Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's concerned that banking attitudes may be holding up the recovery . |
| 2 | There are now signs that the generally negative attitudes may be changing . |
| 3 | A company in a dominant position which charges excessive prices for its products may be acting abusively . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Some automatic reactions may be taking place which might help or hinder , and he must also stay within the mandatory operating instructions . |
| 6 | Employers may be sifting through dozens of forms and unwilling to plough through a lot of waffle . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But while some operators may be taking longer to firm up their plans , oil supply companies did not leave Offshore Europe empty-handed . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Other poor prognostic signs may be coexisting day wetting and maternal intolerance of the enuretic child . |
| 13 | Alternatively , the joyous sound of bells may be ringing out the tune of 'Those beautiful red roses that once you gave me ’ , all over sunlit uplands — though I doubt that . |
| 14 | Many unforeseen dangers may be lurking in the wings . |
| 15 | ( If you 've followed the logic of the earlier chapters you will at once see that this is n't a perfect control , as the water-trained birds may be learning something else about the bead — but I 'll come to that later . |
| 16 | Dr Nakamura believes that these changes happen within the lifetime of a magpie , suggesting that the birds may be improving their powers of discrimination through learning . |
| 17 | Some hospital trusts in the inner cities may be shedding staff , but others in the suburbs and the shires are recruiting new staff and cutting waiting-lists . |
| 18 | And in between the P C which we find on many peoples desks may be emulating a character terminal , may be emulating erm an X-terminal to provide that user interface to an individual . |
| 19 | Thus , the discount houses may be making losses on the loans they are repaying to the commercial banks . |
| 20 | The tentacle pores are large with two small tentacles although in some specimens one or both scales may be missing on some of the pores . |
| 21 | Behind the screens the company has erected against the outside world it looks as though the demerger plans may be going badly astray . |
| 22 | Purely procedural rules may be binding by reference to the rules in force at the time when the procedure is applied . |
| 23 | ‘ THE shareholders must be hoping the bank has n't gone as far as to give him a company credit card ’ — Labour leader John Smith , on ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont 's new employer , Rothschilds Bank . |
| 24 | Even laundering the figures in Warlow 's favour , only one out of every 28 newborn planets will have any effect on us , so planets must be popping out from somewhere every century or so . |
| 25 | The main problem in Preston today is the traffic , especially along the Main Street , and the church 's foundations must be suffering , as the tower is only a few feet from a sharp bend in the street . |
| 26 | Times must be getting better . ’ |
| 27 | Employers should be taking note . |
| 28 | ‘ The courts should be signalling , by the sentence , the gravity of the offence . ’ |
| 29 | If he also asks for a large deposit , the alarm bells should be ringing . |
| 30 | Er Madam Speaker I I entirely agree with the sentiments which have been expressed by Black and Decker and I have to say to members opposite that when companies like Mercedes are starting to source outside of Germany , with companies like Volkswagen are starting to look er outside Europe and Peugeot and others , alarm bells should be ringing for those members who are genuinely concerned about jobs because there is no doubt that the social chapter is driving people out of work and the longer that members opposite adhere to it er then the the greater will be the er the possibility o of er people er in Europe er embracing policies which will make those countries in Europe less competitive and less able to provide employment . |