Example sentences of "they [modal v] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They may have lost touch with their friends and have to start again to build up a new social circle . |
| 32 | They may have lost their apostles , but they have the Spirit of the Lord himself remaining with them to teach and to inspire . |
| 33 | They may have intended , as with the earlier Kamares pottery , to imitate metal originals : in this case the shimmering surfaces of metal flutes . |
| 34 | They may have intended to present the information as a factual account , or they may have been investigating a particular area with a view to using the material obtained as a background for a piece of more imaginative writing . |
| 35 | They may have to act on the spur of the moment and have no time to reflect and be bound , therefore , to arrest to prevent escape ; but where there is no danger of the person who has ex hypothesi aroused their suspicion that he probably is an ‘ offender ’ attempting to escape , they should make all presently practicable enquiries from persons present or immediately accessible who are likely to be able to answer their enquiries forthwith . |
| 36 | The case for such objective assessment before operation seems particularly strong in women over the age of 50 because they may have suffered occult damage to the anal sphincter during the childbirth and could be at particular risk of a poor functional outcome if the sphincter were to sustain further damage at the time of operation . |
| 37 | They may have believed too that he appeared too prominently in his own History — the desire for reputation again . |
| 38 | The intelligentsia may not have been insincere , they may have believed their own rhetoric . |
| 39 | While the logic of Black 's view has been widely accepted , in practice many empirical studies have used some form of rate of return , although they may have given it another name . |
| 40 | That is not surprising if they stand to lose large amounts of money through personal guarantees they may have given . |
| 41 | Erm I do n't know if if I 'm right in saying , but I think they may have given a tip to other people like er the chore boy , there used to be a chore boy . |
| 42 | It will frequently be necessary for it to know whether the employee was being advised at any material time and , if so , by whom ; of the extent of the advisers ' knowledge of the facts of the employee 's case ; and of the nature of any advice which they may have given to him . |
| 43 | The other monkeys might have been responding to a visual signal or they may have seen the leopard themselves . |
| 44 | In other words , they may have seen it as a means of safeguarding their referral patterns , which might have been threatened had they been forced to restrict themselves to contracts made by district health authority purchasers . |
| 45 | For instance , drama/theatre studies has now come to be seen as a mixture of improvisation , responding to a set text and the evaluation of both pupil 's own work as well as performances they may have seen . |
| 46 | They may have seen some dangers in Methodism which were not in fact there . |
| 47 | Detectives want to speak to anyone who thinks they may have seen them . |
| 48 | Unless a Guardian ad Litem ( GAL ) is appointed , they may have to do so without the assistance of a welfare report . |
| 49 | He says they may have to stop teaching some subjects . |
| 50 | They say they may have to stop working at the hospital and it ca n't survive without them . |
| 51 | But if actual proof of unfortunate outcome confirms an underlying fear , which previously they may have repressed well , unconscious panic wins over rational argument . |
| 52 | They may have sacked the Chancellor but they 're still committed to capitalism and economic policy which is diametrically opposed to any form of such a justice . |
| 53 | One advantage of secondary sources is that they are often easy to understand ; but a problem which can arise is that they may have altered or distorted the original idea . |
| 54 | They may have to settle for royalties which are lower than they would prefer . |
| 55 | Anyone who thinks they may have become liable to tax since they registered should tell their bank or building society to cancel the registration as soon as possible . |
| 56 | Structuralist variants of the Marxist tradition are characteristically informed by ‘ dialectical materialism ’ , however sophisticated they may have become in their onward development . |
| 57 | In 1716 money troubles made the family move to lodgings in Salisbury , where they may have become friends of Henry Fielding [ q.v. ] and his family . |
| 58 | Suddenly , the division bells ring and the room empties , milords making their way to vote in a debate of which they may have heard not a word . |
| 59 | Also they may have heard of the legendary speed at which Pentos pays its bills . |
| 60 | They may have asked you about your work , your leisure activities and the things you buy . |