Example sentences of "they [modal v] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are now serious environmental concerns about a whole range of chemicals that go into these cleaners , and the detrimental effect that some of them may be having on wildlife in rivers and shorelines . |
| 2 | Some of them must be playing snooker three and four times a week in two or three different leagues . |
| 3 | The two of them should be playing here now , giving these commuters some real music , something they would love . |
| 4 | Two weeks could be a holiday but now its longer than that and someone who knows them might be wondering where they are , ’ said Detective Chief Inspector Brown . |
| 5 | I mean it may well be that we have in this country we have erm pretty much Mill 's system because MPs get paid relatively little bearing in mind what most of them could be getting elsewhere , so maybe we 've got something like Mill 's system but it strikes us as rather a bizarre suggestion that MPs should n't be paid to prevent adventurous and lower classes becoming MPs . |
| 6 | The older Colonel beamed about him and Hope tried to execute yet another manoeuvre with Miss D'Arcy — to get her to conspire ( silently of course and with the finest subtlety ) with him against her guardian so that the two of them could be saying ‘ what a dear old gentleman he is ’ and use this to draw closer together . |
| 7 | Oh , mind some of them could be working a week 's notice , but Chris did n't , he finished that week |
| 8 | Not all of them would be learning the same thing , parrot-fashion , up and down the country . |
| 9 | Preparatory men in because if you took a body of men into a bakery half of them would be standing looking about doing nothing until something was prepared . |
| 10 | They were still there and I was sure that one of them would be going my way . |
| 11 | Keep a good look out for them , give them plenty of clearance ( they may be moving faster than you think ) and let them make their moves in safety . |
| 12 | The position of the health professional — doctor , health visitor , or nurse — is not to pretend that their bit of health promotion is going to have more than a small additive effect to all the other necessary inputs , and they should be aware that they may be wasting their time if the other inputs are not there . |
| 13 | They also have not yet learned to use their eyes together ( called binocular vision ) , so they may be seeing double or seeing only through one eye . |
| 14 | They may be seeing hs , or backwards s backwards h , or backwards h backwards s — the permutations are , in fact , considerable the more you think about it , and once again I 'd like to repeat that the teacher should be aware of the possibility that not all the class are actually seeing what she thinks they might be seeing . |
| 15 | WHEN a teenager talks about popping in to the travel agents , parents should realise they may be intending to buy something more mind-bending than a cheap break . |
| 16 | At the meeting , the most important point to convey is that your alternative proposals need not be to their detriment , either in financial terms or in the provision of any accommodation they may be hoping for in a new development on the site . |
| 17 | They may be hoping to enlist the support of Mrs Thatcher , one of a long list of famous old girls . |
| 18 | But they may be hoping in vain . |
| 19 | For some children they are more socially deprived , and yet they may be getting considerable ‘ education ’ in inverted commas within their home environment . |
| 20 | For some children they are more socially deprived , and yet they may be getting considerable ‘ education ’ in inverted commas within their home environment . |
| 21 | Governors should recognise their power to co-opt on to their working groups , in a non-voting capacity , any member of the local community who could offer specific expertise and skills which they may be lacking . |
| 22 | They may be believing it , too , on the Meadowell estate , North Shields . |
| 23 | Counselling will advise them of the risks , if any , that they may be taking by embarking on a further conception . |
| 24 | ‘ Any patients with potential problems will probably have notes from their GP , advising on any specific treatments or medication they may be taking , and you 'll probably get one or two who feel seasick . ’ |
| 25 | They may be dropping their oxygen carrying capacity of their blood to a level at which they pass out . |
| 26 | Working with carers and helpers can be done in a task-centred way , helping to partialise the difficulties and problems they may be facing , to find a solution bit by bit . |
| 27 | In fact , they may be helping you with yours ! |
| 28 | THEY may be trying to patch up the rift in their marriage . |
| 29 | They may be trying to attract a mate , mapping out their territory , warning other males off . |
| 30 | We hear they may be trying for 2.5 volts to reduce heat on the part . |