Example sentences of "[conj] they [modal v] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is particularly true of regulations in heavily regulated fields such as agriculture , where they may be part of a long string of related measures or be limited to implementing a regulation of broader scope . |
| 2 | They may exist in their own right or they may be illustrations in a book . |
| 3 | These ‘ id-impulses ’ may be either for ‘ perverse ’ sexual acts which sometimes can not even be admitted to consciousness as acts which the person desires , or they may be impulses of sadism and destructiveness . |
| 4 | In non-fiction , the other people whose words and thoughts form part of the information may be historical or contemporary figures , or they may be groups , or even humanity in general . |
| 5 | She may know that her tears will relieve her tension more effectively than shouting back or pretending not to notice , or they may be tears of anger rather than the vulnerability so despised by her colleagues . |
| 6 | These may be physical things or they may be ideas . |
| 7 | They may be co-accused who have never been tried and are entitled to the presumption of innocence , or they may be people against whom the defendant has a grudge of any nature . |
| 8 | Or they might be turkey ones , I go to Kwiksave |
| 9 | They can be bare records of numbers and events or they can be windows on a living school and most heads will be able to think of ways in which reports can be used to enrich governor perceptions , prompt good questions and solicit positive advice and support as soon as they have made a breakthrough into a sense of their responsibility for creating a favourable climate . |
| 10 | These can be gestures we have learned and share with the rest of our own particular speech community , or they can be gestures which are purely idiosyncratic . |
| 11 | The logical objects might be components of the presentation structure of the document , such as section headings , or they could be objects that relate to the topic of the document , e.g. book titles that are referenced in the document , part numbers , or , in a document about programming , variable names . |
| 12 | They could be professional managers or they could be doctors or nurses . |
| 13 | Thus , although they may be braille readers , they are not totally blind children and should be encouraged to use what vision they have in the learning situation . |
| 14 | Its leaves , although they might be petals , hardly quiver at all as three very small and very golden frogs pull themselves up and gaze in astonishment at the fresh clear water . |
| 15 | One-Year courses represented a prestigious category and the formal requirements for grant-aid were similar to those for preparatory Tutorial Classes without the expectation that they would be precursors of three-year Tutorial Classes . |
| 16 | Sam could not see exactly what they were , but he knew that they would be lions with their heads between their paws . |
| 17 | Cassie could n't see her eyes , but she was sure that they would be almond shaped and green , to go with the sexy red hair and double-cream complexion . |
| 18 | From the family holiday in Tunisia , to come and stay with Jay — no question that they would be lovers ! |
| 19 | The man she was here to interview had suggested she call him Ven , had even , if jokingly , suggested that they might be friends . |
| 20 | I 'm worried that they might be school maths teachers ; but the really terrifying prospect is that they might be designers of ships or bridges . |
| 21 | I 'm worried that they might be school maths teachers ; but the really terrifying prospect is that they might be designers of ships or bridges . |
| 22 | I read in Acts 1 how Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to the disciples so that they might be witnesses . |
| 23 | Other addictive relationships such as some sexual practices may be branded by society as being definitely abnormal or even criminal , yet there is evidence that they may be part of the broad spectrum of addictive disease and therefore outside the personal control of the individual sufferer . |
| 24 | Clothes and personal effects may only be seized if the custody officer : ( a ) believes that the person from whom they are seized may use them : ( i ) to cause physical injury to himself or another ; ( ii ) to damage property ; ( iii ) to interfere with evidence ; ( iv ) to assist him to escape ; or ( b ) has reasonable grounds for believing that they may be evidence relating to an offence . |
| 25 | But he is also aware that they may be conceptions of the good life for people generally and for society as a whole . |
| 26 | Pray that they may be people who rely on God 's healing and allow him to set them back on the track of feeding the lambs . |
| 27 | While all women are socialized for domesticity in much the same way — by identifying with their mothers ( and/or other adult women ) as housewives , internalizing the conviction that they must be housewives in their turn — for the working-class woman the linguistic process of role learning is such that ‘ I ’ becomes part of the role . |
| 28 | There is at least this restriction on the properties that count here , that they must be properties whose presence or absence can be registered by the person making the judgement . |
| 29 | They now had no idea where they were except that they must be east of the Ridgery and well to the west of where they believed the outlaws ' Camp to be . |
| 30 | They now had no idea where they were except that they must be east of the Ridgery and well to the west of where they believed the outlaws ' Camp to be . |