Example sentences of "and [modal v] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a busy , no nonsense and let's be having you noise . |
| 2 | Get your hat , Miss — Alexandra , and let's be going ! ’ |
| 3 | The ever loyal Daily Telegraph would come closest to paralleling the Conservative Party though even here its organizational links with the party are weak and may be getting even weaker as a result of its new Canadian ownership . |
| 4 | There is however now some evidence that Select Committees would like to interest themselves in the Committee system and may be seeking to erode the present convention . |
| 5 | But , in fact , it does n't seem to be doing much harm and may be filling a niche that , in the absence of European mink in these islands , was lying empty . |
| 6 | The proper scientist sees reality through a glass darkly — and believeth all facts , heareth all facts and seeth all facts , but still has to reckon with the fact that he is part of the experiment and may be seeing the reflection of his own opinions . |
| 7 | So they copied the things that the men could , they could see themselves and may be using . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course they still have time and may be using that to prepare their case . ’ |
| 9 | The vendors may not be entirely price motivated and may be looking for reassurance from the purchaser as to , for example , the compatibility of management styles , career development opportunities for senior staff and job security for the workforce . |
| 10 | Donna , who is 5ft 3in tall with short black hair and glasses , was on crutches at the time and may be limping . |
| 11 | We want the children to have a good time , and may be encouraging them to shout , but this then creates problems if some order needs to be restored because the children are too wound up . |
| 12 | If it has happened in the past , it can happen in the future , and may be occurring now for all we know . |
| 13 | It helped with how it was presented and may be cutting down on what was presented . |
| 14 | Beijing , on the other hand , has failed to make clear whether it is really willing to negotiate and may be waiting for the deadline to be dropped before making a move . |
| 15 | However , many older homes do not have the benefit of even ‘ accidental ’ air flow through roof spaces , and may be starting to suffer problems as a result . |
| 16 | They at least are aware of the potential of relationships between the different levels and may be forging some co-operative links between them . |
| 17 | This would be a good point to stop and remind yourself of the kinds of situations and issues which have caused you conflict in the past and may be doing so at present . |
| 18 | Ignoring the gap between is and ought is committing very much what we have seen Moore and other intuitionists describing as the naturalistic fallacy . |
| 19 | It seems the boys from Sun Microsystems Inc , Santa Cruz Operation Inc and Unix System Laboratories Inc have had their heads together with Intel Corp for some months and must be getting close to agreeing an Application Binary Interface for Unix with the semiconductor house . |
| 20 | She saw him look down at her and saw that his skin was raw and flayed in places ; the arm of flesh and blood was scraped and scorched and the silver arm on the other side was reflecting the tremendous heat , so that it was copper coloured and glinting and must be causing him immense pain . |
| 21 | Students must normally have successfully completed or gained APL for 50% of the areas of study of the Diploma programme and must be studying for the remaining areas of study before they are eligible to start work for their projects . |
| 22 | We are an essential part of society and should be taking a lead on things like this . |
| 23 | If you do n't have at least two acres for the first horse and at least one per subsequent animal sharing the land , you have n't got enough for satisfactory winter keep and should be looking for an alternative . |
| 24 | We also assumed that from the age of 14 able pupils could and should be reading from a range of books written for adults , so the number of suitable authors would make any list quite impracticable . |
| 25 | Swindon are away to Bristol Rovers in the league on Wednesday … the last word on football is about United midfielder Jim Magilton who was injured in a road accident in Oxford on saturday night … he 's out of hospital … and should be playing next week |
| 26 | There are some practices who could and should be giving thrombolytic therapy , there are others that can not and should not . |
| 27 | We are still culturally invisible around the issue of HIV , at a time when we could and should be educating against all forms of homophobia , as well as sharing information with each other to protect ourselves and others . |
| 28 | The debate about what the WEA was and should be doing had particular point in 1953 , the year the government initiated its own enquiry into adult education . |
| 29 | Equally , if we see that the electricity industry is not performing to maximum efficiency and should be doing better — there is general agreement on that — surely we have an obligation to do something about it . |
| 30 | Machicolations , usually regarded as a sign of nobility , had their practical value in that they permitted vertical defence against those who might have reached the dead ground near a wall , and might be setting about digging or mining under it . |