Example sentences of "[coord] they [modal v] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may exist in their own right or they may be illustrations in a book . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | These may be physical things or they may be ideas . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Or they might be turkey ones , I go to Kwiksave |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They could be professional managers or they could be doctors or nurses . |
| 12 | and they 'll be loads of room to fit in |
| 13 | but Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , we have , they 'll be darts matches , and they 'll be pairs matches , and they 'll be |
| 14 | And th th and they would be police ones if they 'd got blue lights and |
| 15 | Nonetheless , both types of abortion are pregnancy wastage , and their frequency in these data is further confirmation of the need for measures to enable young , zero-parity women and older ones with many children to avoid undesirable pregnancy outcomes , among other unwanted effects , and they should be targets for assistance in postponing or terminating childbearing , as appropriate . |
| 16 | So whatever verb is chosen will determine what functional predicate/argument structure is created — for HIT , it will be HIT ( AGENT , GOAL , INSTRUMENT ) because part of the lexical specification for the verb HIT is that it must have three arguments and they must be AGENT , ACTED-UPON , INSTRUMENT . |
| 17 | Australia are the best in the world because they won the World Cup and they will be world champions until the next time . |
| 18 | The receptor for TGLP-1 in the rat gastric mucosa seems to be different from that for glucagon-29 , but they may be part of a closely related family . |
| 19 | In other words , they 're not , they 're not extras er in , in the absolute sense , they are necessary for that particular scheme , but they may be things which less erm experienced consultants might omit . |
| 20 | These could all be due to a number of different factors but they may be signs that someone is drinking too much . |
| 21 | But they 'll be carvings of a most odd nature . ’ |
| 22 | beautifully made erm , I mean they 're brand new but they will be antiques I suppose in the future you know for your , for your grandchildren sort of thing , but er I mean you ca n't possibly think what 's |
| 23 | Sometimes the ‘ tokens ’ are simple ticks on a little notebook , but they can be milk bottle tops or counters or spent matches kept in a little bag . |
| 24 | But they could be vinegar the next day , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Gen Enrile went on : ‘ I told them they would be treated fairly , justly and humanely but they must be man enough to take the consequences of their actions . ’ |
| 26 | Gen Enrile went on : ‘ I told them they would be treated fairly , justly and humanely but they must be man enough to take the consequences of their actions . ’ |