Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A much more specific fear was that young people would be provoked into imitative crime by the daring exploits witnessed on the screen , and the National Council of Public Morals addressed itself with particular vigour to the belief ‘ that the picture house is responsible for the increase in juvenile crime , and that boys are often led to imitate crimes ( larceny or burglary ) which they have seen in the pictures , or to steal money that they may pay for admission , . |
| 2 | From that decision Morland J. concluded that it is an ordinary incident of all corporations that they may sue for libel and that that included municipal corporations . |
| 3 | Sub-tenants may , of course , suffer if a head lease is forfeited for a breach of covenant by the tenant , however , they may apply for relief under s. 146(4) ( see above ) . |
| 4 | They may apply for party status as explained in 4 above . |
| 5 | For instance , bereaved adults experience higher than expected levels of illness in the year following the death of their spouse , and among those most at risk of lasting psychiatric problems are people without a network of friends or relatives to whom they may turn for consolation ( Parkes and Brown , 1972 ) . |
| 6 | They must allow for change while still maintaining a high degree of organizational integrity . |
| 7 | Richard Ryder , the Party 's Chief Whip , told his deputy , David Heathcote-Amory , that they should meet for coffee in the conference centre at half-time . |
| 8 | The problem has got so bad in one town that councillors have been told they should pray for rain . |
| 9 | He told the jurors they should look for corroboration of the 18-year-old woman 's claim that she had been attacked in the officer 's marked police car . |
| 10 | In all sex offence cases juries are warned that that it is ‘ dangerous ’ to accept the word of the alleged victim alone and that they should look for corroboration . |
| 11 | and I mean really and honestly that not worth bothering to sew them up , they 'll do for work , but that 's all |
| 12 | Yet , despite their form over the last two months , the turning point for Wigan 's 20th major trophy in six years undoubtedly came in December when it looked that they might struggle for success this season . |
| 13 | When unemployment was bad those without alternative income returned to their native villages , where they might rely for support on family or communal networks . |
| 14 | The government is reviewing the cases of about 60 people sentenced for political or security offences to see if they might qualify for pardon . |
| 15 | Ltd. v. Hawkins ( 1859 ) 4 H. & N. 87 was authority for the proposition that it was an ordinary incident of all corporations ( including municipal corporations ) that they might sue for libel ; that case was only authority for the proposition that a trading company might sue for libel by which its property was injured ; ( 3 ) in holding that the Manchester Corporation case was decided per incuriam when there was no basis for so holding and he should have followed it ; ( 4 ) in holding that in bringing an action for libel not alleged to have caused actual damage , no valid distinction could be made between trading corporations and municipal corporations , which ignored the true basis on which a trading corporation was permitted to sue for libel , namely that it had a trading character , the defamation of which might ruin it : South Hetton Coal Co . Ltd. v. North-Eastern News Association Ltd. [ 1894 ] 1 Q.B. 133 , 145 . |
| 16 | As they got older they accompanied their parents in the evening too , running as fast as they could go for fear of being late for the six o'clock open air meeting in one of the streets . |
| 17 | There was n't much they could do for Martinho . |
| 18 | There was no way they could call for help if any of them fell ill . |
| 19 | Whenever there was trouble beyond their capacity to snuff out , they could call for air support from Khormaksa , the RAF base at Aden . |
| 20 | He said that he much preferred the money they could afford for clothing to go onto the boys ' backs , and onto her . |
| 21 | Those with training in other performance skills , variety , singers and dancers , should consult Equity about the means whereby they could qualify for membership . |
| 22 | Well I think what Mr is really saying is that the Conservative round Dorset , in er , the first sort of , I do n't know , six decades of this cen this century were rather more sensible than the Conservatives who ran Wiltshire at the same time , because they made sure they acquired some assets they could flog for development , and put themselves in this happy position , which the ones in Wiltshire had obviously failed to do . |
| 23 | C. A few years ago , a group of farmers in eastern Britain decided that the market price they were offered for milk , from dairy cows fed on grass , was not as good as the price they could get for beef cattle , which are fattened in pens by being fed with crops of barley . |
| 24 | if they 'd keep for Christmas that 's why they charged so much for them , those Mackintosh reds and that , and I mean it told you then in one of those magazines that were , John was reading that he said make sure that you wash those apples before you eat them . |
| 25 | And eighty of the hundred women here say , yes , despite the responsibilities which have been outlined , they would go for parenthood . |
| 26 | Sometimes , they would meet for lunch at the Grill and Cheese at the Corner House , where Ken regularly gave a private performance for the other people waiting to be seated . |
| 27 | The other side 's tactics were simple : whenever outnumbered , they would run for safety , picking up whatever weapons came to hand as they went . |
| 28 | It is not worth our while because we can not redeem them for as much as they would get for five- or 10-dollar bills . ’ |
| 29 | They would look for food by sending someone to a relative in a nearby village with a farm , usually entailing a trek of several days through deep snow . |
| 30 | Now those same partners gave their blessing to the idea of the two solicitors moving out of their own offices , and setting up a temporary Law Centre where everyone involved could get together and fight for the return of the children ; they would fight for justice , and ultimately a judicial inquiry . |