Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [adv] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is common practice in the carpet trade to use the term " Anatolian " to describe items made in Turkey , although they may also be referred to as Turkish or Turkey rugs . |
| 2 | Like glass , they may also be considered to be intermediate between liquid and solid . |
| 3 | For research purposes it is best to leave thin sections uncovered , as they may then be subjected to a variety of treatments including staining , etching , cathodoluminescence and microprobe work . |
| 4 | After burial , bones are protected from the worst effects of weathering , but they may still be subjected to corrosion by soil or sediment . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it has been held that they may still be postponed to later mortgages , notwithstanding the limitation of the company 's actual authority . |
| 6 | If applicants are unable to comply with 5(i) then they may still be admitted to the panel if able to demonstrate a suitable level of experience . |
| 7 | So if there are different histories , they must nevertheless be related to those other histories from which they differ but with which they , articulate in a structure of relative effectivity . |
| 8 | For , not only must these systems perform the required service in a timely and efficient manner , but also they must not be exposed to the threat of failure or interference . |
| 9 | County freeholders , often indiscriminately styled ‘ barons ’ , as indeed some of them were , whose estates had been erected into free baronies by a crown charter , were gentlemen landowners of the shire , the direct vassals of the crown , and most of them were fully conscious of holding a social position which demanded that they should not be seen to be in any man 's pocket . |
| 10 | The Libyan quarrel was referred to Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria , a very well-educated man , who sided with those theologians who stressed the distinctness of Father and Son ; they should not be said to be of one being but to be as distinct as the husbandman and the vine . |
| 11 | If any are in the category of persons provided for in Section D of Department 's 279 of March 31 they should not be repatriated to the Soviet Union unless they affirmatively claim Soviet citizenship " [ this referred to Balts and Poles ] . |
| 12 | Pickets handing out leaflets to passers by may thereby cause harassment , alarm or distress , but they should not be held to be guilty of an offence on that account alone . |
| 13 | It is recognised that nurses must care for patients during recognised holidays but they should not be expected to be in the classroom . |
| 14 | They should not be introduced to a culture that was alien to them , but instead should be taught and guided through their own ‘ working-class ’ culture , in which they could succeed . |
| 15 | 16.31 Pupils need to be aware of the richness of contemporary writing , but they should also be introduced to pre-20th century literature . |
| 16 | Pupils need to be aware of the richness of contemporary writing , but they should also be introduced to pre-20th century literature . |
| 17 | Dr Samiran Nundy , editor of the NMJI , however , says that if such papers are on topics relevant to , say India , they should originally be submitted to Indian rather than international journals . |
| 18 | So , you know , all erm , Toyota Corollas or something are produced in Derby and those cars made in Derby will not only satiate the U K demand , but they 'll also be exported to all other countries in the world , including Japan itself . |
| 19 | In such a situation , the participants may , in fact , ‘ speak topically ’ , but they might also be said to be speaking on a topic . |
| 20 | Newton would assign equal and opposite spins to A and B. Their values would be fixed at the moment of separation even if they might not be known to an observer until he had actually measured them . |
| 21 | She was in trousers as usual , ignoring the fact that they might well be invited to dinner with the count . |
| 22 | One day , soon after he arrived in the dale he had reason to go to another farm and overheard a conversation between two old ladies.p They were lamenting that it was a sad day because outsiders were coming into the dale and taking over farms and was n't it a shame they could n't be let to locals . ’ |
| 23 | They could not be expected to be automatically loyal . |
| 24 | The problem , Richie explained , was that John and Angela had arrived at Heathrow Airport on a flight from Vienna , but as they had no passports they could not be admitted to the country . |
| 25 | They could well be given to an officer 's deputy or underling , assuring him of promotion when the time came . |
| 26 | Some of these clients can misread political realities , others may perceive that they are ‘ involving clinicians ’ in management whereas they could also be seen to be merely ‘ indoctrinating ’ . |
| 27 | The modules could form part of the bare-bones station or the truncated Freedom ( though they might not get up there early on ) ; they could also be mated to the single-launch skylab . |
| 28 | This was a tolerably painless process since they could generally be provided to a clerical living in their retirement . |
| 29 | The contests , however , were almost impossible to avoid , and they could occasionally be pushed to the extremity of a prolonged election , likely to embitter all concerned in the losing cause . |
| 30 | ‘ Most of the radioactive nuclides would have decayed to stable atoms before they could possibly be released to the environment by the slow corrosion process . ’ |