Example sentences of "[noun pl] may be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earthworms may be transport hosts , the eggs simply passing through the gut , or paratenic hosts in which the egg hatches and the L2 travels to the tissues to await ingestion by the fowl . |
| 2 | Selected or key settlements may be service centres ; they may also be associated with public investment in facilities such as schools and council housing , and designated for residential expansion or for industrial growth ( Woodruffe 1976 ) . |
| 3 | BANKS may be money grabbers but they are still the safest places to leave your money , as the mother and son found when £29,000 was stolen from their parked car . |
| 4 | A high proportion of these workers may be part time . |
| 5 | Many of these workers may be farm workers released by mechanisation of agriculture . |
| 6 | These small farmers may be tenant farmers , sharecroppers or owners of small farms . |
| 7 | Other ‘ cracks ’ are probably grooves cut by impact ejecta , and some of the ridges may be ejecta deposits . |
| 8 | Using OSCLI has the advantage that the file names may be string variables . |
| 9 | Indeed , the situation might actually be worse than the classical neurosis because at least in that case the chief symptoms of the disorder , for instance , neurotic anxiety , present themselves as definite psychopathic factors , whereas in an externalized , acted-out neurosis the symptoms may be reality factors that arise because of maladaptive behaviour which may mask its irrational , compulsive nature . |
| 10 | Shades of wine and roses may be beauty staples , but they are major complexion enliveners nonetheless . |
| 11 | The components may be crystal grains and their arrangement is not generally subject to the three-dimensional periodicity and the energy-dependent packing laws of the crystal lattice — so that the permissible kinds of order differ from those of crystals . |
| 12 | Do n't just include music from the 30s and 40s — some residents may like light classical or early music , others may be jazz buffs . |
| 13 | Schoolchildren may be maypole dancing or in the procession in fancy dress , local groups and societies enter floats , others may be involved in the fund-raising events that take place throughout the year or senior citizens may be invited to the ‘ old folks tea and treat ’ ( which takes place on the Monday ) , organised by the maypole committee and an important part of the May weekend . |
| 14 | Furthermore , although public bureaus may be monopoly producers , bureaucrats are not monopolists . |