Example sentences of "they may [be] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their services may not be essential to the ability of school teachers to combine children with employment ; they may be to business women and barristers , and more so to divorced or single working women . |
| 2 | Although there have been a number of successful experiments in providing advice to farmers at the ‘ grass roots ’ — most notably the Upland Management Scheme in the Lake District — farmers still remain suspicious of environmentalists however sympathetic they may be to environmentalism . |
| 3 | They may be of course , but we may not have looked in the right place yet to find that . |
| 4 | Nitrogen-fixing bacteria inhabit the rhizosphere of some tropical grasses but the amounts fixed for sugar-cane and rice , about 30kg per ha per year at a maximum , are unlikely to satisfy crops , though they may be of significance in pasture and natural ecosystems . |
| 5 | Few of these products have been clinically tested although they may be of assistance to some people . |
| 6 | Provided that the instructions on the indications for such remedies as the tissue salts are carefully followed , and that they are not taken for long periods , they may be of benefit . |
| 7 | They may be at risk because of identifiable genetic disorders which are known to be present , or because of the age of the mother . |
| 8 | Any potential parent who thinks they may be at risk of HIV infection should consider being counselled and tested before conceiving . |
| 9 | It 's feared they may be at risk of suffering the effects of exposure to a toxic chemical involved in an accident between junctions fifteen and sixteen of the motorway earlier today . |
| 10 | Campaigners against a proposed waste disposal complex in Renfrew are hopeful tonight that they may be within sight of winning their battle . |
| 11 | The consent , acceptance or support of " the people " has increasingly become the principal source of legitimacy for governments and regimes , however authoritarian they may be in reality . |
| 12 | The others are waiting and they may be in danger . |
| 13 | They said : ‘ The last thing we would do if we suspected drugs were being imported would be to tell the agent or importer because they may be in touch with someone at the point of origin . |
| 14 | They may be in front leading for you . |
| 15 | Traditional they may be by instrumentation , but the way in which they apply their collective noises is unique . |