Example sentences of "they [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever we compare two or more people , we can discover a variety of attributes in respect of which they may be equal or unequal . |
| 2 | They may be rusty , old and a little slow , but at tommorrow 's auction these machines are expected to disappear fast . |
| 3 | Words spoken in a foreign tongue , on the other hand , though they may be unintelligible , have many audible contrasts . |
| 4 | Similarly , our melodies are our own , but they may be striking or mediocre according to some hidden talent or the lack of it . |
| 5 | Dublin Docks companies operating in the International Financial Services Centre are similar to BCCs , but without the onerous turnover requirements , so they may be suitable for smaller multinationals . |
| 6 | Such rock bodies may be either molten , in the strict sense , or they may be solid and move very slowly at elevated temperatures and pressures through a form of plastic flow . |
| 7 | If the baby is severely handicapped , they may be involved in a discussion over whether the child should be allowed to die . |
| 8 | They may be involved in planning , organising foreign trade , predicting the money needed by their economies , but few are involved in developing Marxist — Leninist theory itself . |
| 9 | This indicates that the events are caused by the low-energy particle precipitation and suggests that they may be involved in the production of polar cap density ‘ patches ’ . |
| 10 | A final point that has to be borne in mind is that in order to make generalizations based on the type of quantitative analysis pioneered by Labov , a large number of tokens must be analysed ( usually thousands ) ; however , it happens that some variables that are quite salient in the community occur relatively rarely , and so we can not make reliable quantitative statements about these covering the range of speaker variables , even though they may be involved in linguistic change and may be important for historical projections on to earlier English . |
| 11 | Or , they may be involved in some form of ritual in which the lighted candle has a religious significance . |
| 12 | They may be effective alone , but there needs to be caution with their introduction , especially enalapril which may cause hypotension when combined with other agents . |
| 13 | Building up parental confidence in these techniques can sometimes present a problem as they may be contradictory to the parents ' viewpoint . |
| 14 | They may be unwilling to face their feelings and emotions , preferring to drown them in continuous drinking . |
| 15 | They may be unwilling to criticise the decision for fear that future projects will be jeopardised . |
| 16 | If systems are developed without the involvement of the users , they may be unwilling to accept the new systems because they feel they have been imposed on them . |
| 17 | THEY may be cheap , but Europe 's discount food stores have plenty to be cheerful about . |
| 18 | It can not be too strongly stressed that the subject of letters is all-important and that , even though they may be complete with the signature , they are of little virtue or worth unless they say something of at least modest significance . |
| 19 | The symbols X , Y , … on the right may be symbols which occur in the text ( terminal symbols ) ; or they may be other symbols which are invented for use just within the grammar ( variables ) . |
| 20 | They may be appropriate , however , in patients where the history or examination points to systemic disease such as chronic liver disease . |
| 21 | They may be multi-purpose , for combing hair as well as in the weaving process . |
| 22 | Around 25 per cent of those gathered will be distracted anyway ; they may be upset by their home situation ; concerned by some event which occurred on their way in ; confused by the absence of someone they were expecting to see . |
| 23 | Quite often , olivine and pyroxene begin to crystallize out early on , so they may be present in the final rock as quite large crystals , up to a centimetre across , many times larger than the crystals surrounding them , and easily visible with the naked eye . |
| 24 | The source of these birds is not known , but they may be present from late August until April . |
| 25 | They may be present in the cuticle , epidermis or subepidermal tissues ( usually fat body or blood ) . |
| 26 | The evidence on problems of appropriability and the extent of spillovers suggests that such problems exist , but that they may be easy to exaggerate . |
| 27 | In addition , they may be anxious about dealing with a solicitor for the first time . |
| 28 | Discharges may be permanent and persistent , or they may be episodic or isolated . |
| 29 | The many mechanical analogies ( in this admittedly crude summary ) were all used to explain the world to simple people ; but machines , though they may be perfect , are nevertheless quite dead . |
| 30 | This book will therefore explain some of these ordinary means , even though they may be familiar to most moviegoers , as a basis for the extraordinary and generally more elaborate means that are known as SFX . |