Example sentences of "they [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It works particularly awkwardly for married women at any age , since they may be employed at quite a different level from their husbands , or not at all . |
| 32 | The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the most far reaching of all the statutes having the widest impact on working conditions , its aim being to secure the health , safety and welfare of all at work wherever they may be employed . |
| 33 | Plant pieces are not actively used in the construction of the nest , but they may be employed as an anchor , or in the case of broad leaf plants that reach the surface , as a site for the whole nest . |
| 34 | At best , they may be granted a specific validity , as experts in feminine psychology . |
| 35 | At Boots ( retail division ) , however , if employees ' bridging loans extend beyond six months , they may be charged the current building society interest rate — usually a higher rate . |
| 36 | Where travellers are provided with food and drink and fail to pay before they depart from the premises , they may be charged with a criminal offence ( making off without payment ) contrary to s.3(1) of the Theft Act 1978 . |
| 37 | Any dispensers needed should be fitted and filled on the day of commencement , not before , otherwise they may be misused before their function is known . |
| 38 | They are an expression of underlying inequalities which , while they may be categorized primarily as economic and social , must also be seen as political . |
| 39 | Various types occur , and they may be categorized according to the changes in vibrational quantum numbers ν i , of the set of molecular vibrations ( see Table 5.6 and Fig. 5.32 ) . |
| 40 | Most proceedings may be commenced in either court , though they may be transferred to the other court in due course ; of the rest , there are some which should always be commenced in the county court and others which should always be commenced in the High Court ( notwithstanding that the county court has jurisdiction to hear the case ) . |
| 41 | They may be advertised in local newspapers or on local radio . |
| 42 | This guide contains information about specific medical conditions which may affect older people in residential and nursing homes and other places where they may be cared for — such as hotels and guest houses . |
| 43 | Once the young are born they may be cared for by both their parents for many days . |
| 44 | ‘ I know grace rooteth not out the affections of a mother , but putteth them on His wheel who maketh all things new , that they may be refined ; … |
| 45 | They may be intended to help people to be more aware of their own interests and abilities with a view to taking the first steps towards any of these possibilities . |
| 46 | They may be questioned , but must be ‘ at all times protected , particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity . ’ |
| 47 | They may be recognised by the courts as part of the constitutional background against which a particular decision is taken ( Carltona v. Commissioner of Works ( C.A. , 1943 ) ) , but will not be enforced directly . |
| 48 | They may be deprived of skills and they may receive less stimulation than , say , middle-class English children , but inside the Asian family they get plenty of security and love . |
| 49 | Thus as was reaffirmed recently in Crago v Julian [ 1992 ] 1 WLR 373 CA leases for a term of less than three years , although they may be created orally , can only be assigned by deed . |
| 50 | If grouped together ( within 5″ of another chariot ) they may be treated as a unit for leadership tests testing on the value of the highest . |
| 51 | Assume further that the probe lengths are sufficiently small that they may be treated as points in comparison with the clones , and that the probes are all single-copy . |
| 52 | The lack of such a maximum at Cape Grim leaves open the possibility that they may be caused by phenomena other than , or in addition to , increased transport from the stratosphere in springtime , such as enhanced photochemical production of ozone at that time . |
| 53 | They may be threatened with having it cut off , or having their hand cut off . |
| 54 | … to seek for Christ 's sheep that are dispersed abroad , and for his children who are in the midst of this naughty world , that they may be saved through Christ for ever . |
| 55 | Food premises will have to be registered so that they may be inspected and action taken if they are considered to be a health risk . |
| 56 | They may be coerced by others |
| 57 | They may be composed of impact ejecta , some of which may have been molten . |
| 58 | Smoothed or polished slices can also be observed directly under cathodoluminescence ( see Chapter 6 ) ; they may be etched or stained for this purpose . |
| 59 | Where the cliffs are high they may be undercut by the sea with the result that most of the material may be removed by the subsequent collapse of the upper undermined section . |
| 60 | ‘ On this occasion , ’ said Owen , ‘ I think they may be believed . ’ |