Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In relation to the example of the headship issue , it would follow that although a woman may not hold a position of authority in the church , she may be prime minister . |
| 2 | But when someone has AIDS , he or she may be unwell from a number of illnesses because the body 's defence or immune system is not working properly and can not fight infections . |
| 3 | He or she may be clairvoyant , a medium , or have a gift of telepathy . |
| 4 | The other is that I do n't wish any harm to come to Miss Coleman and she may be safer where she is until they say she 's free to go . ’ |
| 5 | She may be ecstatic and radiant ; she may on the other hand feel tired and depressed . |
| 6 | She may be right . |
| 7 | She may be right . ’ |
| 8 | She may be virtuous , but she is not capable of defending civilisation against its attackers . |
| 9 | She may be one of the lucky ones . |
| 10 | Well she may be better now , I do n't know anything about it except dad heard that she had had it , or was being treated for it . |
| 11 | ‘ And she may be lonely , ’ Sophia had added , ‘ wanting to meet people of her own kind , if we can be called that . ’ |
| 12 | But she may be liable for some tax , if , in addition to the basic retirement pension , she is getting a graduated pension , or an additional pension for working past retirement age . |
| 13 | At 58 she may be younger than some of them but she is the ‘ mother confessor ’ of Beauchamp Place , seeing all , hearing much but relaying nothing . |
| 14 | She may be surprised , disconcerted ; she may even have had no conscious intention of getting involved with this particular man . |
| 15 | ‘ I think she may be different . ’ |
| 16 | Though she may be old now , Lady Amory has lost none of the original excitement and enthusiasm which she shared with Sir John , and , like a true gardener , she is constantly looking forward : ‘ I do n't think a garden is the thing to keep ; it 's not like furniture in a room or a house . |
| 17 | If your parent is allowed home from hospital ( or other National Health Service accommodation ) for a few days occasionally you should notify the Department of Health and Social Security , as she may be entitled to her pension , benefits or allowances at the full rate for that period . |
| 18 | She may be difficult to cover and may be an unthrifty mare , hard to keep in good condition — it is often severe weight loss , past or present , that sets off this kind of conformation . |
| 19 | She may be 82 , but the woman who gave us the breathalyser is still going strong . |
| 20 | She may be commonplace or dazzling , and can transform herself from one to the other by miraculous means . |
| 21 | I believe she may be eligible for income support . |
| 22 | She may be frightened . |
| 23 | First , he or she may be responsible for putting forward new legislation . |
| 24 | ‘ She may be articulate but feel upset that she can not do justice to herself . |
| 25 | She may be reluctant to give evidence of what is in her mind , ’ says Dr Haynes . |
| 26 | There is plenty of psychoanalytical data to suggest that modern women do have a complicated relationship with sexuality involving guilt and pain of complex kinds ; inasmuch as these relationships constitute barriers in the growth of a person she should seek such healing as she may be able to find . |
| 27 | It may be that the child only recognises a particular picture in a particular book as an appropriate context for the word ‘ boat ’ ; or she may be able to recognise sailing boats but not canoes and motor boats . |
| 28 | If a wife who formerly worked is over 60 and retired but can not yet get a basic pension on either her own or her husband 's contributions , she may be able to qualify for an additional or graduated pension based on her own contributions . |
| 29 | Just as many children score lower on a word-recognition reading test than they ought , because the words have no context of meaning , so she may be able to spell better than she demonstrates on this test . |
| 30 | She may be able to work different hours for a period of time while her burden is shared by another member of the family or a neighbour . |