Example sentences of "they [modal v] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same is generally true of diurnal raptors , although they can also take larger animals because with their stronger beaks and talons they are able to overpower and kill larger and more powerful prey , and they may on occasion hunt cooperatively ( Bednarz , 1988 ) . |
| 2 | This difficulty does not arise if one assumes that both processes co-exist from the beginning of life , that they both have adaptive functions , and they are not necessarily in conflict with one another — even though they may on occasion be . |
| 3 | This means that they must on no account fail us , just as , to take a different level , the woman whose beauty we find captivating must be seen to maintain her attractions : so much so that we ‘ will ’ her to display a beauty that she does not always possess , or perhaps has never possessed . |
| 4 | So one of the things that suppliers are told is they must on no account stress or age or mess about with any furnishings . |
| 5 | Victoria had very long legs and skirts seldom finished where they should on her . |
| 6 | If a member of the public sees him then they should on no account approach him or make a disturbance . |
| 7 | They know they should on there . |
| 8 | They might on occasion last several days rather than one day or less , but we seldom heard of them lasting longer than two weeks or so . |
| 9 | They carried away what they could on their horses in the form of silver and pewter . |
| 10 | Not only can they cover a much wider area than they could on their own , but their collective experience assists in finding food . |
| 11 | George I had tried , but failed , to end the pernicious practice of the purchase of commissions , which encouraged officers to recoup what they had spent by making what profit they could on clothing and feeding their men or through claiming the pay for ghost-like soldiers who existed only on the nominal rolls . |
| 12 | In an analysis of council expenditure , E W Wordley told the FGRA that the majority intended to spend as much as they could on labour ; as a result , bankruptcy was imminent ( SE 27 September 20 ) . |
| 13 | Of course , people would do as much as they could on their own , partly because it was n't easy to send for a vet in a faraway place like Baldersdale , which did n't have many telephones , and partly because of the expense . |
| 14 | Clifford and another constable who was in the car got down to the foreshore as quickly as they could on the offchance that the man was alive and needed help , but they soon saw that he was n't . |
| 15 | None the less , they could on occasion have considerable importance . |
| 16 | They slotted them in as best they could on the flat seat backs . |
| 17 | We like the green landscape , the simple food , the reserved people , and our children do n't wilt in the heat as they would on the Amalfi coast . |
| 18 | Where previously they would on occasion lose direction and splutter to a halt , now their relentless barrage seamlessly moves from one epic song to another . |
| 19 | Although the interviewer stressed that this was a hypothetical situation , in which they would really need to borrow money , 26 per cent spontaneously said that they would on no account even consider borrowing money . |
| 20 | They would on average cover twice the area of present constituencies , and their electorates , at about 130,000 on the 1987 figures , would be twice as large . |
| 21 | The logical consequence of this is that they will on occasion play unattractive parts ! |
| 22 | The Authority are pushing as much as they can on the scheme and there 's been no response to yesterday . |