Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 They can operate at temperatures up to 1,000°C and very high pressures ; and they may be in constant use for 10 years .
4 They may be in attractive markets but poorly handled by the company or vice versa .
5 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 ’ .
6 they must be of merchantable quality
7 Research topics do not need to be immediately related to BP Chemicals operations but they must be on environmental matters .
8 So they must be on different sides . ’
9 ‘ If I do n't win , they must be in bloody good shape …
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 Mail-order companies selling hampers usually reserve the right to swap items if necessary , but they should be of similar type and value .
13 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 .
14 When any goods are bought they should be of merchantable quality .
15 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 .
16 My father thinks they should be in curved lines .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 Yeah well there 's a problem with that because they might be on different project number mighten they ?
20 Although they might be in major shops soon , they 're presently only available from
21 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 .
22 They could be of particular interest to those fearing punitive investment and income tax rates under a Labour government .
23 Drug users say they could be at increased risk from AIDS after a decision to stop giving them free clean syringes .
24 If they concede another goal again now I think they could be in serious trouble again .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 Claims to privilege are the same as they would be on ordinary discovery .
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