Example sentences of "[modal v] put their " in BNC.
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| 1 | In February 1983 I announced in the House of Commons that health authorities should put their ancillary services out to tender to see whether they would get best value from private or in-house organizations . |
| 2 | Ideally both the managing director of the company and the principal should put their names to the agreement , rather than , say , the training manager and the industrial liaison officer . |
| 3 | ‘ People should put their feet up more . |
| 4 | Perhaps the water companies , before embarking on a policy of compulsory metering , should put their own house in order first . |
| 5 | The changes of 1980 left local authorities in what was still a strong and , if they wished , an influential position in determining what it was that governors and schools should put their name to . |
| 6 | He thinks that justice jurors should put their personal interest to one side . |
| 7 | At least that 's the view of Harry Mulholland of Carpetworld , who maintains that housewives should put their faith in the traditional wool Axminster carpets , for sheer quality and durability . |
| 8 | Hopes that the rebels might put their party 's interests first and hold their peace until after polling day faded when they urged supporters to campaign for the leadership 's overthrow . |
| 9 | And — despite the fact that their portraits were largely drawn by monks — they were men in a distinctively lay tradition : not for them Gerald of Aurillac 's yearning for the cloister ; though they might put their sword to the service of the church , they wielded it just as often for secular purposes and to gain renown . |
| 10 | The Lord Willington looked the sort of place into which dishonest rascals might put their inconvenient relations in order to get them out of the way : uncles with the DTs , incontinent aunts , senile grandads , and cousins who 'd been odd since they were born . |
| 11 | Not only are there the possibilities offered by electronic mail in communicating with the other school , but classes might put their information onto the computer and exchange data disks . |
| 12 | Five of the ladies have already given a public display , at a keep fit rally in Drayton , and Wendy anticipates that they 'll put their skills behind the association 's new fund-raising campaign to buy a Sunshine Coach for use in Hampshire . |
| 13 | If you 've got a good case , then they 'll put their lawyers on to it . |
| 14 | They could put their books away . |
| 15 | Amidst the excitement after that earthquake , a team of physicists from Athens University discussed how they could put their knowledge of the behaviour of solids to practical use for predicting earthquakes . |
| 16 | If they could put their private patients into the private wards of the hospitals where they were already serving as NHS consultants , the organisation of their lives became infinitely easier . |
| 17 | I wish I could put their minds at rest . |
| 18 | If you want to give the bookmark to a friend you could put their name on it . |
| 19 | In a speech to Hungary 's National Assembly , Yeltsin expressed the hope that the two countries could put their mutual bitter past behind them and relaunch bilateral relations on a fresh sheet . |
| 20 | my Lord , er , er , in , in my submission the , the , the highest really could put their case is that if the matter were referred your Lordship simply did n't stay proceedings or permitted them for example to apply for interim payment or permitted them to take some procedural steps to pursue their action so that they were n't unduly delayed should they succeed at the end of the day and that would be a major concession because it would run against a normal rule cos on a reference the entire proceedings are stayed , that 's not a case just saying even if that is done , er that anybody is saying that particular measure is or is good is not good or may not be forced in the interim |
| 21 | 38 witnesses , among 90 creditors owed almost £2 million when How went bankrupt , have told the court they believed he 'd put their money into secure deposit accounts . |
| 22 | With no traffic , both stations would put their send/receive switches to receive , so as to be on ‘ stand-by ’ to receive any incoming signals . |
| 23 | They 've been around along time , however , and there are those , Gavin Friday included , who would put their meandering career down to a Dublin penchant for beer , bars and general untogetherness . |
| 24 | Each province would select a candidate for monarch , and then the four would-be monarchs would put their cases before the People of Ireland . |
| 25 | Halley and his successors at the Royal Greenwich Observatory would surely have been fascinated to learn of the unexpected uses to which astronomers of the late 20th century would put their solar observations . |
| 26 | If they do so , however , this would put their own nationals at a competitive disadvantage . |
| 27 | Also it was hoped that investors ( eg pension funds ) would put their money into property for letting , assured of a reasonable return . |
| 28 | Yet those people , the fellow countrymen of Jan Mayen 's crew , would put their lives at risk to give help and shelter to British airmen . |
| 29 | They thought it would put their passengers off . ’ |
| 30 | FISHERMEN in general may put their faith in St Peter , but the patron saint of fish-hooks — and therefore of anglers in particular — is St Zeno of Verona . |