Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , as long as other politically defined goals may override them , the power of market proxies to control management behaviour is limited . |
| 2 | Sports heroes and pop stars provide images for teenagers , who may imitate them and style themselves upon them . |
| 3 | Prisoners are brought up to date with new legislation that may affect them , such as housing and social security . |
| 4 | If your timing is right , Positive ideas of this kind may well give her hope and encouragement , but they should not be introduced too early in the grieving process , or she may regard them almost as an insult to the depth of her sorrow at a time when she is not yet ready to look to the future . |
| 5 | He may regard them as curious examples of another civilization or occasionally view with incredulity the ways of city people and industrial workers , but he will only regard them with envy when television reinforces the evaluations already implanted personally by friends and kin with whom he identifies . |
| 6 | Some USM companies do feel neglected by the financial community , but the easing of the rules for transferring to a full listing may assuage them . |
| 7 | According to Millward ; " There is a severe risk to marine organisms and ultimately humans who may eat them . " |
| 8 | But antiracist activities encapsulate one final problem which may outlive them . |
| 9 | It is not simply that it is a vital matter for some small group of people ( as some may think them to be ) called ‘ Christian feminists ’ who would reconcile their feminism with their Christian faith . |
| 10 | If they ask for an explanation and are told that it is shooting at a wooden bird in the graveyard with bows and arrows , they may think they are being hoaxed . |
| 11 | It does not matter how silly you may think they are , if it 's something you are unsure about or have wondered why , please let us help . |
| 12 | ‘ Those who engage in and encourage secret plans and conspiracies may think they are patriots , but they are the worst enemies of their country . ’ |
| 13 | But remember to keep them away from very young brothers or sisters who may think they are sweets and try to eat them . |
| 14 | You may think they were tainted , but we know they were tested at the priory and I doubt the Lady Eleanor would have taken them solely on the Prince 's word . ’ |
| 15 | Of course , we sophisticated Westerners may think they are not asking for the right things . |
| 16 | Let's just consider the political problem though you have still got a problem selling it to a lot of MP s , if they 're listening to this interview and they are concluding , maybe rightly , maybe wrongly , that actually things are n't changing very much , and they may think they 've been sold a pup with these amendments , indeed I hear that some of them have had to be bought off , well , is it true that one of them was sent off to Peru on an on an election er supervision mission in order that he might not be around when the bill came up . |
| 17 | Many directors who take dividends in lieu of salary may think they are on to a good thing . |
| 18 | Well I did see him , he seemed alright but you see you ca n't tell what people are like , yo you may think they have ni |
| 19 | Most revolutionaries outside the Libyan cities had to operate as Salah did , by persuasion of individuals , knowing them and what may influence them . |
| 20 | Little is known about the effect of different care settings on the children 's education though the fact that many foster parents and residential staff have had limited educational opportunities themselves may influence them in the importance they attach to the children 's success in school . |
| 21 | In examining these conflicts and changes the particular aims of the researchers are to : elucidate the changes that occurred in the UK defence science and technology system in the 1980 's and to analyse their dynamics and interactions ; ii identify and examine the assumptions about the future being made by firms and governments to guide their current decision-making in this area ; iii consider whether clear and stable structural trends are emerging , and the factors that may influence them in the 1990's , including the transition to a single European market ; iv establish a better framework for assessing contemporary developments in defence technology policy and their consequences for other areas of science and technology policy . |
| 22 | We get quite used to our domestic dog actually bringing us sticks and balls so that we may throw them for our four-legged companion to retrieve . |
| 23 | You may treat them as your children since they were two years old but if they 're not a blood relative of yours they wo n't be inheriting anything anyway however close they may be . |
| 24 | The universities may treat them as advisory and act upon them only if they so wish . |
| 25 | A duvet is more practical than sheets , blankets and eiderdown , although the patient may prefer them if they are what he is used to . |
| 26 | Adolescents conscious of personal appearance may prefer them to eyeglasses . |
| 27 | If there is to be a rehearsal you may prefer them to bring a practice leotard in order to keep any specially chosen outfit for the performance . |
| 28 | ‘ Let's make them work . |
| 29 | Let's make them work . ’ |
| 30 | And then one of us said , ‘ Let's make them sesterces . ’ |