Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] they are [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ministry of Defence ( MoD ) must feel they are in a no-win situation . |
| 2 | I should imagine they are from the council . |
| 3 | They were portrayed as somebody above us — and once it was seen they are not , everyone could see they are like the rest of us . |
| 4 | Even though we do n't have major problems with drug or solvent abuse in Northern Ireland , sudden changes in behaviour could mean they are in some kind of trouble . |
| 5 | ‘ They are all blonde and are all about the same size and although none of them are identical you would know they are from the same family . |
| 6 | If one says that they are both in the second row you will know they are on the two n's of nomen . |
| 7 | I think that , had the girls been from today 's society the situation may have been different but I will assume they are from the same background as the boys were . |