Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may go several years without a cable break on the winch launching , and so they will scarcely give the possibility any thought . |
| 2 | They may encompass whole villages or a small hamlet in which there are just a scattering of modest but pretty cottages and a few barns . |
| 3 | Thus all M-H stretching frequencies decrease by several hundreds of cm -1 , and this can be used to confirm the group-frequency assignment of such modes , and also to remove M-H bands from regions where they may hide other bands . |
| 4 | But I am convinced — from what I have seen and what my commonsense tells me — that more often than not they simply tilt towards the bait at a slight angle and suck it to their lips from distances up to nine inches , a process of vacuuming which they may repeat several times before attempting to swallow the bait . |
| 5 | Of course , the electorate may not be fools , and they may pass rough judgements at the polls about which party may govern " better " in the future in the light of past performance and potential promise , but there is little point in our pretending that we can " explain " voting behaviour on the basis of the electoral appeal of party programmes even though this is the way politicians and the media often tend to present the essence of electoral politics and party choice . |
| 6 | Patients were instructed to administer the enema once daily before retiring to bed and were warned that they may pass dark stools as a result of treatment . |
| 7 | They may suffer long delays in reaching hospital and are likely to be treated by junior doctors , says a survey of 15,000 victims , carried out at 33 hospitals . |
| 8 | not apply , any more than it does to all garden plants , There are certainly some , the Mediterranean group for example , which includes oregano , lavender , rosemary and thyme , that grow in this sort of environment , but there are many more which need such conditions as shade , moisture , plenty of food , or deep soil , or they may want varying combinations of these , or any of them combined with their opposites . |
| 9 | Everything may taste bitter , except water ; They may crave bitter things in a fever . |
| 10 | They may reach different conclusions , but they do not pre-empt the discussion by claiming either that one side is talking nonsense or that the other side is talking from a position of impossible disadvantage through lack of faith . |
| 11 | They may construct artificial representations of a fixed reality at any one point of time as a means of handling the continuous flow of social change , but these are simply data for the social scientist and not to be taken at face value . |
| 12 | As we have seen they may involve other types of expert as well . |
| 13 | The precise molecular mechanisms involved remain largely unknown but they may involve lipid bilayers , which form the backbone of cell membranes and dissolve hydrophobic substances . |
| 14 | They may hold these views about perception because of views they hold about our nature and the nature of the things we look at . |
| 15 | … if environmental problems are pursued rigorously enough and with sufficient attention to likely contributions from other disciplines they may foster constructive alterations in public policy but at the same time may stimulate new research and refinement of research methodology to the benefit of geographic discipline . |
| 16 | Section 245 provides that if it appears to the directors that any annual accounts of the company or any directors ' report did not comply with the provisions of the Act they may prepare revised accounts or a revised report . |
| 17 | They may give different interpretations of the same piece of lower-level information . |
| 18 | The use of index numbers and special ratios should always be undertaken with care since they may contain hidden dangers if one does not know how they are compiled and , very often , how they are ‘ corrected ’ for a variety of reasons . |
| 19 | Some urban families do still look back to their rural roots ; while they may never have lived in the areas from which their ancestors originally came , they may make regular visits to the furusato and bring up their children to do likewise . |
| 20 | When tenants take on a lease they may make extensive alterations to the premises in order to make them better suited to the type of catering enterprise they intend to undertake . |
| 21 | If such schemes can successfully be developed they may provide future services better suited to the needs of the elderly at lower costs than the continued use of social and health services on current levels . |
| 22 | No books or videos are likely to be totally adequate to prepare one , for example , for the first day at ‘ big ’ school , but they may provide some insights and ‘ structures ’ so that the experience is not overwhelming . |
| 23 | Pension fund surpluses can be dangerous in that they may encourage corporate takeovers in order to strip the pension fund , although many companies nowadays have very carefully worded trust deeds for their pension funds to limit the chance of takeover . |
| 24 | All of these hunt by day , and at certain times of the year they may take large numbers of small mammal prey . |
| 25 | They march in columns so long they may take several hours to pass one spot . |
| 26 | Do we stop aggressive physical-contact sports like rugby or football during childhood , because they may nurture aggressive feelings or inclinations in certain individuals ? |
| 27 | The charges are not intended as a pollution tax per se , although the NRA acknowledges that they may cause some businesses to review polluting activities . |
| 28 | Clearly , within particular realms of human experience they may play crucial roles in assisting individuals and groups to achieve their ends . |
| 29 | They may desire sour things but are worse ( < ) for them . |
| 30 | Among the various choices available to electors in different countries are the following : they may vote for one candidate , or a specified number of candidates , or for as many candidates as there are members to be elected ; they may cumulate two votes on one candidate ; they may cast votes on more than one list ; presented with lists on which the parties have arranged the candidates in an order of preference they can change that order . |