Example sentences of "they [modal v] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Transposons can also be thought of as parasites , although as yet we know little of the harm , or good , they may do to the host cell . |
| 2 | There is no reason to believe that diabetic patients fare better and they may do less well . |
| 3 | They may do it with the help of the symbols of the church , or the language of the Bible in the orthodox way . |
| 4 | States parties may accede separately tot he convention and to the jurisdiction of the Commission and the Court , and they may do so not permanently but for a specific term on the expiry of which the accession will end . |
| 5 | They may do much to restore self-confidence . |
| 6 | Thus although it may be the case that communicative demands result in error because the learner does not have enough time to access second language systemic knowledge , equally they may do so because such demands quite naturally lead learners to call upon whatever resources they have at their disposal , some of which will be drawn from their own language . |
| 7 | Major banks and building societies have found that establishing offshore branches gives them far greater scope to offer accounts that pay interest gross ; within the UK the circumstances in which they may do this are very limited . |
| 8 | They may do this through looking disinterested or scornful , blatantly not listening , interrupting , asking difficult questions and going on the attack . |
| 9 | Insider dealing provides a route by which they may do so . |
| 10 | They may contrast deictics like here and there , for instance , but they may do so by using here to signal transfers of possession-'Here' , said as a child hands a toy to a parent ; and there to signal completion — ‘ There ! ’ as the last block is placed on a tower ( e.g. , Clark and Sengul , 1978 ) . |
| 11 | They may do so within a Compact institution , in which case it will be fairly easy to keep track of the Compact entitlement . |
| 12 | They may do so in a non-Compact institution in which case responsibility for " cashing in " the Compact entitlement must rest with the student . |
| 13 | During the two months of the rainy season , they may do so every day . |
| 14 | In southern England , they may do so within a single year . |
| 15 | This has several drawbacks , including the fact that even when all the weak stems of the words in a search co-occur , they may do so in only a very few records , and there may be other relevant records retrievable by adding one or more strong stems . |
| 16 | If so , have they costed them , or is it something else that they say that they may do in future if economic growth comes their way ? |
| 17 | The Financial Times of June 28 described this review clause " ploy " as designed " to hold out the hope to countries which feel their aspirations unsatisfied in this constitutional revision that they may do better next time " . |
| 18 | Personally I am not alarmed and , unless they are upset by their own extremists , it would not surprise me were they to remain in office for some time , during which they may do considerable good . |
| 19 | The family should be warned against condoning the patient 's anorexic behaviour , which they may do either because they feel unable to tolerate the patient 's anger or because they themselves gain vicarious gratification from the illness . |
| 20 | They may , they may do . |
| 21 | They may do this by letter or tape recording , or a social worker or other professional may speak on their behalf with their agreement ( para 6.17 ) . |
| 22 | They may do a few they 're not going to cut there , they will cut . |
| 23 | That 's the question being raised by Health and Fitness magazine after speaking to dermatologists who , while admitting they may do less harm than actual sunlight , stress they can cause a lot of harm . |
| 24 | long time to remember what 's going to happen in three months ' time , but if it 's something related to an event like Christmas or Easter or something like that , a lot of , a lot of press people are always thinking ‘ What the hell am I going to do that 's different for Christmas or Easter or so forth , ’ so if you do a signal , lay on a special event related to a , a time , in other words a sort of custom , a calendar custom-type event , they 're going to appreciate that notice because they may do some forward planning which would actually help them in that respect . |
| 25 | I 've got no specific figures or names in mind , but I think there will be a further growth , particularly in the number of people who supply existing credit cards , and that 's important because they may do better and different deals with the retailers over how much they charge for the processing . |
| 26 | At a public meeting last September he suggested that saying ‘ they ought to do something about it ’ was pointless , and boldly proposed that the only way to save the shop was for everyone in the village to club together and buy it . |
| 27 | They ought to do as he says because he says so . |
| 28 | The no difference thesis asserts that the exercise of authority should make no difference to what its subjects ought to do , for it ought to direct them to do what they ought to do in any event . |
| 29 | The essence of the CBI approach — as it admits , and as the Government approves — is enlightened self-interest : salvation will only come when investors want to invest , not when well-meaning local politicians and bureaucrats decide that they ought to do so . |
| 30 | The idea of what they ought to do is more subtle and will come to them only if they love and trust their parents enough to want to be like them . |