Example sentences of "they [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also suggested that , provided we plunge below the surface of these theories , certain important links between them may be revealed . |
| 2 | If two or more higher-level indexes exist , each of them may be handled using a different one of the techniques described below aimed at reducing index search time , depending on their size . |
| 3 | In future , these matters will not be decided here because responsibility for many of them may be transferred to Europe . ’ |
| 4 | Variants of ( Ε ) and ( o ) do not form a continuum along a single linear scale , but each of them may be said to be part of one or more subscales which can be constructed on , for example , the continua of roundness , or backness or length . |
| 5 | The sites now considered to illustrate undefended settlements have been chosen at random since it would have required much research and fieldwork to have presented a comprehensive list in time for this Conference ; attention is merely drawn to a number of sites with the hope that they , and others like them may be studied in more detail by local efforts . |
| 6 | The second involves the juxtaposition of two consonants not usually placed together in an attempt to reproduce a sound peculiar to the original language ( e.g. , the " kh " sound in Bakhtiari or Bakhshaish ) ; the two consonants used in this way may vary , or one of them may be left out altogether . |
| 7 | They may not exist or access to them may be refused . |
| 8 | But certain aggravated assaults are singled out by the law for higher maximum penalties , and three of them may be mentioned here . |
| 9 | Those who subscribe to them and are honoured by reference to them may be thought of with contempt by those for whom the underlife is the serious basis of social living . |
| 10 | These items are all connected , and any of them may be used as analogies or homologies for each other . |
| 11 | Nine of them may be attributed to petitioners . |
| 12 | 3.10 Subject as provided in clause 5.5.3 all fixtures affixed to or installed in the Premises as part of the Tenant 's Works ( other than Tenant 's fixtures ) shall become and remain the property of the Landlord notwithstanding that any of them may be affixed or installed after completion of the Lease The difficulty here is ensuring that both parties know what are tenant 's fixtures and it may be as well to include in a schedule the fixtures to which the landlord is referring . |
| 13 | It is small wonder that the tree is an endangered species when you consider how many of them must be chopped down to provide one week 's worth of trade press . |
| 14 | Quality Control activities can be very costly , and since they represent an overhead cost in the production area , the degree of time and resources spent on them must be related to factors such as price , consistency , safety and legal requirements , for example . |
| 15 | In this discussion we shall have to make frequent use of the terms cost and expenses of production ; and some provisional account of them must be given before proceeding further . |
| 16 | If muggers can be deterred by punitive sentencing , then some of them must be made an example of . |
| 17 | Thus any differences between them must be caused , not by the shock , but by the fact that the mouse in the cage with the shelf is learning an avoidance response . |
| 18 | Similarly , although the smallness of the samples of 16th , 17th , and 18th Century publications in need of repair means that conclusions about them must be treated with some caution , it is worth noting that if all pre-1800 items are treated as a group and the proportion of them allocated to each of Categories 3–5 calculated , their pattern of distribution ( ‘ Poor' 78% ; ‘ Bad ’ 18% ; ‘ Fragile ’ 7% ) comes close to matching that already established for all defective items . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , anyone phoning who wants to buy shiny tights with the word ‘ climb ’ on them must be referred to The Samaritans . |
| 20 | We ordinarily think of values and obligations being really there , but we also think of them as intrinsically prescriptive. that is , such that one who knows them must be affected conatively in an appropriate way . |
| 21 | ‘ Some of them must be educated . ’ |
| 22 | These are only a few of the choices before them , but even these are very difficult to prioritize and at times some of them must be sacrificed at the expense of others in this play . |
| 23 | The whole question of an adequate income in retirement can be achieved , and changes necessary to enable them must be worked at . |
| 24 | Capitalism is a system for the production of commodities , and to produce these commodities the things used to produce them must be reproduced , i.e. in its simplest sense , reproduction means the reproduction of labour power . |
| 25 | In order to infer that the effect of X on Y is a direct causal effect , any variable which is related to both X and Y and causally prior to at least one of them must be controlled . |
| 26 | Any unusual features should be noted and the response to them should be made by an appropriately qualified and experienced person . |
| 27 | Initial enquiries about the content of the data and access to them should be made to either Professor John Fox at City University or Ken Fogelman at the National Children 's Bureau . |
| 28 | HP-style credit is really money lent to buy things — and credit agreements which left the lenders any rights to take possession of things bought under them should be seen as if those things had been bought on mortgage ( ‘ chattel mortgages ’ ) ; |
| 29 | Again , in the evening , times of meals and who is to share them should be decided before she moves in . |
| 30 | Now the poor economies are known to be not so poor as had generally been supposed , more of them should be invited to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( whose membership is currently confined to the 24 ‘ industrial ’ countries ) or to attend the annual economic summit of the leaders of the G7 . |