Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may appear to be fainting , collapsing and suffering from shock , but in reality they can be none of these things . |
| 2 | They may appear to be sexually aware but they are just not prepared for the physical , emotional or sexual consequences . |
| 3 | Consequently , the man in the Kaduna street who watches an NTV report , hears the same story over the state radio and then reads about it in three or four daily papers receives several interpretations of the same event which are very different from one another — so much so that they may appear to be reports of separate events . |
| 4 | Some degree of shared morality is essential to this minimum of cohesion , and any weakening of moral belief may reduce it below this minimum ; hence we can not bind ourselves not to use the law to safeguard existing moral beliefs , no matter how peripheral they may appear to be . |
| 5 | In some cases they may appear to be in conflict . |
| 6 | They may prefer to be left alone and hate having to depend on others who are less capable than themselves . |
| 7 | Others may prefer to continue the addictive process rather than accept the need for personal change which they may perceive to be more painful than continuing the addiction . |
| 8 | I believe it 's the intention of the authorities to try and do some very detailed work over the coming months , then armed with that detailed assessment and hopefully armed with your recommendations they may aim to be pr proceed to the modification step of the structure plan in a way that which will lead to a speedy conclusion . |
| 9 | It is possible that in the future they may begin to be stored in an electronic , rather than a paper , file . |
| 10 | The plaintiff will be the tenant and the landlord the defendant , but if head lessors or mortgagees are likely to be affected they should be added as defendants and served by the lessee , or else notice should be given to them that they may apply to be joined if desired . |
| 11 | In all this , as in everything else in their lives , you can help them best by listening with patience and sympathy , never dismissing their anxieties — however unreasonable they may seem to be — simply by telling them not to worry because you will always see that they are all right . |
| 12 | Such images may be the food which fuels paintings and stories , or they may seem to be glimpses into an unknown world , one that we have not yet met . |
| 13 | Other conundra m–y appear rather less cosmically' relevant ; they may seem to be of little importance yet , like Mercury 's orbit , may prove in the long term to be extremely important . |
| 14 | They may need to be bulky and unsightly in large tanks . |
| 15 | To make supporting details too precise at this stage would be wrong , because they may need to be undone later on . |
| 16 | ( also known as education social worker ) Education welfare officers liaise with Social Services Departments and are responsible for the general well-being of school children , not only ensuring that they attend school regularly but also dealing with grants , allowances and services which they may need to be able to attend ( e.g. clothing , transport , free school meals ) . |
| 17 | when some security staff are located outside the hotel , they may need to be in constant communication with their colleagues inside the building , in order to verify that people arriving are bona fide guests , for example . |
| 18 | In particular they may need to be assured that the data will not enable the identification of individuals to take place . |
| 19 | I just want to exchange one or two ideas with them which they may find to be of benefit . |
| 20 | The constitutional separation does not prevent some Members of Parliament echoing the condemnation of the tabloid press in intemperately criticizing individual judges for what they may consider to be an unduly lenient sentence . |
| 21 | For this reason , if shelter sheds are placed in a paddock , they may have to be placed at the top of the hill and preferably near the gate . |
| 22 | And they may have to be adapted to receive radioactive medical and industrial waste that is currently dumped in the Atlantic each year . |
| 23 | Indeed , they may have to be muzzled as a precaution . |
| 24 | They may have to be read in the open air , in rain and darkness or within a plant under oily , cramped , poorly lit conditions . |
| 25 | Maureen O'Hara , of the Children 's Legal Centre , said : ‘ Local authorities have to accept that if they 've made every effort to keep children at home with the non-abusing parent and it does n't work , they may have to be taken into care . ’ |
| 26 | Indeed , they may have to be manufactured to exact customer specifications . |
| 27 | We 're going to try some further measures to get the temperature down and they may have to be a little drastic . ’ |
| 28 | In the circumstances they may have to be melted down . ’ |
| 29 | Three gypsies were arrested but the police admit they may have to be released without charge , because no one who was injured is prepared to make a complaint . |
| 30 | " If long putters enable more people to play without jeopardising the integrity of the game , we think they ought to continue to be used , " Bloch said . |