Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] his [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Autonomy however should not imply total independence for although the manager may divest his authority to the surveyor to run the job on site , he is still ultimately responsible and must show support at all stages . |
| 2 | Many of his battle-weary colleagues , three years later , may regard his enthusiasm with some cynicism but most would agree with him that the nature of management in the NHS has been transformed in a relatively short space of time . |
| 3 | For the farm worker may regard his dependence upon his employer as being mitigated by the increasingly close and harmonious relationship which the two sides maintain . |
| 4 | In addition to personal financial interests , there may be times when a councillor has a personal interest in a matter other than a financial one , which may influence his consideration of that matter . |
| 5 | Thus , a doctor is under a duty to refrain from any act which may aid his patient in committing suicide . |
| 6 | More literally translated that verse runs like this : ‘ I may cover his face with the present that goes before my face ; and afterwards I shall see his face ; perhaps he will lift up my face . ’ |
| 7 | A carrier wishing to take proceedings to enforce his right of recovery may make his claim before the competent court … of the country in which one of the carriers concerned is ordinarily resident … |
| 8 | Despite the Prime Minister 's pledge , Diana may never be queen — because Charles may surrender his right to be king . |
| 9 | It is entirely typical of Pound that he should want his criticism to be immediately useful — to , as he says , ‘ the neophyte ’ . |
| 10 | Chelsea managing director Colin Hutchinson confirmed : ‘ We have received his international clearance and he should make his debut for the reserves . ’ |
| 11 | The 23-year-old Scot has signed too late to play at Derby today but should make his debut in City colours against Coventry reserves next week . |
| 12 | As for the second , we have undermined its apparent logic by approaching from the opposite direction ; what is self-evident is that a person should prefer his reaction in fullest awareness , what would require proof is a claim that the awareness should be from all spatial and temporal but only one personal viewpoint . |
| 13 | I know , but the hon. Gentleman must relate his question to the Government 's responsibilities . |
| 14 | He should eat his fill of watermelon ( ‘ the best of all fruits ’ ) and ‘ rice boiled with spices should be preferred by him to all other eatables . ’ |
| 15 | He stresses the need for the chief executive to be informed , but argues that he should focus his attention on just three or four major objectives . |
| 16 | But the wide expanses of Aintree should suit his type of jumping and if he produces the form he showed at Leopardstown then he 'll take all the beating . |
| 17 | He 's in the top 30 and should win his class in his first ever RAC Rally . |
| 18 | The haulier must lodge his appeal within one month of the LA 's decision being formally published . |
| 19 | A dissenting shareholder should lodge his opposition at the meeting of shareholders and should also appear at the hearing of the petition . |
| 20 | He was in the House at the time , so he should hang his head in shame . |
| 21 | Mr Bond must surrender his passport to Mr Ramsay , who will consider any application from Mr Bond to travel overseas . |
| 22 | His weight is further forward , but each passenger must suit his style to his driver 's technique . |
| 23 | It can not be supposed that this regulation meant that , in each case , the minister in person should direct his mind to the matter . |
| 24 | The Attorney General must refer his sentence to the Appeal Court within 28 days of that date . |
| 25 | On the other hand , it serves to place in perspective the idea , found in options two , three and four , that the official must base his decision on all relevant considerations , and exclude all irrelevant considerations . |
| 26 | This Henry almost persuaded them to do — until the Young King also demanded that Richard should swear his oath on a holy relic ; at which Richard simply turned round and declared that Aquitaine was his anyway by right from his mother and had nothing to do with anyone else . |
| 27 | He must do his homage to the Queen — her first bishop to do homage . |
| 28 | To analyse problems of world food resources , the geographer must integrate his knowledge of physical systems with the ecologists ' knowledge of ecosystem dynamics . |
| 29 | On 26 January he must give his State of the Union address in which he will outline his major tax proposals . |
| 30 | He should confirm his potential in the Anne Frances Stevens Memorial Conditions Stakes . |