Example sentences of "they [modal v] be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After five years , they may be housegroup leaders and very busy with their Christian responsibilities . |
| 2 | Clothes and personal effects may only be seized if the custody officer : ( a ) believes that the person from whom they are seized may use them : ( i ) to cause physical injury to himself or another ; ( ii ) to damage property ; ( iii ) to interfere with evidence ; ( iv ) to assist him to escape ; or ( b ) has reasonable grounds for believing that they may be evidence relating to an offence . |
| 3 | They may be school leavers , graduates , people made redundant or returning to the job market after raising a family . |
| 4 | Second , even if nuclear families do inhabit separate houses , they may be part of a joint family : ‘ A joint family may consist of several branches living as separate households in different residences but pooling their incomes , all the major decisions relating to finance , ceremony performances and marriages , etc. being taken jointly ’ ( Anwar , 1979 , p. 55 ) . |
| 5 | Other addictive relationships such as some sexual practices may be branded by society as being definitely abnormal or even criminal , yet there is evidence that they may be part of the broad spectrum of addictive disease and therefore outside the personal control of the individual sufferer . |
| 6 | This is particularly true of regulations in heavily regulated fields such as agriculture , where they may be part of a long string of related measures or be limited to implementing a regulation of broader scope . |
| 7 | The receptor for TGLP-1 in the rat gastric mucosa seems to be different from that for glucagon-29 , but they may be part of a closely related family . |
| 8 | He is convinced the necessary seven member states whichever they may be can still meet the criteria for economic convergence which has been set as the minimum to permit a single currency in a majority of member states . |
| 9 | They may be hand held , for which they are the most effective tool for cleaning glass windows and large mirrors , or stail fixed for clearing water from floors . |
| 10 | Well , they , they may be quality builders , Mr Chairman , but I 'm not sure that it happen , has any relevance to this discussion , we 're talking about a planning application . |
| 11 | Thus , although they may be braille readers , they are not totally blind children and should be encouraged to use what vision they have in the learning situation . |
| 12 | The colour of these species varies ; they may be yellowfish , pale pink , grey or , most commonly , various shades of brown and beige . |
| 13 | She had bare shoulders and arms ; a heavy gold and ebony bracelet ; an enormously long necklace of what looked like sapphires , though I presumed they must be paste , or ultramarines . |
| 14 | Gen Enrile went on : ‘ I told them they would be treated fairly , justly and humanely but they must be man enough to take the consequences of their actions . ’ |
| 15 | Gen Enrile went on : ‘ I told them they would be treated fairly , justly and humanely but they must be man enough to take the consequences of their actions . ’ |
| 16 | they must be model animals |
| 17 | They must be Ferragamo ! ’ |
| 18 | They must be hell to live with ; they demand discipline and achievement from their co-workers and family and may lack emotional understanding and sensitivity . |
| 19 | So whatever verb is chosen will determine what functional predicate/argument structure is created — for HIT , it will be HIT ( AGENT , GOAL , INSTRUMENT ) because part of the lexical specification for the verb HIT is that it must have three arguments and they must be AGENT , ACTED-UPON , INSTRUMENT . |
| 20 | They now had no idea where they were except that they must be east of the Ridgery and well to the west of where they believed the outlaws ' Camp to be . |
| 21 | They now had no idea where they were except that they must be east of the Ridgery and well to the west of where they believed the outlaws ' Camp to be . |
| 22 | There are many other forms of cruelty , e.g. the catching and export of monkeys for medical and other experiments when they should be purpose bred in zoos . |
| 23 | There are many others like him , lurking in the background when they should be centre stage . |
| 24 | They should be redone about every 12 weeks . |
| 25 | They should be redone about every 12 weeks . |
| 26 | All but five of the players are from British Columbia which means they should be match hard and fit after a full domestic season . |
| 27 | This , plainly , would include non-litigation costs , Vaisey J. at p. 958 , referred to the costs of the action before him , i.e. litigation costs , and said that they should be party and party costs . |
| 28 | They 'll they 'll be part of erm either Nottinghamshire County Council or |
| 29 | If this new regulation comes through they 'll be part of a new seat but if in fact they do n't have this regulation come into effect they 'll belong to another s and when you 've had in fact in Southend say the lowest recorded percentage voting of any constituency in England at the last Euro elections I think it 's terrible important we should in fact explain to people whether this is likely to happen . |
| 30 | Many of the famous escape tunnels still exist , they 'll be part of the attraction . |