Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may even claim some capabilities in assisting the promotion and marketing of food . |
| 2 | They may also make such shareholders " insiders " . |
| 3 | They may also prevent some enzymes from working properly see p 233 ) . |
| 4 | They may also receive some comments post-publication . |
| 5 | One is to conceive of them as being deliberately designed for the purposes they serve , the implication of which is that we should be constantly reforming existing institutions so that they may better serve those ends for which they were intended . |
| 6 | If , on the other hand , businessmen are generally optimistic and see the increase in demand as a signal for further increases , they may actually buy more machines than predicted by the accelerator theory . |
| 7 | ( 1986 ) sustained a more basic view , that physical space is a constraining factor in conurbations ; if firms have limited land for horizontal extensions , then , as more machinery brings a steady expansion of space needed per employee , they must either employ fewer workers , or move out . |
| 8 | And we tell our graduate students that they must never take such risks , construing as scruple what in fact is timidity . |
| 9 | They must then communicate these targets to other people in the organisation . |
| 10 | The first point in my manifesto for those with small gardens is is that when they go on a spree to a garden centre , they should quickly nip any delusions of grandeur in the bud . |
| 11 | In fact this small War Cabinet had to consult the full Cabinet at all the big decisions , like sending the task force , the landing at San Carlos , before they could actually take any decisions to move in , and … this was a restoration of almost nineteenth-century Cabinet government . |
| 12 | They could sometimes persuade those allies to attack or threaten people closer to home with whom the family was prescriptively at peace , actually in direct and continual competition ( Peters , 1967 ) . |
| 13 | We do not deny that some characteristics of prison inmates may make them more or less likely to cause problems — if the prisons predominantly housed old people or nuns rather than young men with past records of anti-social behaviour they would doubtless experience fewer riots . |
| 14 | When they heard John or Jennie coming towards their dressing-rooms they would hastily open any windows and try to wave the smoke out . |
| 15 | They would also illuminate any steps . |
| 16 | And they would then sell these goods at high prices to those buyers who have not discovered that some sellers have been selling for low prices . |
| 17 | If the tank is well-established , however , they will normally find enough microorganisms to keep them going during this initial period . |
| 18 | They do it through the Social Services , erm they do it through the various schools erm they will probably give some places to the media so that they can run competitions which would encompass all the youngsters . |
| 19 | Over the course of a few weeks they will probably spend several hours in the bureau familiarising themselves with bureau practice before their formal selection interview . |
| 20 | Ward says when the forms are revised they will also include more questions about sexual abuse and the therapeutic work being undertaken . |
| 21 | Fewer pupils will attend the schools and they will thus have fewer teachers . |
| 22 | It might take them weeks , maybe months , but they will eventually track those notes back to you , somehow . ’ |
| 23 | If they are priced in dollars , D-Marks or some other foreign currency , they will now earn more pounds and will therefore be more profitable for exporters . |
| 24 | But there will be an opportunity for members to look at the present programme which will need pruning to get it down to those guidelines , and they can obviously make any comments they wish to , or any advice they wish to give the P A G in terms of individual schemes or the detail . |