Example sentences of "or they [modal v] [be] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	They may exist in their own right or they may be illustrations in a book .
2	These ‘ id-impulses ’ may be either for ‘ perverse ’ sexual acts which sometimes can not even be admitted to consciousness as acts which the person desires , or they may be impulses of sadism and destructiveness .
3	In non-fiction , the other people whose words and thoughts form part of the information may be historical or contemporary figures , or they may be groups , or even humanity in general .
4	She may know that her tears will relieve her tension more effectively than shouting back or pretending not to notice , or they may be tears of anger rather than the vulnerability so despised by her colleagues .
5	These may be physical things or they may be ideas .
6	They may be co-accused who have never been tried and are entitled to the presumption of innocence , or they may be people against whom the defendant has a grudge of any nature .
7	Or they might be turkey ones , I go to Kwiksave
8	They can be bare records of numbers and events or they can be windows on a living school and most heads will be able to think of ways in which reports can be used to enrich governor perceptions , prompt good questions and solicit positive advice and support as soon as they have made a breakthrough into a sense of their responsibility for creating a favourable climate .
9	These can be gestures we have learned and share with the rest of our own particular speech community , or they can be gestures which are purely idiosyncratic .
10	The logical objects might be components of the presentation structure of the document , such as section headings , or they could be objects that relate to the topic of the document , e.g. book titles that are referenced in the document , part numbers , or , in a document about programming , variable names .
11	They could be professional managers or they could be doctors or nurses .

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