Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Many acts of trespass , breaches of contract , violations of copyright , and so on , regrettable as some of them may be on other grounds , have no implications one way or another for the stability of the government and the law . |
2 | Distressed ventilated babies are more likely to breathe asynchronously , increasing the risk of pneumothoraces , so their oxygen requirement will probably be higher and they may be at increased risk of intracranial haemorrhage . |
3 | Desirable though they may be in special circumstances , I have always conducted a personal vendetta against glazed cabinets and patented bookcases with evil and malicious sliding and lifting glass panels . |
4 | They can operate at temperatures up to 1,000°C and very high pressures ; and they may be in constant use for 10 years . |
5 | They may be in attractive markets but poorly handled by the company or vice versa . |
6 | But it would be stretching the meaning of citizenship to regard these rights — however desirable they may be from other points of view — as forming part of an enlarged ‘ citizenship ’ . |
7 | they must be of merchantable quality |
8 | Research topics do not need to be immediately related to BP Chemicals operations but they must be on environmental matters . |
9 | So they must be on different sides . ’ |
10 | ‘ If I do n't win , they must be in bloody good shape … |
11 | The names of the genus and species are expressed in Latin form , the generic name having a capital letter , and they must be in grammatical agreement . |
12 | Sections required for teaching purposes do not need to meet the stringent requirements of those used for research , but they should be of good standard ; they are , after all , the primary material on which all geologists are trained . |
13 | Mail-order companies selling hampers usually reserve the right to swap items if necessary , but they should be of similar type and value . |
14 | Such features may have increased the cost slightly and perhaps put the encyclopedia beyond the reach of individual purchasers , but they should be of great help to reference librarians and readers . |
15 | When any goods are bought they should be of merchantable quality . |
16 | This whole issue about er children , junior church , other activities , children being compromised , adults finding it difficult to insist or persuade their children , that they should be in junior church , when other folks are trying to tempt them in other directions . |
17 | My father thinks they should be in curved lines . |
18 | In fact , they all look like they should be in different bands — which is how they manage to slip from soul to jazz , from funk to thrash , so easily . |
19 | We knew that the districts under study were fairly advanced in the adoption of the care programme approach , and we wanted to find out how representative they might be of other authorities , so we studied the mental health chapters of community care plans to supplement our information . |
20 | Yeah well there 's a problem with that because they might be on different project number mighten they ? |
21 | Although they might be in major shops soon , they 're presently only available from |
22 | Two very important indexing journals not always used as much as they might be by social researchers are the British Humanities Index and the Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin . |
23 | They could be of particular interest to those fearing punitive investment and income tax rates under a Labour government . |
24 | Drug users say they could be at increased risk from AIDS after a decision to stop giving them free clean syringes . |
25 | If they concede another goal again now I think they could be in serious trouble again . |
26 | But it was n't that fierce , unpleasant upsurge of heat ; this was quite different — a warmth , a harmony , an acknowledgement that at times they could be in perfect accord . |
27 | Instead he had to contend with the usual difficulty of those with rights in personam : if the trustee was insolvent , they would be worth little . |
28 | Pension schemes are vital to many of our constituents , and I should have thought that they would be of equal importance to Conservative Members in Scotland , who may soon have to look to their own pension schemes although the Minister has reassured me that he may have other arrangements . |
29 | They want to use condoms — nine out of 10 agreed it was sensible to carry condoms ‘ just in case ’ — but half those surveyed said they would be to embarrassed to buy them . |
30 | And although subsequent reviews found it thoroughly sane and quite uncontroversial , clerics of the Church of England publicly announced that they would be on standby alert to deal with any members of their congregation upset by the programmes . |