Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as having the opportunity to learn about industry , students may enhance their career prospects and demonstrate their potential to become leaders in the application of computing to business and commercial problems . |
| 2 | The letter which he valued most came from the leader of English theology , who was now Archbishop of York , William Temple : ‘ Men ought to acknowledge their major obligations , and so I write to thank you ... ’ |
| 3 | Teenagers may imitate their example . |
| 4 | They can be judiciously appraised , with an open eye for trends which may affect the relation between recorded and unrecorded crime , in combination with broader consideration of historical and theoretical issues which may affect their validity . |
| 5 | Platelets are studied in an artificial environment and the very process of preparing the platelet sample for study may affect their behaviour . |
| 6 | We know now that someone in a coma may still hear and react emotionally when they are nursed and that how they are treated and spoken to may affect their recovery . |
| 7 | I argue that race may be a factor in the puzzle but only in so far as blacks feel their belonging to a specific race may affect their futures . |
| 8 | Some patients may have preexisting conditions , e.g. diabetes mellitus , which , although not the reason for their current admission , may affect their care . |
| 9 | There , in most courses , students divide into ordinary and honours streams only at the end of the second year , although their intentions may affect their choice of first- and second-year options . |
| 10 | Inspectors usually have to carry out their inspections in noisy and busy surroundings , which may affect their ability to concentrate . |
| 11 | Aspects of social and physical context , and of verbal exchange , may affect their judgment . |
| 12 | Over recent years imports and exports have been vested with great political and cultural-ideological significance , and it is very likely that increasing numbers of consumers now register the country of origin of what they are buying , and producers now register the destination of what they are producing , and this knowledge may affect their actions . |
| 13 | For example the extent to which patients like or trust the doctor and nurse may affect their willingness to cooperate in their treatment . |
| 14 | The " green line " will keep both states informed of accidents which may affect their mutual environment . |
| 15 | This may affect their autonomy at least in terms of overall policy . |
| 16 | Employees may regard their property in a high-priced area as a ‘ nest egg ’ for their retirement ( as they may plan to retire to a cheaper area of housing and fund their retirement with the sale proceeds ) or they may not wish to reduce their stake in the housing market . |
| 17 | Retroviral particles displaying antibodies against cell surface antigens should bind preferentially to target cells expressing those antigens , and this may facilitate their infection . |
| 18 | Single entrepreneurs just starting up , with little capital , may prepare their own advertising literature and letterheads ; do all their own bookkeeping ; organise their own promotion campaigns ; carry out their own market research on new products ; find out for themselves about new customers and , when the business begins to grow , handle their recruiting problems by advertising or asking around . |
| 19 | these may prepare their accounts in accordance with Schedule 9 ( as amended ) instead of Schedule 4 . |
| 20 | In meetings people may lower their status through : |
| 21 | Where firms use ‘ workshop ’ affiliates in developing countries , they may lower their total costs below those of stay-at-home rivals . |
| 22 | Discussion of practical ways in which teachers may adapt their methodology when teaching bilingual students is done through exercises and often based on the analysis of video or audio tapes . |
| 23 | They were not legally entitled to do so as teenagers and various factors may trigger their desire to find their birth parents at this stage . |
| 24 | The stigma attached to fat means that we are low-status as lovers , thus people who are attracted to fat women may repress their desire because they risk ridicule and pity if they choose such a low-status lover . |
| 25 | Some people say certain responses in others make them see red and they are guaranteed to be upset , even though for the sake of peace they may repress their anger or hurt . |
| 26 | The members of the court may then confer , and may deliver their judgments in turn . |
| 27 | The doctors may broadcast their scripts to a drug-hungry nation like showers of autumn leaves , but they still act as an intolerable bottle-neck between manufacturers and their clients , the latter , poor sods , often not even knowing what wondrous remedies are to hand for the asking . |
| 28 | But the investment company collapsed , and now Mr Woodward and his wife owe sixty thousand pounds and may loose their house . |
| 29 | He gave the cheeky smile which always accompanied his guidance about the way other people ought to conduct their investigations . |
| 30 | Unpulsed whistles carry over long distances , which may explain their frequent use among spinner and bottlenose dolphins , who often form large groups , and the absence of these sounds among the less social species . |