Example sentences of "they [modal v] be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be at risk because of identifiable genetic disorders which are known to be present , or because of the age of the mother . |
| 2 | They may be at the root of colic , which is why lactose intolerance is important here . |
| 3 | Any potential parent who thinks they may be at risk of HIV infection should consider being counselled and tested before conceiving . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There are many people who come into English-language teaching without having passed through formal pedagogic processes , so that when they are confronted with the terminology of the subject , they may be at a disadvantage to those who have already been to teacher-training college or who have a university degree in linguistics . |
| 6 | It 's feared they may be at risk of suffering the effects of exposure to a toxic chemical involved in an accident between junctions fifteen and sixteen of the motorway earlier today . |
| 7 | Obviously , if two objects are physically connected they must be at about the same distance from us , and yet many of these Arp associations include objects with redshifts that ‘ ought ’ to place them far apart along the line of sight . |
| 8 | They must be at lunch , she thought . |
| 9 | The exceptions are that , unlike riot and violent disorder , the offence can be committed only when the violence is directed towards the person rather than property , and the threats can not be by words alone ; they must be at least accompanied by threatening gestures . |
| 10 | But they must be at their best to overcome the visitors , who are comfortably holding down third place in the division . |
| 11 | They must be at the end of the pond . |
| 12 | Well they must be at that age . |
| 13 | In some areas , ‘ truancy patrols ’ have been set up , consisting of teams of usually two persons ( an education welfare officer ( EWO ) and a police officer ) who question youngsters who look as though they should be at school . |
| 14 | Where rainwater ‘ soakaways ’ are used , they should be at least 5m ( 16ft 6in ) from the foundations , and consist of an excavated pit not less than a 1m cube filled with gravel and surrounded by silt , sand and gravel . |
| 15 | It is not surprising that many give up fishing at an age when they should be at their peak , with a true set of values and the all too rare ability to enjoy themselves even when fish are not being very cooperative . |
| 16 | Typically , these are long-term , follow-up investigations of the children of known schizophrenics — and therefore chosen because , on purely genetic grounds , they should be at greater risk . |
| 17 | Fourth , opportunities for further in-service training should be more generous for further education teachers than for those in schools and , in any event , they should be at least on the same scale . |
| 18 | Mr Berkley had almost felt pity for him , and genuinely regretted that they should be at war . |
| 19 | In this passage , Paul reminds his readers not only that that they should be at peace , but also where that peace will have its origin . |
| 20 | They 'll be at Leith in a matter of days and then she 'll be gone . ’ |
| 21 | Any minute now and they 'll be at each other 's throats again . |
| 22 | They 'll be at the party . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ They 'll be at Jacques 's brother 's farm . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If they have horses , ’ Thorfinn said , ‘ they 'll be at the Ochils by now , and at Tayside with two hours to spare before the fleet gets into the river . |
| 25 | Okay erm I 've got , I just thought I 'd , might just let you know that the , the end result figure that , that , on the recruitment front , they reckon they 'll be at twenty three hundred by the end of the year . |
| 26 | I honestly believe that because they 're certainly not strong enough erm to be up with the top boys , well they 're not going to disgrace themselves having said that , as I said before , the League 's pretty well evened out , but I think they 'll be at the lower part rather than the top part . |
| 27 | Vain they might be at times , dangerous , vicious even , when the devil was in them . |
| 28 | For the first eleven years following its introduction , ICA offered one of the most explicit examples of the assumption that married women are ( or should be ) economically inactive and financially dependent upon an earning husband — until 1986 they were excluded from the benefit on the grounds that ‘ they might be at home in any event ’ ( DHSS , 1974 , para. 60 ) . |
| 29 | they they might be at risk . |
| 30 | They could be at Buck House or , even worse , at Balmoral but she wanted to take the kids and her bald boyfriend to St Tropez . |