use rules and procedures , and other more complex organisational arrangements such as product groups or even matrix organisational structures , not just because they may be a more efficient means of co-ordination but because they are necessary if capital is to control recalcitrant labour . |
| 6 | They may be a bit personal . |
| 7 | Conceptual clarification and reordering are , however , hardly sufficient as means of controlling force but they may be a necessary prerequisite for attaining this objective . |
| 8 | They may be a branded goods company which does not have the strongest brands in the markets in which they operate . |
| 9 | On the other hand they may be a serious indication that man is — as many people insist — doing irreparable damage to our own fuglicaa , the earth . |
| 10 | When used neat they may be a little too sharp for most tastes . |
| 11 | Hotman points out that while " they may be a people without a king … a king without a people is as inconceivable as a pastor without a flock , " and suggests that the supposed ancient kingdom of Francogallia " was not subject to the law of inheritance as if it were a private patrimony but was habitually transferred by the votes and decisions of the people . " |
| 12 | Such stories , and they are legion , are quite accurate with respect to the intention and perspective of business and marketing interests , but it will be argued in the next chapter that they may be a poor foundation for an understanding of the nature of consumption . |
| 13 | You get reports from school and it may say " difficult " or whatever , but they may be a very different person in the pregnancy . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , they may be a significant step toward a complete unified theory . |
| 15 | On the other hand , if in addition to being ‘ preferential ’ they are also ‘ participating ’ they may be a form of equity shares with preferential rights over the ordinary shares ( and in consequence should be , and often are , designated ‘ preferred ordinary ’ ) . |
| 16 | They may be a dishonest washing of the hands of responsibility . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , they may be a step toward a complete , fully unified theory . |
| 18 | The Guardian is usually way behind the pack where transfer news is concerned so they may be a bit gullible . |
| 19 | They may be a long way from performing in the Greatest Show on Earth , but getting there has certainly got them in a spin . |
| 20 | ‘ I think they may be a better team away from home than the French were . |
| 21 | ‘ They may be a bigger success than some of our others , ’ he said . |
| 22 | The British are not in any sense unique , though they may be an extreme example , in their preoccupation with themselves and their own ways . |
| 23 | It may be that the round tombs are a reference back to a very ancient and primitive type of house , long-since abandoned except for tomb architecture , or they may be an exotic , a design imported from a foreign land where both tombs and houses were round . |
| 24 | They may be an element of our culture and it is notable that in other societies than those of the Euro-American group the Oedipal complex is less evident . |
| 25 | Repeated slips may mean that recovery was never clearly established in the first place or they may be an indication of the beginning of a full-scale relapse . |
| 26 | I accept that they are a new concept and they may be an , an improvement in time . |
| 27 | They may be the fourth largest national group in the Middle East , after the Arabs , Persians and Turks , but their hope of an independent Kurdistan appears to have vanished . |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |