Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Autonomy however should not imply total independence for although the manager may divest his authority to the surveyor to run the job on site , he is still ultimately responsible and must show support at all stages . |
| 2 | ‘ It was a serious injury which may affect his career . |
| 3 | To maintain good credibility with the client , you need to call him before he sees an article in a newspaper that may affect his company — after all you are supposed to be his key person with the best knowledge of the media . |
| 4 | For the farm worker may regard his dependence upon his employer as being mitigated by the increasingly close and harmonious relationship which the two sides maintain . |
| 5 | It is suggested that the reaction would be sufficient to alert the defendant to the fact that others may regard his conduct as insulting ; that is , he was aware of all the facts by virtue of which the tribunal of fact comes to the conclusion that his conduct was insulting , and that is sufficient . |
| 6 | Many of his battle-weary colleagues , three years later , may regard his enthusiasm with some cynicism but most would agree with him that the nature of management in the NHS has been transformed in a relatively short space of time . |
| 7 | The interviewee , on the other hand , may lower his or her status by playing the following roles : |
| 8 | You ought to see his house . |
| 9 | Unlike his father , a pugnacious Laudian , Swan had Puritan leanings , and these may explain his temporary displacement around the Restoration . |
| 10 | Hodgskin fathered seven children , and the need to provide for his family may explain his failure to produce any major work after 1832 . |
| 11 | During employment the employee may damage his employer 's business in the following ways : ( a ) working for a competitor during his hours of employment ; ( b ) working for a competitor in his spare time ; ( c ) making preparations in order to compete with his employer after he has left ; ( d ) disclosing or using the employer 's business secrets ; or ( e ) failing to disclose information which may be of use to his employer and in some instances personally profiting from its use . |
| 12 | In addition to personal financial interests , there may be times when a councillor has a personal interest in a matter other than a financial one , which may influence his consideration of that matter . |
| 13 | Thus , a doctor is under a duty to refrain from any act which may aid his patient in committing suicide . |
| 14 | He may prefer his own assessment of the patient 's interests , and ignore that of the parent or guardian . |
| 15 | More literally translated that verse runs like this : ‘ I may cover his face with the present that goes before my face ; and afterwards I shall see his face ; perhaps he will lift up my face . ’ |
| 16 | Meanwhile , Martin Strett , Oldham 's rugby union signing from Orrell , may make his senior debut against Bramley on Sunday . |
| 17 | A carrier wishing to take proceedings to enforce his right of recovery may make his claim before the competent court … of the country in which one of the carriers concerned is ordinarily resident … |
| 18 | Indeed , it is not so much that the invading spirit is definitively exorcized from its human host , as that the host learns to live with her familiar who may make his presence felt whenever his mistress is in difficulties . |
| 19 | It is accepted that a list MdB who has been defeated in a constituency may make his services available there , and he is as likely as the constituency 's own MdB to receive requests for assistance . |
| 20 | A worker may be required to live in tied accommodation as a condition of employment or he may make his own decision to do so . |
| 21 | The baby may make his public debut on Miss Diamond 's BBC1 programme Good Morning With Anne And Nick next week . |
| 22 | It is suggested that when someone is threatened with a weapon during a crime the victim may focus his or her attention on the weapon to a degree which may subsequently hinder identification of the assailant . |
| 23 | Despite the Prime Minister 's pledge , Diana may never be queen — because Charles may surrender his right to be king . |
| 24 | Graham Taylor may survive his tabloid execution to haunt his tormentors |
| 25 | For the purposes of voting , a secured creditor may value his security and vote for the excess of his debt over the security held . |
| 26 | My conscience tells me that I owe it to God to be grateful to my father , who has spent his time unwearyingly upon my education , so that I may lighten his burden , look after myself and later on be able to support my sister … |
| 27 | This is not the place for a proper discussion of Empson 's views , which like a great deal of British work are more concerned with critical method than with theory ( he wrote ( 1950 : 594 ) that ‘ a critic ought to trust his own nose , like the hunting dog , and if he lets any kind of theory or principle distract him from that , he is not doing his work ’ ) . |
| 28 | But there again , not everyone cares to lead from the front , like Thatcher.He may lack his own philosophy , but he is a shrewd party manager . |
| 29 | Like two men in a maze , one may know his way and would make very few wrong turns in reaching his goal , by picking up familiar clues along the way . |
| 30 | Where that does not resolve any difficulty , the client may pursue his claims with the Solicitors ' Complaints Bureau . |