Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's been a sharp decline in Britain 's industrial and manufacturing output raising fears among economists that the recession may be deepening . |
| 2 | The recession may be biting in our own larders . |
| 3 | The recession may be hurting many businesses , but there 's one craftsman who ca n't keep up with demand . |
| 4 | Recession may be burying the major continental economies , with the likelihood that things will get much worse before they start to get better , but the European personal computer market continued to prosper in the first quarter , the Wall Street Journal reports . |
| 5 | Parents believe the recession may be having an effect on some people 's ability to pay the £10,000 a year fees , but the college needs the money . |
| 6 | The centre says the recession may be forcing more people to abandon their pets . |
| 7 | A dementia sufferer may be living in substandard accommodation . |
| 8 | Such an experience may be demoralising if you 're unlucky to get caught up in the tangle . |
| 9 | He 's concerned that banking attitudes may be holding up the recovery . |
| 10 | There are now signs that the generally negative attitudes may be changing . |
| 11 | That line of analysis tends to indicate that when one is interpreting s740(3) and the meaning of the expression " relevant income " ( meaning " income which can directly or indirectly be used for providing a benefit for an individual or for enabling a benefit to be provided for him " ) the taxpayer may be having the benefit of a slightly generous interpretation if the Revenue permit , in any year in which income arises , the amount of the relevant income in that year to be reduced by the amount of expenditure incurred in that year . |
| 12 | In less polite ways , Panama may be pushing its luck . |
| 13 | A company in a dominant position which charges excessive prices for its products may be acting abusively . |
| 14 | Within these areas all manner of harmful gaseous and bacterial reactions may be taking place that could affect the whole of the aquarium environment , giving rise to problems associated with toxicity , phosphates and hairy algae . |
| 15 | Some automatic reactions may be taking place which might help or hinder , and he must also stay within the mandatory operating instructions . |
| 16 | It is also worth noting that Lawton claims that the HMIs may be pushing a model of curriculum planning ( based upon statements of aims and objectives ) which is out of date an issue we return to later in the chapter , and in Chapter 8 . |
| 17 | Employers may be sifting through dozens of forms and unwilling to plough through a lot of waffle . |
| 18 | This is just one more sign that the courts may be balancing the scales of justice a little more fairly than has been the case over the past decade or so . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , for two reasons , the job of the nuclear thief or illicit buyer may be getting significantly easier . |
| 20 | The buyer may be feigning disinterest , and throughout a sales interview several peaks may be expected to occur . |
| 21 | If the photography is in black and white the photographer may be working with reels of film rather than with plates , in which case he will be able to take many more shots without inflating the price too much . |
| 22 | Mental work such as reading is best undertaken in silence ; modestly loud extraneous noise may be distracting , even though the person may be trying to ignore it . |
| 23 | SOCCER star Neil Webb may be struggling to find top form . |
| 24 | ‘ The day we hold off because some geezer may be watching is the day we should change our line of business . |
| 25 | The forces of change may be moving rapidly but the corporate response is slower , says Collis . |
| 26 | But while some operators may be taking longer to firm up their plans , oil supply companies did not leave Offshore Europe empty-handed . |
| 27 | Vegetarians who rely on large quantities of leafy vegetables may be consuming unsafe levels of nitrates , according to a new analysis by Friends of the Earth , based on government studies . |
| 28 | A boy or girl who appears to be rejecting parental values may be developing in a more healthy and normal way than one who follows the parent 's party line and gives no trouble . |
| 29 | The exiled Tibetan leader , the Dalai Lama has had a high international profile since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year ; resenting this , the Chinese authorities may be looking for propaganda points of their own for lifting marshal law . |
| 30 | Other poor prognostic signs may be coexisting day wetting and maternal intolerance of the enuretic child . |