Example sentences of "they [modal v] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let Ephraim Cook keep the business in order for Amabel and Gemma , and whoever came after them must take care of themselves . |
| 2 | If government wanted such powers , it could obtain them only through Parliament ( Parliament itself has never sought to exercise executive powers ) and the granting of them could take place only after deliberation and approval by the triumvirate of monarch , Lords , and Commons . |
| 3 | Or they may take advantage of visits to dischargers for other purposes to fill a sample bucket at the same time . |
| 4 | They may take Abernethy , or leave it for their foot . |
| 5 | He says they may take action against the company that made the barrier , or if they ca n't be traced , the Department of Transport . |
| 6 | So Aaron and his sons must be cleansed , robed and their sins expiated by sacrifice before they may take office . |
| 7 | It is in these areas that the cooperation with local elected officials is closest , for they must take part in deciding what facilities are to be built to receive the workers and their families and how to finance them , then take charge of the running of the collective facilities , decide how to allocate the proceeds of the business tax , and so on . |
| 8 | They must take advantage of their unconditional release and go on with the ANC . |
| 9 | She found she hardly cared and when Mr Browning , with some evidence of concern for her , said that he feared they must take Ferdinando to Rome almost as soon as they all returned to Florence in October , she simply nodded . |
| 10 | They must take ferns home to their gardens — ’ |
| 11 | They have been told they must take means tests . |
| 12 | They must take note , in passing as it were , of who is speaking , without any loss of continuity in following the quoted words . |
| 13 | They must take action and they must feel free to contact us , feel free to put their point of view across to the headmaster and to ask for a psychologist 's report . |
| 14 | They must take account of regional and social differences between countries , and depend crucially on the local culture and the target audience , whether they be village children or police recruits . |
| 15 | I think they should take things a lot more slowly and live apart , ’ she says . |
| 16 | ‘ I still think they should take advantage of their education , ’ retorted Flora . |
| 17 | Since national libraries generally have the most extensive collections in a country , it is important that they should take advantage of the benefits of automation to share information about their collections and services with other libraries via networks . |
| 18 | They should take responsibility for designing shifts and accept that shifts should be changed rather than discarded if they do not work . |
| 19 | Downing Street , ever sensitive to Ian Lang 's problems , meanwhile told Scots who pointed out that northern latitudes are colder than southern , that they should take comfort from Budget measures on whisky and the oil industry . |
| 20 | The Association would strongly recommend that they should take effect at the earliest in January of the following year . |
| 21 | Men were more likely to regard it as natural that they should take science . |
| 22 | They of Valencia took courage at these tidings , and waxed insolent , and began to devise how they should take vengeance upon Abeniaf , and upon all those who had oppressed them . |
| 23 | On page six of our agenda there are congress organization motions which clearly need to be discussed some time during this congress because they concern rule amendments , and if they do fall off the agenda because debate is long on the other things , I really do believe they should take priority because we wo n't be raising them for another three years . |
| 24 | An EC Commission report delivered to EC governments on Oct. 9 recommended that they should take measures to restrict illegal immigration and to harmonize procedures on asylum and that the situation of legal immigrants and genuine refugees within the EC should be improved . |
| 25 | She was towed into the house as before and taken straight to the nursery despite Mrs Chamberlin 's protests that dressed like this they should take Miss Abbott to the drawing-room , the parlour at least , she insisted — ; |
| 26 | If the college authorities were concerned about the students ' health , it was suggested that they should take action to improve their average daily diet . |
| 27 | Most of the agencies that we shall be describing in the following sections would claim to offer information , advice and assistance but some are dubious as to the extent to which they should take action on behalf of a client and some will refer a matter on to specialists when they reach the limits of their competence . |
| 28 | Edinburgh University , they 'll take copies of them and keep them there for ever as a sort of reference museum . |
| 29 | On November 7 and 8 they 'll take part in a new two-section grand final , with a specialist round on the Saturday and a general fishkeeping knowledge round on the Sunday . |
| 30 | They 'll take time to put together . |