Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of urban poor , some of whom may be recent migrants , driven by the insanitary conditions , high rents and overcrowding of the slum areas , squat on a piece of unused land , and hastily erect a temporary shack . |
| 2 | But since it suits ill with his vocation , and perhaps bodes no good to — the other one — neither of them may be anxious to say it openly for all to hear . |
| 3 | The Huyghes ' administration of the museum , which had an average of only fifteen to twenty visitors a day , has been widely criticised as dusty , to say the least , the heavy-handedness and the sheer malice of the campaign against them may be due to clan warfare within the Institut de France and may also have political roots Jean-Paul Scarpitta , for example , was a personal friend of Président Mitterrand 's wife Danièle . |
| 4 | However , this embraces a wide variety of behaviours ; the relationship between them may be cooperative or coercive ; their roles may be ill-defined or clearly-defined , overlapping , conflicting etc . |
| 5 | British people realize that for better or worse their destiny is inextricably intertwined with that of the U.S. even though some of them may be reluctant to admit it . |
| 6 | Some couples whose cohabitation has worked well for them may be surprised , hurt or bewildered when , legally married , they find their relationship deteriorating . |
| 7 | To them may be added differences in fertility levels and patterns , in prevalence of contraceptive use and in organized activities to regulate fertility . |
| 8 | Some of them may be able to start up new interests , but it 's usually best to start from their own experiences in life . |
| 9 | But , while these points may be reasonable , and some of them may be true , this attempt to embed them in a general theory or schema seems unhelpful . |
| 10 | As Lorenz wrote , ‘ one of them may be inclined to go on to mouth-pulling a few seconds before the other one . |
| 11 | That 's the problem with that attitude ; the doctor and the nurse and the hospital and everyone may be convinced that these problems are resolved adequately . |
| 12 | ‘ You were quite right to come and what you 've told me may be important . |
| 13 | Yet we all depend on money in one form or another throughout our lives , just as we depend on our physical and mental health , and everyone must be sure of receiving proper impartial , independent and professional advice . |
| 14 | ‘ Everyone must be involved in quality , and quality must be applied in every aspect of our business . ’ |
| 15 | We employ people from up to 40 different countries and so everyone must be adaptable and able to work in a multi-national team . |
| 16 | And while not everyone has the gift of the evangelist , everyone must be prepared to contribute their gift and fulfil the role of witness in the church 's evangelistic programme . |
| 17 | These treatments kill off the tiny worms in the large intestine but because the eggs may still be around for a while , everyone must be scrupulous about scrubbing their nails and ultra-hygienic when handling food . |
| 18 | Everyone must be able to see and hear , and the seating must also be comfortable . |
| 19 | If coal is to be the choice , does my right hon. Friend agree that scrubbers are essential at coal-fired power stations and the type of coal put into them must be low in sulphur dioxide emissions ? |
| 20 | If a sequence of six enzymes is needed for a particular synthetic pathway , all six genes for making them must be present . |
| 21 | Each of them must be aware of what that role is and understand how crime affects profitability , investment and employment opportunities . |
| 22 | Since the majority of modern machines have airbrakes which are held closed by a geometric lock , it is essential that the method of checking them must be foolproof for this kind of system . |
| 23 | Anyone who had this kind of machine behind them must be important , so it had the effect of presenting him to the public as this bigger than life pop star which , if you look at his record sales at the time , he was n't , but he was becoming a media myth , some of this due to his own talent and some of it due to the MainMan hype machine . |
| 24 | Put crudely , that law states that if A contradicts B , at least one of them must be false . |
| 25 | Each borough is allowed a squad of 10 players , two of whom must be female , and these females must be involved in every game of the round robin competition sponsored by Littlewoods/Reebok . |
| 26 | Thus the more nearly perfect a market is , the stronger is the tendency for the same price to be paid for the same thing at the same time in all parts of the market : but of course if the market is large , allowance must be made for the expense of delivering the goods to different purchasers ; each of whom must be supposed to pay in addition to the market price a special charge on account of delivery . |
| 27 | ‘ Everyone should be married , if only once . |
| 28 | Everyone should be married . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The thinking is that everyone should be placid and passive , as if you can creep up to the polls in carpet slippers . |
| 30 | This , explained Sir Gordon Borrie in his 1986 Rathbone Memorial Lecture , was that everyone should be free to obtain as much credit as he could get , on the easiest terms available on the market . |