Example sentences of "[modal v] they [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as selection criteria must be reasonable , so must they be rationally applied . |
| 2 | Nor at the other extreme must they be technically efficient robots . |
| 3 | Would could and should they 're going to come in quite a bit . |
| 4 | I should they are hot ! |
| 5 | Should they be speeding up because someone is behind them ? |
| 6 | Or , should they be slowing down because sooner or later their hectic pace will do them in ? |
| 7 | Should they be allowed to take jobs ? |
| 8 | Many look upon them as an opportunity to put training into practice , or as a means of getting their first introduction to the tasks that will face them should they be posted to Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | Should they be making low-budget films pitched largely at the local market and emphasizing their Britishness , as the critics demand , or big films on the Hollywood model for the world ? |
| 10 | Nor , says Mr Imai , should they be allowed to write off the exorbitant sums they spend on promoting group-wide harmony . |
| 11 | Should they be found , it would be necessary to have a physically separate record to enable specific identification of this object to be made . |
| 12 | Long necks and long legs enable the birds to both keep a wary eye over the landscape and to make a speedy departure should they be threatened . |
| 13 | He is now a forgotten man who will while away his twilight years alone and insecure in an alien land , longing to return to Russia.The KGB has not been slow to remind its senior intelligence personnel of the isolated lifestyle that awaits them in the West should they be tempted to defect , pointing out the benefits of enjoying a relatively luxurious and secure existence in Russia . |
| 14 | Should they be abandoned to fend for themselves ? |
| 15 | Should they be asked to make a contribution to the tea fund ? |
| 16 | If we want to be neutral , should we continue normal supplies to the Reds or should they be discontinued ? |
| 17 | If they carry on working , it may be in a lower status occupation : should they be classified by this , or by their earlier main job ? |
| 18 | Each committee was aware of the dangers of individual or mass arrest , and contingency plans were made for the automatic replacement of committee members should they be arrested . |
| 19 | Items should be withdrawn and dried rapidly after boiling has finished and on no account should they be left soaking . |
| 20 | ‘ Why should they be , and the oaths fairly flying at Edinburgh ? |
| 21 | Why should they be ? |
| 22 | On most boards the footstraps can be fitted when you improve so on no account should they be on the board when you learn as they can get in your way as you step around the board . |
| 23 | They need flat water to perform well and on no account should they be taken into waves , since , not only are they difficult to manoeuvre well , but they are also liable to snap because of their length . |
| 24 | As long as no one is inflicting harm on anyone else , why should they be made to feel guilty for a little self-indulgence ? |
| 25 | What then should they be ? |
| 26 | It is a wise precaution for them to carry conventional insulins and have a regimen organised should they be troubled by pump failure . |
| 27 | I knew that I wanted neither , but was n't sure that I had the strength or conviction to refuse them should they be prescribed . |
| 28 | Or should they be grateful that Britain 's science machine is too poor and backward to buy a computer to take its decisions for it ? |
| 29 | This is because , should they be wounded , or should a small cut become infected , they may temporarily lose peak condition . |
| 30 | Should they be adopted , let us hope the landscape of the future will not be further blotted by any more of these buildings . |