Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] be a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polar and grizzly bears are highly responsive to the vaginal scents of menstruating women , and they may even be a factor in bear attacks . |
| 2 | They may also be a record of your developing ideas . |
| 3 | They may also be a witness on the local authority 's behalf . |
| 4 | These techniques may be the conscious application of ideas which have been subjected to previous appraisal and are therefore the realization of principles , or they may simply be a set of more or less formulaic activities sanctioned not by appraisal but by the approval of authority . |
| 5 | Often they result from particularly stressful circumstances but they may simply be a moment of carelessness . |
| 6 | Such actions may be perceived as regulation or deregulation and may have economic effects ( as will be discussed in chapter 4 and elsewhere ) , but they may essentially be a response to special interests or to fashions in ideas . |
| 7 | they 'll still be a health service , but peo |
| 8 | As a rule of thumb , when d s get down much below 0.05 , we can regard them as so small that they might just be a sampling fluke ; we will conclude that for all practical purposes there is no effect of one variable upon another , and erase arrows with very small path coefficients from our model . |
| 9 | They 'd probably be a lot cheaper too . |
| 10 | They will already be a part of the educational offer iii many Compact schools . |
| 11 | The costs involved in civil litigation are of the utmost importance to the parties — they may prevent an action ever being brought , they may render a victory in court Pyrrhic when damages are swallowed up in costs , they may prevent a meritorious appeal and they will always be a factor in the risk of litigation . |
| 12 | It is always sound to add any such volumes to personal collections , for however well or badly done , they will always be a source of inspiration — if only on how to approach certain topics . |
| 13 | They can also be a problem for women who 've had children because the full womb can all too easily force the stomach upwards . |
| 14 | Through this relationship , they can also be a record of the life force that exists at a certain site . |
| 15 | Other people may not be hell , as Sartre said , but they can undeniably be a nuisance . |
| 16 | Hundreds of these survive ; and though they can never be a substitute for the originals , and raise very difficult problems of reliability , the best are beautiful and many are of real value to the art historian . |