Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [be] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They may be moved from this pit to others during the wriggler stage , or once they are free-swimming , and the parents will go for a further 6–8 weeks before considering another family .
2 They may be detected with computed tonography and duplex sonography , but selective angiography is still the diagnostic examination of choice .
3 Now members of LA 's rock ‘ aristocracy ’ , they may be viewed in some quarters as an anachronism but no-one could deny that they can still draw the big crowds in a way that would make many a ‘ hip ’ band envious .
4 Many can be reached only by walking , for several days along precarious footpaths and they may be cut off half the year by snow .
5 While the Z-parameters relevant to low-frequency operation may be obtained from static characteristics , they may be determined at any frequency by measuring certain small signals of the network under suitable open-circuit conditions .
6 They may be advertised in local newspapers or on local radio .
7 But they may be hoping in vain .
8 Like the other secondary rules these are on a different level from the primary rules : though they may be reinforced by further rules imposing duties on judges to adjudicate , they do not impose duties but confer judicial powers and a special status on judicial declarations about the breach of obligations .
9 In addition , dense infiltration of the lung by eosinophils occurs , and where these accumulate in the small bronchi in large numbers , they may be seen as greenish plugs at necropsy .
10 They may be seen through 13 March and there is a catalogue with colour reproductions and an essay by Maurice Poirier .
11 Although they may be regarded as suitable accommodation by some people , especially retired couples able to afford good-quality mobile homes , relatively poor facilities and frequently isolated locations make them less than ideal for the majority of inhabitants .
12 It is initially intended to launch these schemes in Germany and Switzerland but they may be extended to other countries later .
13 When there is information to give about a diagnosis of terminal disease , for example , it is always the statutorily determined next of kin who are given the information , regardless of how suitable they may be to cope with such information emotionally , and regardless of how involved in the actual care of Mr Patient they are .
14 RSI , by the use of an infrared ( IR ) line scanner , microwave radiometer , radar scatterometer and two sophisticated versions of the familiar optical camera offered a complete range of airborne remote sensing techniques , particularly as they may be applied to natural resources management .
15 They may be played by two people , or by more than two people ; they may also be played by one person who performs both task and maintenance behaviours .
16 Statuses are culturally defined , despite the fact that they may be based on biological factors such as sex or race .
17 We hear they may be trying for 2.5 volts to reduce heat on the part .
18 After flushing out food residues they may be brushed with hot alkali degreaser solution in the same way a chest freezer is tackled .
19 These defects , which are bubbles , cracks and delaminations , are not necessarily visible even under the highest magnifications of optical or electron microscopes as they may be hidden by other elements of the circuit in layers above the flaw .
20 They may be calculated by various empirical , semi-empirical or non-empirical methods [ 10 ] — [ 12 ] .
21 Surface materials should be identified in terms of how they may be affected by chemical attack and the situation should identify any special problems , locations , and preferred methods of cleaning .
22 Just to , for people who ca n't quite remember the wording of it , the paragraph reads , ‘ If there 's any person who feels that they may be affected by this dispension should contact their local office . ’
23 This is not to say that they may be uttered with absolute impunity for the House itself , in regulating its own procedures , may treat as objectionable whatever it chooses .
24 They may be compared in this respect with the wider legislative powers delegated to the licensing board by s.38 , in connection with the making of bye-laws .
25 Why , then , are some historians so busily proliferating new historically specific ‘ data types ’ by implementing them in proprietary software while the computer-literate researchers in disciplines are giving generic definition to their eccentric datum so they may be implemented on any platform which permits user-defined objects ?
26 Or they may be isolated from supportive social or family networks and have problem-related health problems such as HIV , hepatitis , TB , and mental health problems .
27 It must therefore be recognised that the greatest protagonist of deregulation are largely acting out of self-interest , and that they themselves demonstrate remarkable inconsistency and reversals in their arguments — depending on which area of that self interest they may be pursuing at any particular moment .
28 The Dutch cheeses Edam , Gouda and Leiden all belong to this group , although they may be sold at varying stages of maturity and the older examples will be harder in texture .
29 This is a type of environment used by decision makers where they may be working on one piece of information in the application and they need to make a decision based on an information which is elsewhere in the application .
30 They may be working among old people , or schoolchildren , or even convicts .
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