Example sentences of "[modal v] get their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , business in Hungary and the Czech and Slovak republics is going very well , Turner says , because their respective governments have told firms they must get their financial systems up to Western standards . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it might seem that the workers must get their just reward under capitalism , for they are free to work for whom they like , and to bargain for their wage . |
| 3 | The attitude that smoking is anti-social is gaining currency among the more articulate , better educated and more aware groups in society , but the vicious corollary is that the tobacco and advertising industries must get their recruits from the lower end of the socio-economic scale . |
| 4 | The Lions must get their act together on Wednesday in New Plymouth when they play Taranaki . |
| 5 | In other words they must get their act together and sell the R.L.P.O. to their loyal audience . |
| 6 | Contractors must get their act together and take more responsibility . |
| 7 | Their meeting will probably be nothing more than a courteous request from your boyfriend for your parents ' blessing and approval and it should get their relationship off to a good start ! |
| 8 | The need to separate the functions of chairman and chief executive has been a raging debate in City of London parlours for the past couple or years , and companies at which the two roles are combined in one person have been under enormous pressure to accept a separation of powers : now the same debate could take off across the Atlantic as Compaq Computer Corp 's ( non-executive ) chairman Ben Rosen tells the House Telecommunications and Finance Subcommittee that the troubles that have beset some of America 's largest companies can be traced to cozy relationships between their boards and their chief executives — he declares that the boards of most US companies are chaired by the company 's chief executive , who picks the board members and controls the agenda — ‘ With an appropriate form of corporate governance , I fully believe that the current problems of IBM , Digital Equipment , Westinghouse and other major American corporations could have been addressed and probably solved far earlier with much reduced ill effects , ’ Rosen told the legislators , adding that a company 's chairman should be a ‘ truly outside independent director , ’ not the chief executive or a former chief executive , and that all board members , with the exception of the chief executive , should also be outsiders , who should get their directors ' fees in the form of shares or options . |
| 9 | If people are to be punished because they deserve it , it is natural to say that they should also be punished as severely as they deserve — that they should get their just deserts . |
| 10 | Restoring their land fell within the purview of the bill because in 1948 the Slovak government had agreed that many Hungarians should get their land back , but the decision had never been implemented . |
| 11 | The majority ( eight out of 14 ) were republican , only one respected the Royal Family , the rest said the Windsors should get their act together . |
| 12 | Rebels might get their lands back but all fortifications which they had raised since the beginning of the war were to be demolished . |
| 13 | Not being an expert herself in the art of model construction , the kids went too — and we 'll get their verdict on the home of Lego tomorrow . |
| 14 | At least er , they 'll get their Christmas over here . |
| 15 | But they 'll , they 'll get their money tout suite . |
| 16 | But they 'll get their money . |
| 17 | And I 'll get their |
| 18 | So I said we 'll get out tickets and they 'll get their tickets tomorrow , we 're gon na get our tickets separately . |
| 19 | But they 'll get their own back ! |
| 20 | Western fans knew that they 'd get their mythical moral dramas , lovers of sloppy romance knew they 'd get their climatic tears . |
| 21 | Western fans knew that they 'd get their mythical moral dramas , lovers of sloppy romance knew they 'd get their climatic tears . |
| 22 | Some of the crew were against this because they thought they 'd get their watches stolen ( I ask you ) and some in favour so that they could get a closer look at the women ( I ask you ) . |
| 23 | I liked it when Kaptan described his moment of deliverance , the point at which I tried to shoot my old comrade in arms in the back , then the desperate fumble to see who 'd get their shots off first . |
| 24 | The pressure of legal penalties , not only against pagans but eventually also against heretics , schismatics , and Jews , no doubt had a part to play ; but to judge by the extent to which Christian mobs could get their way without restraint years before the emperors ' coercive legislation , enacted in the years after 390 , it was no more than a minor part . |
| 25 | It was important to me that I did tell them individually because on their own I felt I could get their attention and having to explain why I felt like this , but more than that , I wanted them to fully understand that all of a sudden I was n't a lesbian whose name was Carla — I was still Carla , except that I just had different feelings . |
| 26 | They could get their marching orders . |
| 27 | If Suede could get their records into Scarred Harry 's Merc then they 'd really have achieved something . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought if we could get their nature thing together with your Alps thing , we might both do ourselves a bit of good . |
| 29 | Women who told me that their partners accused them of using tears to manipulate them agreed that there were times when they deliberately wept , but said that it was often the only way they could get their partner 's attention . |
| 30 | These are the contenders , the hardy perennials of quality skiing for discerning Brits , the so-called top resorts which tour operators will tell you they could sell twenty times over if only they could get their mitts on more beds . |