Example sentences of "they [modal v] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Huyghes ' administration of the museum , which had an average of only fifteen to twenty visitors a day , has been widely criticised as dusty , to say the least , the heavy-handedness and the sheer malice of the campaign against them may be due to clan warfare within the Institut de France and may also have political roots Jean-Paul Scarpitta , for example , was a personal friend of Président Mitterrand 's wife Danièle . |
| 2 | If coal is to be the choice , does my right hon. Friend agree that scrubbers are essential at coal-fired power stations and the type of coal put into them must be low in sulphur dioxide emissions ? |
| 3 | Each of them must be aware of what that role is and understand how crime affects profitability , investment and employment opportunities . |
| 4 | Since the majority of modern machines have airbrakes which are held closed by a geometric lock , it is essential that the method of checking them must be foolproof for this kind of system . |
| 5 | I want one of them might be nice for Natty . |
| 6 | And although many of them might be poor in some ways , that did n't mean they had no money to spend . |
| 7 | The press delighted in attacking the " Georgia Mafiosi " for any indiscretion , and Carter 's loyalty to them could be embarrassing in a man dedicated to high moral standards . |
| 8 | I first realised that herbs could reproduce this effect — ; and later wondered if a lack of them could be responsible for some of the diseases that seem particular to fish of this area . |
| 9 | Yeah well one of them 'd be handy for Jonathan 's bedroom |
| 10 | If carriage governed by a single contract is performed by successive road carriers , each of them shall be responsible for the performance of the whole operation … under the terms of the consignment note … . |
| 11 | Videotaped interviews should only be excluded if admitting them would be contrary to the interests of justice . |
| 12 | There would again be an increase in the ability of a elements to overshadow c elements , but in addition the reduction of the number of c elements activated by A would mean that relatively few of them would be capable of acquiring associative strength in the first place . |
| 13 | Not one of them would be capable of surviving an hour in the alley-ways of East Yzordderrex , he thought , down by the harbour where even the cats had pimps . |
| 14 | The location and other characteristics of the schools associated with the project suggested that the sample of low attainers drawn from them would be representative of the lowest 40 per cent of attainers nationally . |
| 15 | I believe that more information on them would be helpful in the interpretation of the paper . |
| 16 | The prisoners are allowed out of their cells from around 5.30 in the morning until 6.30 in the evening , during which time a majority of them would be involved in some type of work ; this is because for every two days they work they can earn one day 's remission of sentence . |
| 17 | Croom-Johnson J. plainly thought that he is ; one of the reasons advanced for accepting the contentions of the appellant was that , if the law were otherwise , the ‘ well meaning ’ defendant who went to the aid of the police and accidentally obstructed them would be guilty of an offence . |
| 18 | Although I can not go into too much detail , I would like to look at players between the ages of 15 to 17 , as they will hold the key to the future , but I do n't think too many of them would be ready in time for the 1995 European championships in Dublin . |
| 19 | Dublin Docks companies operating in the International Financial Services Centre are similar to BCCs , but without the onerous turnover requirements , so they may be suitable for smaller multinationals . |
| 20 | If the baby is severely handicapped , they may be involved in a discussion over whether the child should be allowed to die . |
| 21 | They may be involved in planning , organising foreign trade , predicting the money needed by their economies , but few are involved in developing Marxist — Leninist theory itself . |
| 22 | This indicates that the events are caused by the low-energy particle precipitation and suggests that they may be involved in the production of polar cap density ‘ patches ’ . |
| 23 | A final point that has to be borne in mind is that in order to make generalizations based on the type of quantitative analysis pioneered by Labov , a large number of tokens must be analysed ( usually thousands ) ; however , it happens that some variables that are quite salient in the community occur relatively rarely , and so we can not make reliable quantitative statements about these covering the range of speaker variables , even though they may be involved in linguistic change and may be important for historical projections on to earlier English . |
| 24 | Or , they may be involved in some form of ritual in which the lighted candle has a religious significance . |
| 25 | Building up parental confidence in these techniques can sometimes present a problem as they may be contradictory to the parents ' viewpoint . |
| 26 | It can not be too strongly stressed that the subject of letters is all-important and that , even though they may be complete with the signature , they are of little virtue or worth unless they say something of at least modest significance . |
| 27 | Around 25 per cent of those gathered will be distracted anyway ; they may be upset by their home situation ; concerned by some event which occurred on their way in ; confused by the absence of someone they were expecting to see . |
| 28 | The source of these birds is not known , but they may be present from late August until April . |
| 29 | Quite often , olivine and pyroxene begin to crystallize out early on , so they may be present in the final rock as quite large crystals , up to a centimetre across , many times larger than the crystals surrounding them , and easily visible with the naked eye . |
| 30 | They may be present in the cuticle , epidermis or subepidermal tissues ( usually fat body or blood ) . |