Example sentences of "they [modal v] be working " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be working among old people , or schoolchildren , or even convicts . |
| 2 | In the case of street interviews , where they may be working on ‘ quota ’ samples ( so many people of certain sex , age and class categories chosen by the interviewer to fit into the required quota ) , the discretion allowed may be considerable . |
| 3 | Even though they may be working together on contributory problems in the marriage , he still needs to recognise how she hung on for both of them while he was out having a good time . |
| 4 | This is a type of environment used by decision makers where they may be working on one piece of information in the application and they need to make a decision based on an information which is elsewhere in the application . |
| 5 | Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary Robin Cook accused the Tories of being obsessed with their own ‘ civil war ’ when they should be working on a strategy to revive industry . |
| 6 | If they ca n't commit to high rates of profit , perhaps they should be working for a second-rate firm which plays budgetary games . |
| 7 | Some of the crew will go on to work on Tornados ; more are staying in the area for family reasons and will move to Brize Norton or Lyneham where they 'll be working on VC10s . |
| 8 | It means they 'll be working together six days a week . |
| 9 | they 'll be working on the , they 'll be working on the kidnapper 's instructions though would n't they ? |
| 10 | they 'll be working on the , they 'll be working on the kidnapper 's instructions though would n't they ? |
| 11 | Valuable time can be wasted in trying every tlephone extension in the rooms where they might be working , or in sending another member of staff to search for them . |
| 12 | They could be working just as hard , but Vijay 's there for everyone to see , on the range at every tournament for hours . |
| 13 | Yes , the face was tough work ; but they were working men , they 'd be working almost as hard if they were at home in Munich . |
| 14 | The band were taking a break from each other , but they 'd be working on some new material soon with a view to releasing a new song as a single to coincide with Reading . |
| 15 | During the weeks before the project began , their main tasks were , firstly , informing themselves about dementia and the needs of dementia sufferers and their relatives ( by reading , by talking to service-providers , dementia sufferers and their carers , and by visiting other similar care initiatives such as those in Liverpool and Oxford ) ; they also informed themselves about the action areas where they would be working ( finding out where the elderly people lived , what services were available , the individuals who provided them ) ; secondly , they informed others about the new project by visiting social services department teams , health authority staff , voluntary organisations , and general practitioners . |
| 16 | If they could finish the ‘ Marit ’ today , there was a good chance they would be working on the Russian boat tomorrow . |
| 17 | For example , if someone gave as their hobbies on their CV only reading and chess , and they were applying to you for a job where they would be working with the public , might you not have doubts about that person ? |
| 18 | They knew they would be working in groups of six or seven pupils from both schools . |
| 19 | BASI News warned members that they would be working against French law and could be heavily fined . |
| 20 | In addition , it is argued that ministers should have a larger say in the appointment and transfer of senior departmental officials with whom they would be working ; that ministers should have their own private political office of specialist and political advisers ; that junior ministers should be involved in the work of departmental and interdepartmental committees which are at the moment the preserve of departmental officials ; and that backbenchers should be more closely involved in the decision-making process through bringing them into government departments . |
| 21 | They would be working on the kidnapper 's instructions , the police ? |
| 22 | The following week they go off to their respective schools , to meet the teachers and the group of children they will be working with . |
| 23 | Instead of using measuring tools , many tradesmen merely estimate the dimensions of the surface on which they will be working . |
| 24 | Denis Smith says come along and enjoy what they 're putting on and they can guarantee they will be working hard |
| 25 | But just to prove that the rivalry is only for fun they will be working together on Easter Saturday to organise a penny mile laying in Guisborough . |