Example sentences of "[subord] they [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally rare in polar regions , where sea ice inhibits their settlement , they are often plentiful on subpolar shores where they may be exposed twice daily to six-hourly spells of near-freezing sea temperatures , alternating with similar spells of very much lower air temperatures . |
| 2 | See the group live at the West End Centre , Aldershot on April 25th , where they 'll be supported by grunge rock specialists Slug . |
| 3 | The pleasure of experiencing literature that " joyous thing " were intended to elevate the student into an affective domain where they might be imbued with a higher moral tone . |
| 4 | Are portable heaters kept away from busy areas where they might be knocked over ? |
| 5 | The tops of the Ife heads , where they would be hidden by the crown , carry the marks of the sprues — the passages in the mould formed from rods of wax , through which the metal runs . |
| 6 | They found a restaurant in a side street , where they would be pestered less , and took an outside table . |
| 7 | Most of these birds would have bred in the northern parts of Siberia , travelling thousands of kilometres to find a place in the Seychelles where they would be assured of a supply of suitable food . |
| 8 | However , this seems unlikely , largely because any life-precursing molecules would be carried into regions where they would be destroyed . |
| 9 | The Brownings , it appeared were going to France , to some seaside place , in Brittany perhaps , where they would be joined by members of both their families , somewhere new , somewhere stimulating away from the tired attractions of Lucca . |
| 10 | Of the British paintings , I would transfer a choice of the best ( up to World War I ) to the National Gallery , where they would be seen , as they deserve , among the best of all other Western Schools . |
| 11 | His special task was to kidnap mortal women and take them back to the fairy mound where they would be employed as wet-nurses for fairy children . |
| 12 | So if the deep waters were to become very cold , they would tend to rise to the surface — where they would be heated by the Sun , and join the insulating layers above . |
| 13 | Prohibited books entered private libraries where they would be consulted by those prepared to break the rules in the interests of learning . |
| 14 | As I was unable to see how I could realistically expect students to take responsibility for classes after only six weeks in the School of Education , I decided ( after much self doubt ) to put the students on their first teaching practice in the fourth and fifth years of schools offering our joint GCE O Level/CSE French for Communication syllabus where they would be expected to work with the teachers in a variety of roles . |
| 15 | In which case they would try to decoy the enemy towards some of the hidden groups , where they would be outnumbered and beaten . |
| 16 | Once this had been accomplished , the various parties would proceed on foot to an agreed rendezvous in the desert , about forty-five miles inland , where they would be picked up by a patrol of the Long Range Desert Group . |
| 17 | It made sense to leave them where they would be used . |
| 18 | US authorities have promised only to ship the would-be immigrants from the Marshall Islands , but it was not known where they would be taken . |
| 19 | These service lines may be buried ( where they should be covered by clay tiles ) or carried by overhead cables attached to insulators secured to poles . |
| 20 | Discussions about the number of houses in rural areas , their size and density , how many should be publicly or privately owned , owner-occupied or rented , where they should be sited and how they should be designed are often presented as purely technical exercises . |
| 21 | Moreover , and as a result of growing numbers in the town and in the school , a building programme had been approved to provide about 600 new places : no decision had been taken about how or where they should be deployed . |
| 22 | 1 A Tender list is received ( sample attached ) which shows a list of tenders expected , the deadline for receipt and where they should be returned to . |
| 23 | With loop-in wiring , the wires are labelled carefully , and drawn up into the space above the ceiling , where they should be reconnected in a junction box , in exactly the same way that they were connected in the ceiling rose , and a cable taken from this junction box to the light fitting through the hole in the ceiling ( if the new light fitting is in the same place ) . |
| 24 | Marketing people make decisions concerning what products should be sold , how they should be promoted , where they should be sold and the price that should be charged for them . |
| 25 | The officers will set out what they feel would be an appropriate what they feel may be an appropriate budget and we will look at those figures and we 'll decide where certain elements of expenditure should be increased and where they should be reduced . |
| 26 | We decided to offer our trainees two days a week in our training centre , working towards the general SVQ , plus three days ' practical training in a work placement , where they could be assessed for the SVQ . |
| 27 | Moreover , mothers may have encouraged children to play on the road surface where they could be seen from the kitchen window instead of on the grass at the front where they could not . |
| 28 | The upstairs lighting circuit is laid out on the floor of the loft , taking care not to put it under any loft insulation ( where it could overheat ) , and not to put junction boxes where they could be damaged by careless feet . |
| 29 | All the sheep were on lower ground where they could be reached by men on horseback , and the womenfolk had laid in stocks of flour and yeast , so that there was no shortage of food . |
| 30 | Forrestal was a believer in the theory that it was too dangerous for atomic weapons to be manufactured and stored in the United Kingdom , where they could be overrun in a Soviet invasion of Western Europe . |