Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they ignore the risk of workplace stress claims , it may cost them another fortune . |
| 2 | It may blow them all into one spot . |
| 3 | Yeah erm so er yeah right that 's er because I mean what 's nice to see in these things is if you 're able to tell some sort of coherent little story from er y'know kind of these er people 's ideas , themes , speculations , evidence from previous studies and all that kind of thing and this is this is the data that we 've got that tells us something about those and says how misconceived they all are or how it may confirm them or whatever and then y'know a couple of bits sort of so it 's like a nice narrative but sort of fairly y'know sort of continuous argument going through which is nice to see and so er yeah . |
| 4 | It may give them the light as well as what |
| 5 | It may take them a little while , but it is important that you contact them to make a housing application and let them know of your needs . |
| 6 | Remember , it may take them time to come to terms with your demands . |
| 7 | In the cold rivers of Scandinavia , where food is in short supply , it may take them as much as six or seven years to reach a length of four inches . |
| 8 | This creates a conflict for them because , although they want to be stroked and petted like any other domestic cat , they are deeply suspicious of the hand that does the petting , fearing that at any moment it may grab them and hold them down . |
| 9 | If proceedings are commenced by the wrong originating process , eg by summons rather than by originating application , such a breach of the rules is not necessarily fatal — thecourt may set the proceedings aside or it may allow them to be amended and give such directions as it thinks fit ( Ord 37 , r 5 ) . |
| 10 | She says if they think a big firm is prepared to print such picture it may encorage them . |
| 11 | Spots , and in some cases acne , can result from testosterone excess and it may help them to know that it is a passing affliction . |
| 12 | However , something on new or developing areas of law , specific cases ( if your clients agree and you believe that it may help them ) and items of genuine local interest can all bring you to the attention of the editors . |
| 13 | It may strengthen them . |
| 14 | ‘ Peter Brooke should also , ’ he writes , ‘ persuade the Chairman and Chief Executive ( of Channel 4 ) that , even though it may cause them some embarrassment , it is in their interests that they commit themselves fully to telling the public the truth and to assisting the police and the Director of Public Prosecutions . ’ |
| 15 | The goons have discovered part of an old dismantled ladder which we 'd used for earlier trials and we think it may put them onto something . ’ |
| 16 | The no difference thesis asserts that the exercise of authority should make no difference to what its subjects ought to do , for it ought to direct them to do what they ought to do in any event . |
| 17 | It 's no good just saying you can report fraud er to er t t to the regulator , they should also be responsible to the shareholders , the stake holders , everybody involved er in er er er a company er and in fact er they are n't they have really responsibility to no one except the directors er who appoint them , the company share holders are given very little information , the choice of auditors er is firmly in the director 's director 's hands , the depositors , the consumers , the employees er have no say er in the appointment of er auditors and more important the recent legal cases for instance and the Al Saudi Bank er er and Berg er sons er and company also decided that er auditors do n't owe a duty of care er to individual shareholders , potential investors , the current or potential creditors er even though that information is supposed to be there to help markets understand what is happening to that committee and the government showed no indication that it wants to reverse these judgements , it should reverse them , there should be specific responsibilities attached to er auditors to give them a duty of care er so that we get the information er and er spend more widely and the share holders and the stake holders know what 's going on er er er as well as er the bank or the financial er institution er itself . |
| 18 | If the utilitarian looks at it in this way , he takes it as a criterion for an acceptable use of ethical words , and way of understanding moral judgement , that it should give them a factual content which is the only one which it is sensible to expect people in general to endorse as a sensible guide to acceptable conduct . |
| 19 | I mean the only thing that an appeal fund like that should do is to give the widows and dependents of the the dead of the platform , it should give them immediate money to tide them over until they get their compensation which they need . |
| 20 | The Met Office says it should give them much more accurate information . |
| 21 | If the Purchaser wishes specific matters to be warranted it should set them out in detail . |
| 22 | It should out-point them on the rough stuff , too , for the Range Rover is still king of the wild frontiers . |
| 23 | ‘ It should make them even more careful about their monitoring , ’ Abrahams says . |
| 24 | The implication in all the sexually discriminatory immigration laws ( continued long after the introduction of the Sex Discrimination Act in 1975 ) is that women are slaves and chattels in their communities , and the government sees no reason why it should treat them as anything else . |
| 25 | Well , it should confuse them down at Swansea . |
| 26 | Moreover , if the criminal law is to impose duties of these kinds , it should publicize them widely , so as to ensure compliance with the principle of legality . |
| 27 | For many , even Jewish descent only started to matter when the Nazi racial madness decreed that it should define them . |
| 28 | For those who work in open plan offices , or require confidentiality though , it should afford them a fair amount of security . |
| 29 | For those who work in open plan offices , or require confidentiality though , it should afford them a fair amount of security . |
| 30 | ‘ It must cost them a fortune . |