Example sentences of "they [modal v] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or they may be of a different kind . |
| 2 | Provided that the instructions on the indications for such remedies as the tissue salts are carefully followed , and that they are not taken for long periods , they may be of benefit . |
| 3 | Few of these products have been clinically tested although they may be of assistance to some people . |
| 4 | These relations may be of the paradigmatic variety ( e.g. oppositeness , synonymy , etc. ) or they may be of the so-called paronymic sort ( that is to say , involving identity of root , but difference of syntactic category , as , for instance , with act : actor , race : racy . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Nitrogen-fixing bacteria inhabit the rhizosphere of some tropical grasses but the amounts fixed for sugar-cane and rice , about 30kg per ha per year at a maximum , are unlikely to satisfy crops , though they may be of significance in pasture and natural ecosystems . |
| 7 | This deserves special mention because , on the assumption that various conditions which appear to be satisfied by the return maps are actually satisfied , this attractor is probably the only well understood strange attractor known in a system of " natural " three-dimensional differential equations ; we have strong reasons to suppose that there can be no stable orbits in a relatively large parameter range , as opposed to the normal " chaotic attractors where one merely can not observe them but has no arguments to suggest they can not exist ( they may be of extremely high period or have very complicated basins of attraction see { 8 } ) . |
| 8 | They may be of course , but we may not have looked in the right place yet to find that . |
| 9 | Judging by the sound of the guns , they must be of a heavier calibre , and their target many miles away . |
| 10 | For helices to entwine together they must be of the same handedness , like the strands of a rope . |
| 11 | But of course , reliance on beans from a single source means they must be of a consistently high standard . |
| 12 | ‘ The nature of the trains means they must be of a very high standard . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't know the figures for mental illness , but they must be of the same order , though better hidden . |
| 14 | It follows from the foregoing that a condition of the type at issue in the main proceedings , which stipulates that where a vessel is owned or chartered by natural persons they must be of a particular nationality , and where it is owned or chartered by a company the shareholders and directors must be of that nationality , is contrary to article 52 of the E.E.C . |
| 15 | they must be of merchantable quality |
| 16 | But I do n't think everyone is as aware as they should be of the after-effects . |
| 17 | When any goods are bought they should be of merchantable quality . |
| 18 | Mail-order companies selling hampers usually reserve the right to swap items if necessary , but they should be of similar type and value . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | You 're in a dead end as far as Charlie 's records are concerned , and even if you get your hands on them you 've no guarantee they 'll be of any use . |
| 22 | And he put his sons to read , that they might be of the better understanding , and he made them take arms , and be shown how to demean themselves in battle , and to be huntsmen . |
| 23 | She hid them in our quarters , thinking they might be of use to the party , but Devraux found them and she was taken to prison . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | They told me to keep in touch and call them if I felt they could be of assistance . |
| 26 | They paid their rent every Friday ( the money was put straight into a jar for Oreste 's journey ) and always enquired if there was any way in which they could be of use to their landlady in her circumstances . |
| 27 | They could be of particular interest to those fearing punitive investment and income tax rates under a Labour government . |
| 28 | He was well-read and clever , and he made it easy for stupid men to respect his intellect if he thought they could be of use to him . |
| 29 | However , because of the immense potential for the integrated ( ie raster/ASCII/vector ) systems that were under development , the point was made that the strategy could be to plan their eventual use for those functions where they could be of value . |
| 30 | They could be of further use if Treasury chiefs are sent packing . |