Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drugs : What parents can do DM.2 16 pages of guidance for parents worried that their teenage children are — or may be — using drugs . |
| 2 | But perhaps the moral we should draw is that criticism is not , and can not be , such a discipline ( though literary history is , or may be ) . |
| 3 | Perhaps people realise that in England these women are ultimately powerless , so they feel there is no point in helping them , or perhaps they think that the sons are to a certain extent justified , or may be it is just a matter of people not having the time or energy to do anything about it . |
| 4 | But in many booths the presiding officer is in cahoots with the capturers , or may be too terrified of local toughs to protest . |
| 5 | However , it was considered that this would make it too expensive for the ‘ generality of purchasers ’ and it was confined to ‘ those plants only which are either curious in themselves or may be useful in trades , medicines , etc. including the figures of such new plants as have not been noticed by any former botanists . ’ |
| 6 | Chicken weed ( Stellaria media ) , All Hail or siderites ( This may be All Heal ( see earlier ) or may be Galeopsis tetrahit ) , Sea Pinck ( Armeria maritima ) , and Tormentil ( Potentilla erecta ) . |
| 7 | The spicules may be only loosely associated within the sponge tissues , or may be more or less fused to form rigid skeletons . |
| 8 | Information concerning or identifying another pupil should not be disclosed , and information , the disclosure of which might cause serious harm to the mental or physical health or emotional condition of the pupil or anyone else , or which indicates that the pupil has or may be likely to suffer child abuse , should not be disclosed . |
| 9 | The baby may appear completely normal at birth or may be born with signs similar to those of adult secondary syphilis . |
| 10 | Cabbages and other brassicas may be sown in specially prepared seed-beds and transplanted into the fields , or may be sown like swedes direct and singled later . |
| 11 | In fact , engineering science is , or may be , an extremely abstract and theoretical science . |
| 12 | Schemes may be agreed if no damage to the site 's scientific interest is assured or may be modified by mutual agreement . |
| 13 | Children , in growing up and being socialized , are made to give up much that is pleasurable — not least , some of their individuality — for the sake of principles which are not always made clear to them , or may be obscure even to the person demanding obedience . |
| 14 | Counselling is concerned with coping mechanisms which may be related to physical health problems , or may be personal and linked to relationships , or sociocultural issues including spiritual beliefs , or may be linked to economic difficulties . |
| 15 | Counselling is concerned with coping mechanisms which may be related to physical health problems , or may be personal and linked to relationships , or sociocultural issues including spiritual beliefs , or may be linked to economic difficulties . |
| 16 | Many of the words used in palaeography have broad meanings in normal English usage , or may be used in more than one way . |
| 17 | Copies of the more important volumes are held in the larger reference libraries , or may be borrowed from the lending division of the British Library . |
| 18 | Great dryness of mucous membranes with copious thirst or may be thirstless ; often craves lemons or lemonade in fevers . |
| 19 | Research topics may be selected from the following list or may be arranged in agreement with supervisors in the areas of Structures , Hydraulics , Geotechnics , Highway Engineering , Transportation Planning and Economics , Public Health Engineering and Construction Management . |
| 20 | Copies of the direct entry form are available at all schools in Northern Ireland or may be obtained from : |
| 21 | Unfortunately , although the law may be the final arbiter and may rule on what is or may be obscene and indecent , in general terms it does not judge on every item published or made available for sale , since there is normally no censorship of obscene or indecent matter prior to publication in the UK . |
| 22 | This may correspond with a ley or may be something of a more sinuous natural . |
| 23 | Tea and coffee may be drunk freely if drunk black , or may be drunk white so long as skimmed milk allowance is not exceeded . |
| 24 | Majority of toilets are locked and require a RADAR key — available from Social Service departments or may be purchased from Burnham-on-Sea or Cheddar Tourist Information Centres . |
| 25 | They may have no religious beliefs , or may be looking for a much simpler ceremony . |
| 26 | These particles may carry either a positive or a negative electrical charge , or may be electrically neutral ; some have mass or weight , others appear to be weightless . |
| 27 | Or a pregnant girl may wait too long to be able to have one legally , or may be afraid of what her family will say . |
| 28 | Businesses required to register for VAT in the UK that do not have a business establishment here may now appoint , or may be directed to appoint , a tax representative to account for UK VAT on their behalf . |
| 29 | The central issues which require resolution are the criteria to be used to determine whether a capital instrument represents debt or equity and the treatment of instruments like convertible debt which will or may be exchanged for other instruments . |
| 30 | 5.5 shall not during or after the expiry or termination of this Agreement without the prior written consent of , use or adopt any name , trade name , trading style or commercial designation that includes or is similar to or may be mistaken for the whole or any part of any trade name , trade mark , trading style or commercial designation used by . |