Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] have [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They may yet have a marginal impact on the projected two-hour general strike , planned for next Monday , but by then it may already be too late to matter .
2 They may yet have a marginal impact on the projected two-hour general strike , planned for next Monday , but by then it may already be too late to matter .
3 They may well have a reflex aetiology with an afferent arc situated in the colonic wall as well as in the gastric wall — not unlike the gastrocolic reflex .
4 The police are sometimes concerned that they may not have the full information before them .
5 They may both have an outsize man 's old jacket , large shoes and socks and even a skirt or large pair of trousers ( pants ) .
6 In this respect , they may truly have a lower metabolic rate .
7 Many works give initial impact through colour , but in order to remain substantial they must also have a physical quality and that means texture .
8 They should therefore have the same return .
9 So I said erm if we say increase to five pounds now , they do n't have to , but it means that they 'll probably have a significant unit holding , you know , to compensate them .
10 When we 're doing first aid incidents erm the standard thing we 're doing for adults when they 're doing a first aid exam is we 'll give present them with a casualty with perhaps a cut hand or something like that and they 'll actually have a black eye .
11 They might not have the ready-laid personality or boys gang mentality of Shaun 's forgotten foot-and-mouth soldiers , but the Stereo MC 's could certainly fill the musical gap with their protracted athletics and Rob Birch 's geezer-good vocal patois .
12 Although they 're both experienced test pilots , it 's thought they might not have the same aerobatics experience as Western teams , like the Red Arrows .
13 Although they 're both experienced test pilots , it 's thought they might not have the same aerobatics experience as Western teams , like the Red Arrows .
14 They might therefore have a physicochemical affinity for one another .
15 They could n't have a better time to do it .
16 They could n't have an ordinary one cos it would hang down .
17 But , erm I think they could instead have an electric fox , if there 's such a thing ?
18 ‘ All this type of modern music that we play , if you think back to when it all started , whether it 's thrash , rap , disco , rock'n'roll , it all started with black people in slavery and poverty in the southern States , and about the only thing they could ever have a good time with was sex .
19 They could then have a separate dining room with sliding doors between the two rooms .
20 They were indeed what they could only have been-the two scouting vessels which had returned , safe and sound .
21 They 'd probably have a fifty thousand pound mortgage to pay off the the existing mortgage on that one and the balance .
22 They 'd , they 'd all have a little bash , one or two fingers you know , I did even on , on , on one particular one .
23 They need not have a common purpose , although they will frequently do so .
24 However , there are those who take the view that , on the day of the actual birthday , they would rather have a smaller celebration with the immediate family .
25 They would not have a great choice of subjects in their fourth and fifth years .
26 The reality of change is certainly understood by the Scottish business community which well knows the impact that some of the alternatives would have on Scotland — they would not have a happy impact .
27 If they 're in here working all day and everyday and they see the other girls taking exams and they know I 'm going to make them work , quite often they 'll take the exams because there 's no point in not taking them , whereas I think if they were at home they would not have the same incentive .
28 They would then have no excess seat .
29 All the way back I hoped they would still have the odd one to enable me to complete the suit and happily luck was with me .
30 But in general I think people accept the fact that with used vehicles erm that , depending on the age and mileage of the vehicle they 've got , they accept that obviously they ca n't have a thousand pound cover on say a hundred thousand mile Sierra for example .
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