Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone dies in hospital , they may rest in the hospital mortuary , or the funeral director will arrange for the body to be taken to the chapel of rest . |
| 2 | It is relatively easy to legislate against CFCs — but they may persist in the atmosphere for 100 years , and so will continue to build up ; and it is far harder to suppress N 2 0 production . |
| 3 | There is a degree of autonomy within each of the four countries , and although they may unite in the same objectives ( such as improvements in educational and professional standards ) , each has to be responsive to the nature and demands of its country of origin . |
| 4 | They may intervene in the work of some departments but only at the cost of neglecting broad strategy and the work of others . |
| 5 | If your superiors get wind that you are feuding with a fellow employee , they may intervene in the hope of sorting the problem out . |
| 6 | Without shelter or shady places they may cower in the corners . |
| 7 | This research aims to examine how case and thematic systems may differ in non-related languages ( English and Hungarian are studied ) , and how they may change in the course of the historic development of a given language . |
| 8 | There are also carefully planned strategies to cope with emergencies and the victims of major travel accidents , wherever they may occur in the world . |
| 9 | On the other side , men of letters have so few opportunities of applying themselves to the general practice that the rules they lay down , however plausible they may seem in the closet , would often ruin the honest gardener who should venture to follow them . |
| 10 | However , EPHOS is not expected to impinge upon the UK 's own GOSIP profile , ‘ EPHOS is at a higher level , ’ according to the UK 's Central Computing and Telecommunications Agency , although it admits that ‘ they may merge in the future , but we 're talking about four or five years . ’ |
| 11 | Chris always ends his visits by asking children not to disturb or try and touch snakes they may find in the wild . |
| 12 | As discussed in Chapter 1 , certain classes of sellers , mainly receivers and liquidators , do take advantage of the provisions of s 12 ( 3 ) of the SGA or s 2(3) of the SGSA to pass only such title as they may have in the goods , subject to disclosure of known encumbrances , and a warranty of quiet possession so far as they are concerned . |
| 13 | In August 1333 the king declared that divers woods and other places in Surrey had been unjustifiably disafforested under colour of the Statute of 1327 : there was evidence in ‘ divers inquisitions taken in the time of his progenitors and … other memoranda in the Exchequer ’ that they ought to remain in the forest . |
| 14 | He says they ought to jump in the nearest river ! |
| 15 | As for Louise and Miriam , they had decided they must stay in the Residency in order to lend their assistance at the hospital , where the dispensers and orderlies could no longer cope . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , Wales will not know the countries they must meet in the qualifying stage of the 1995 World Cup until next month . |
| 17 | We could n't see the track they were following at all — amazing sense of direction they must have in the Jungle . |
| 18 | I do think , however , that there are still prevalent many gross misconceptions of what universities do and what they should do in the modern age : and it may be that some of these misconceptions still drift about the corridors of the Department . |
| 19 | They reached Catte Street and Corbett decided they should stay in the tavern where they had stabled their horses . |
| 20 | Families can be torn in trying to decide whether children should accompany their parents abroad and receive their schooling there or whether they should remain in the home country at a boarding school . |
| 21 | Sometimes , but not always , the author has supplied a list of plates and where they should appear in the book ; sometimes , but not always , this can be relied upon , since plates apparently missing have an odd habit of turning up in some other spot ; sometimes , but not always , the plates themselves are numbered , which makes life easier . |
| 22 | ‘ Our sentencing system has become muddled , and many of our fellow citizens lack the confidence which they should have in the decisions of our criminal courts . |
| 23 | When he urged the pieds noirs to give up integration , when he ordered the army to remain loyal , when he appealed to the FLN to lay down their arms and negotiate , he evoked not just the powers and responsibilities of his office but the confidence that they should have in the person of himself , General de Gaulle . |
| 24 | The aim of this Guide is to ensure that criminal practitioners know about all the many active steps which they should take in the preparation of their client 's defence . |
| 25 | Altering the structure does not necessarily tackle practices and the more fundamental issues of how the media should treat and explain the complexity of contemporary social problems or how they should act in the face of the increasing ability of governments and other authorities to control and manipulate information . |
| 26 | They claimed that before the cameras began to roll Kylie and Charlie could be seen locked in heated discussion abut just how heavy they should get in the love scene . |
| 27 | Old people in particular often ensure each night before they go to bed that their house is tidy and their last instructions are by their bed in case they should die in the night and someone will have to find them in the morning . |
| 28 | also some of the things that I 've been going on with , doing this one with three , and I do n't know if it , they 'll stay in the can long enough for that . |
| 29 | They 'll sit in the corridor ! |
| 30 | Well if I do n't bring them in they 'll sit in the cupboard |