Example sentences of "they [modal v] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is certainly a case for insisting on the democratic control of the EMS , but that means getting more , not less involved in European politics , messy , complex and frustrating as they may be to those who long for simple black-and-white , left-and-right simplicities . |
| 2 | What he has done is describe certain linguistic features of the text which distinguish it from other texts ( he refers to Yeats 's ‘ Phoenix ’ and Tennyson 's , ‘ Morte d'Arthur ’ , as well as instances of non-literary usage ) , and which look as if they may be of some literary significance ; but he leaves it to the literary specialist to determine what the nature of that literary significance is . |
| 3 | They may be for longer periods of time , for various investment purposes . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | IF THE Home Unions XV are tempted — as they may be after all the disruptive absentees and injuries — to go into tonight 's Parc des Princes Bicentenary bash less than seriously , they should consider the way the French are treating it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They can operate at temperatures up to 1,000°C and very high pressures ; and they may be in constant use for 10 years . |
| 8 | They may be in attractive markets but poorly handled by the company or vice versa . |
| 9 | Consequently , even although a high proportion of particular categories of material may be in poor condition in the stacks , if not many of them are issued to readers , they may be in less danger than other items which are more frequently issued . |
| 10 | And the day before his weakness waxed great , he ordered the gates of the town to be shut , and went to the Church of St. Peter ; and there the Bishop Don Hieronymo being present , and all the clergy who were in Valencia , and the knights and honourable men and honourable dames , as many as the Church could hold , the Cid Ruydiez stood up , and made a full noble preaching , showing that no man whatsoever , however honourable or fortunate they may be in this world , can escape death ; to which , said he , I am now full near ; and since ye know that this body of mine hath never yet been conquered , nor put to shame , I beseech ye let not this befall it at the end , for the good fortune of man is only accomplished at his end . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | However different they may be from those involved in habituation , the training procedures used in studies of acquired distinctiveness necessarily involve the subjects in receiving repeated exposure to the critical stimuli . |
| 13 | they must be of merchantable quality |
| 14 | Research topics do not need to be immediately related to BP Chemicals operations but they must be on environmental matters . |
| 15 | So they must be on different sides . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ They must be on some bonus for the FA Cup semi final — none of them want to miss it ! |
| 17 | They must be on some sort of a one of the meters or somebody 's meter or somewhere . |
| 18 | Well they must be at that age . |
| 19 | ‘ They must be from this area though , because they know it so well . |
| 20 | ‘ If I do n't win , they must be in bloody good shape … |
| 21 | Even if we are assured that the creatures in question are not in any pain , some people will prolong the argument either by insisting that they must be in some sort of distress , or by claiming that even if they are not overtly suffering , what is happening to them is cruel and unwarranted exploitation . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Typically , these are long-term , follow-up investigations of the children of known schizophrenics — and therefore chosen because , on purely genetic grounds , they should be at greater risk . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Mail-order companies selling hampers usually reserve the right to swap items if necessary , but they should be of similar type and value . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | When any goods are bought they should be of merchantable quality . |
| 28 | They should be worth twenty . |
| 29 | They should be between 23 and 30 cm ( 9–12 in ) long , with the lower leaves removed , and then buried for up to between half and two-thirds their length in a sheltered bed or border , spaced about 15 cm ( 6in ) apart . |
| 30 | 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 . |