Example sentences of "[subord] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And in two weeks ’ time , just before their Wembley date , they play San Marino again , so they will be World Cup Group Two leaders with three victories before England have even begun their campaign . |
| 5 | It is as if they might be responses to requests to " write up " exchanged conversation and counsel — some are lyrics and short prose poems on the nature of contemplative life . |
| 6 | It is a well-established phenomenon that nonwords which sound like actual words ( known as " pseudo-homophones " ) tend to gain slower responses than those which look as if they may be words , but do not sound like any . |
| 7 | A DEC spokesman said that everything was in the early stages , and that he would n't like to comment on numbers — not even the 6,000 proposed lay-offs , although software engineering staff would be among the casualties , he also could n't say if they would be part of the wave of redundancies mentioned above . |
| 8 | Nearly one-sixth of authorities mentioned that the development of training packages , to be used in-house , and preferably developed by themselves , was needed to expand their training , indicating their belief that this was where expansion would need to come from , and that such training packages were likely to achieve more effective training because they would be tailor made . |
| 9 | If only because they could be witnesses . |
| 10 | I also had dreadful nightmares — of awful things like giving birth to a cat because they can be carriers of toxoplasmosis . |
| 11 | But almonds , while they may be California 's forte and Renshaw 's prime product , are hardly the most difficult of nuts . |
| 12 | There are many others like him , lurking in the background when they should be centre stage . |
| 13 | There are many other forms of cruelty , e.g. the catching and export of monkeys for medical and other experiments when they should be purpose bred in zoos . |
| 14 | even though they might be part and parcel of the same organization , they are not the leaseholders so they ca n't make the arrangements , so if they want to make the arrangement they must have the lease assigned to them first , then we will come to terms with them over land and to under le under let . |
| 15 | Even though they might be cult , they were very popular cult . |
| 16 | His strength was his obsessive single-mindedness , his refusal to be diverted by what at that moment were secondary issues ( even though they might be issues of far greater importance in the medium or long term ) . |
| 17 | Though they may be artists , craftsmen or poets in times of peace , every Elf is a trained and deadly fighter in times of war . |
| 18 | Though they may be artists or craftsmen or poets in times of peace , every Elf is a deadly fighter in times of war . |
| 19 | They can be grown in a large number of different ways but are typically one or two microns thick though they may be millimetres or even centimetres long . |
| 20 | The bugs you see at the water surface sound as though they could be Mites , which usually congregate between the surface and the cover glass . |
| 21 | Fourth year pupils were the principal subjects of the study as they would be members of their school for a full school year and were likely to have a lower absentee rate than the fifth year . |
| 22 | Cleveland Police are warning smokers to beware of offers of cheap cigarettes as they could be part of a hoard stolen from a storeroom in Morgan Drive , Guisborough . |
| 23 | Care must be taken with the passenger 's replies as they will be hearsay unless in the driver 's presence . |
| 24 | Non-resident UK incorporated companies come within s739 as they will be persons resident outside the United Kingdom . |