Example sentences of "they [modal v] be [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second involves the juxtaposition of two consonants not usually placed together in an attempt to reproduce a sound peculiar to the original language ( e.g. , the " kh " sound in Bakhtiari or Bakhshaish ) ; the two consonants used in this way may vary , or one of them may be left out altogether . |
| 2 | It is small wonder that the tree is an endangered species when you consider how many of them must be chopped down to provide one week 's worth of trade press . |
| 3 | I asked that all of them should be put in . |
| 4 | So what was the point of discussing any of the myriad amendments over the past six months if so many of them could be shrugged off as ‘ ineffective ’ ? |
| 5 | Ratepayer democracy … implied less local government , with fewer services to provide since some of them could be handed over to the private sector , to the supposed benefit of consumers and ratepayers alike . |
| 6 | The idea was that , by raising the standards of these deprived areas , the children in them would be brought up to the levels of those in more privileged communities , and would then be able to compete with them on equal terms later in their educational careers . |
| 7 | If the sea did not constantly encroach , the salt within them would be washed out by rain . |
| 8 | If you pruned them back by one-third of their height before moving them into their winter quarters , then they may be cut back once more by an equal amount . |
| 9 | Consumers may be poisoned in their beds by improperly tested medical drugs , they may be killed over their dinner tables by unhygienically prepared food , they may be blown up to God knows where by the neighbourhood chemical complex exploding , and they may become fatally diseased in their living rooms by industrial pollution . |
| 10 | Sometimes the Pemberton Musks are listed separately , sometimes they may be listed in with Modern Shrub Roses as well as Hybrid Musks , or they may be listed in with it , which is all very confusing . |
| 11 | Sometimes the Pemberton Musks are listed separately , sometimes they may be listed in with Modern Shrub Roses as well as Hybrid Musks , or they may be listed in with it , which is all very confusing . |
| 12 | These strings may have ends ( the so-called open strings ) or they may be joined up with themselves in closed loops ( closed strings ) ( Fig. 10.1 and Fig. 10.2 ) . |
| 13 | The Ministry of Defence says two Hercules planes are now waiting for orders at Zagreb and they may be recalled back to Lyneham , if flights into Sarajevo prove to dangerous to risk . |
| 14 | Data processing professionals are much more facilitators in this environment , and they may be brought in to assist on tasks such as detailed debugging . |
| 15 | Doctors who are aware of such appointments in their hospitals ( or plans for them ) should notify the JCC 's secretariat of the circumstances so that they may be taken up with the department without delay . |
| 16 | They may be held down with scotch tape . |
| 17 | When working with mice in an isolator they may be picked up by the base of their tail using a pair of large forceps with rubber sleeves on their tips . |
| 18 | They may be picked on in revenge raids by the security forces after attacks by armed opposition groups or protests by political groups . |
| 19 | Er , Chairman the , the only advice that I can give Dr on that point is to say that the county council is not letting them down er the funding for major road schemes is provided by central government and we make a contribution towards it but if central government do not give us permission to go ahead with the race road scheme in terms of a grant , then in fact it will not go ahead and in that situation they may be let down , that is their judgement and that should be reflected in the way they vote at parliamentary elections . |
| 20 | In periods of slump , for example , they may be drawn out of the labour market more quickly than other groups ( particularly unskilled and semi-skilled older workers ) ; in periods of labour shortage , the justification for retiring and becoming a ‘ non-producing consumer ’ may be questioned as part of a campaign to call back or retain people in the labour force . |
| 21 | A right pain in the neck , in short , but in the end he will buy a copy — full retail price , no questions asked — and ( because collectors are generally tidy chaps ) will stack up neatly the rejects so that they may be snapped up by the mere purchaser or — even more gratifyingly undiscerning — the impulse buyer . |
| 22 | They may be crowded up against the window of the tour bus or milling together on the pavement , but one thing is for sure — they 're taking snapshots . |
| 23 | Alternatively , they may be lifted up the backstay by shockcord to keep them out of the way . |
| 24 | Planning requires the identification of tasks and matching the means with which they may be carried out in the time available and under the conditions prevailing . |
| 25 | They can not tell us in any detail what kinds of investigations might be prompted by such conceptions , or how they may be carried out , what concepts and theories are relevant , and so on . |
| 26 | But they may be booked up for Christmas day . |
| 27 | ‘ Who knows but they may be lined up outside that very wall , waiting to flock in on us ! ’ |
| 28 | Six months ago Teresa Leinin had to put them on a plane to the United States after the High Court ordered they must be sent back to their American father . |
| 29 | But if anyone else believes that all that 's consumed in the Sedgefield council chairman 's room is tea and biscuits they must be stoned out of their tiny little brains . |
| 30 | They must be turned in within 30 days after taking delivery of a Sun IPX or SparcStation 2 . |