Example sentences of "they [vb mod] be [vb pp] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The animals ' food often contains toxic test substances or they may be forced to swallow huge capsules or have toxic creams rubbed into their raw skin . |
2 | They may be used to develop sophisticated statistical representations of particular domains such as orthography , phonology or semantics and the relationships between them . |
3 | If these methods work , they may be used to modify fiduciary duties to avoid any conflicts with what is permitted or required by regulatory rules . |
4 | They must be enjoined to remain silent . |
5 | ‘ When putting on shoes they should be checked to make sure no harmful insect has hidden in them during the night . ’ |
6 | They should be introduced to initiate linguistic understanding , serving as a focus for wider discussion , when the teacher judges that an intervention to make something explicit will help the pupil . |
7 | They should be encouraged to consult basic reference books , such as the Inventory of Ancient Monuments , the Dictionary of National Biography and encyclopaedias . |
8 | They should be encouraged to select appropriate reading strategies for various types of task . |
9 | The present book does not pretend to do more than help students to lay some of the foundations of scoring methods , but of course they should be encouraged to keep abreast of all fruitful developments that take place . |
10 | The basic criteria of the reform programme were : firstly , the peasants should gain ownership of the land they worked ; secondly , they should be encouraged to become full and active citizens of the nation ; and thirdly , productivity should be improved at all levels of agriculture . |
11 | Louis Kossuth ( 1802–94 ) , the Magyar leader , combined , in Seton-Watson 's words , ‘ unrealistic benevolence and national intolerance ’ : since the non-Hungarians possessed a culture inferior to the Hungarian , they could not be accorded the same privileges as the Magyars ; however , they should be encouraged to become Hungarian as swiftly as possible . |
12 | As we describe in a paper soon to be published by the Brookings Institution in Washington , DC , they should be required to make non-interest-bearing deposits with their central bank . |
13 | They should be advised to avoid sudden cold , hypoxic conditions and infections and to take plenty of drinks , especially when hot . |
14 | At a stroke , the need for 300 staff in the health benefit unit could end and they could be redeployed to improve other parts of the service . |
15 | Or they could be used to design new strategies ; useful , for example , to politicians trying to get a policy on the agenda , or a sales manager trying to market a new product . |
16 | Precisely what she disliked most about them was what interested him ; she knew that he wondered whether they could be persuaded to become sleeping partners in the revolution a phrase which she used and he approved with a dry smile and a nod . |
17 | They could be encouraged to attend appropriate courses or continue with lessons . |
18 | Should they digress they would be asked to find other accommodation forthwith . |
19 | Marx and Engels ' arbiter model of the state suggested that if class forces in society were for a time evenly balanced , then the state bureaucracy and a strong political — military leader could intervene to impose stabilizing policies which were not controllable by capital , although they would be bound to maintain capitalist predominance in economic life . |
20 | If they did , they would be forced to answer parliamentary questions and they might find that they were responsible for feeding the refugee population . |
21 | The voluntary bodies complained they would be forced to incur unreasonable costs preparing their case for Parliament if the bill was to be withdrawn yet again . |
22 | Responsibility would be passed to state and local governments for the spending of their share of federal transportation funds on priorities of their choice , either on highways or public transport , and they would be required to raise substantial sums to meet the full development costs . |
23 | Students will be asked to review the learning they have gained as a result of conducting the investigation and they will be asked to express personal feelings and reactions to the experience . |
24 | They will be asked to consider specific aspects of the interviewing process as they observe the interview . |
25 | Since the notional content of adjectives , on the other hand , does not define the nature of their support but only a quality thereof they can be said to have external incidence . |
26 | Since then it 's been illegal to bring dogs and cats into the country without the animals undergoing a six months quarantine period , where they can be monitored to make sure they are disease free . |
27 | They can be trained to run simple mazes or to associate food with colours or other visual stimuli . |
28 | To be sure , these categories are not inscribed immutably in the mind : they can be altered to accommodate new experience . |
29 | They can be fine-tuned to match other instruments and have the advantage of remaining in tune once they are set . |
30 | They can be encouraged to join Compact and to offer jobs to young people who have secured the Compact goals . |