Example sentences of "we [modal v] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , a single success if it is too costly in terms of time , commitment , motivation or any other resource , may be at the expense of future changes — and we may be seeing some evidence of this at the moment in terms of the reactive stance of large parts of the service . |
| 2 | We may be seeing a reflection of a more widespread export of consumables . |
| 3 | ‘ For the first time since the start of the recession , ’ said Mr Hayward we may be seeing some glimmer of light , particularly as the figures tie in with the slight decrease in receiverships this quarter and with recent reports of an increase in business optimism . |
| 4 | But one of the station 's journalists , Belfast-born Fionnuala Sweeney who presented the night 's occasion to Europe said at the end of it all : ‘ Who knows — we may be seeing you in Ireland next year . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm afraid we may be bringing you bad news . ’ |
| 6 | For instance , we may be setting Dryden 's Song for Saint Cecilia 's Day and wish to abbreviate the following verse by cutting out less important material : We could reduce this to the following , which retains the important parts of the above , keeps the message exactly the same , but brings it down to more manageable proportions from a musical standpoint : |
| 7 | In this way we may be helping Iain Whyte , National Secretary of Christian Aid/Scotland . |
| 8 | After all , we may be learning as we go along but it is n't long before we discover that not everybody has a sylph-like waist or arms that with a little stretch will trail along the floor ! |
| 9 | With sodium , too , we may be fulfilling a need for this vital nutrient which controls the movement of fluid in and out of body cells . |
| 10 | We may be hanging on to relationships which reinforce low levels of self-esteem . |
| 11 | We may be requiring a change in the culture of the organisation . |
| 12 | Erm although we may be collecting more than that , and we may be collecting less than that . |
| 13 | Erm although we may be collecting more than that , and we may be collecting less than that . |
| 14 | We may be expecting a promotion at work . |
| 15 | Not everyone can or needs to excel at everything , and unless people are allowed to concentrate on what they are good at we may be wasting valuable resources . |
| 16 | We may be handling a horse and get a feeling that we are in tune with the horse and that it is accepting and even anticipating whatever we want to do : we are in rapport with the horse , and are communicating with the horse but in a way that is not through the other senses . |
| 17 | It is more likely that such hoards will be found today simply because of their size , so we may be dealing with a higher rate of recovery for these hoards than is normal for hoards of other periods . |
| 18 | We may be dealing with an energy currently unknown to science , but it made sense to start by monitoring known energies . |
| 19 | What 's really worrying me is that we may be dealing with amateurs . ’ |
| 20 | The famous inscription from Brough-on-Humber ( vicus Petuariensis ) , attesting the presence of a theatre , shows that some vici possessed magistrates with the title of aedile , although we may be dealing here with a site which was also a civitas capital . |
| 21 | ‘ The Independent claims it has lost just 2pc , which not only undermines their submission to the OFT , but also indicates we may be expanding the market and attracting a number of lapsed broadsheet readers back to the fold . ’ |
| 22 | One of the things that does , I 'm not being Chairman , just asking questions , but one of the things that slightly concerns me because I know that in his document the director has put about providing day care type facilities in rural areas and I remember at our last meeting , the last meeting at one , we discussed specifically and area , erm it does , does worry me a little whether the absence of any capital expenditure on our part means that we may be providing day care facilities in some areas but it 'll be of a very much lower quality or a lesser quality than we may be providing anywhere else in the areas like and and . |
| 23 | One of the things that does , I 'm not being Chairman , just asking questions , but one of the things that slightly concerns me because I know that in his document the director has put about providing day care type facilities in rural areas and I remember at our last meeting , the last meeting at one , we discussed specifically and area , erm it does , does worry me a little whether the absence of any capital expenditure on our part means that we may be providing day care facilities in some areas but it 'll be of a very much lower quality or a lesser quality than we may be providing anywhere else in the areas like and and . |
| 24 | But it may well be a happy life , and that we may be taking away . |
| 25 | In laboratory experiments , we may be getting a picture of how people behave in laboratories , but can we be sure that this is how they behave in the real world ( see p. 55 ) ? |
| 26 | Indeed , the possibility that he may actually have known Rodrigo can not be ruled out , and offers a tantalizing possibility that we may be reading a first-hand account . |
| 27 | ‘ We may be looking at a racial motive , but there is no doubt they were copying the other carjackings . ’ |
| 28 | In making a comparison we may be looking for points of similarity in order to aid our recognition ( and consequent action ) or we may be looking for points of difference . |
| 29 | In making a comparison we may be looking for points of similarity in order to aid our recognition ( and consequent action ) or we may be looking for points of difference . |
| 30 | Above all , we will try to address the significance of multimedia in a general sense and assess its likely impact on the way in which we may be using information in the final years of the century . |