Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They may soon reassess the outcome of eastern Germany 's strike and decide the damage to business and the economy is less grave .
2 But , in contrast , they may partly see the ad in this way a number of times during quite a short period .
3 They may even ignore the shaping because they intend to cut and sew .
4 Indeed , they may even increase the diffusion of technological information within the co-operating group .
5 And on a more mundane level , they may well want the tourists back , before martial law , Lhasa was becoming a sought-after destination for western travellers and for their dollars .
6 If the tetras can seek their own ‘ space ’ , then they may well leave the loaches in peace .
7 They may well feel the case against your brother is substantially weakened by what 's come to light .
8 They may well limit the uses to which property may be put and hence affect its value , even to the point where owners may prefer not to allow it to be used at all ; but they do not alter the fact that ownership confers the licence to use , or not to use .
9 They may also cover the costs of insurance of personal effects in transit , storage charges and travel and hotel accommodation costs for employees and their families during the move .
10 They may also explain the observations that eye removal profoundly inhibits gliogenesis in the optic tectum of the frog and mouse .
11 Granted that the parallel markets may reduce the ability of short-term interest rate changes to influence monetary growth , by changing the relationship between money and spending ( i.e. velocity ) , they may also alter the significance of any monetary growth which does occur .
12 They almost certainly meet the needs of individual clients , but , like primary nursing , they may also fulfil the needs of the professionals concerned so successfully that the professionals , rather than the recipients of care , are really the most important clients of the system .
13 They may also contain the eggs , spores or pupae of other small animals that will hatch out when you have put the material in your microhabitat .
14 They may also trap the dew in hairs .
15 Such displays of humility are not only reminiscent of those of Robert the Pious in France , they may also reflect the teaching of Cnut 's own churchmen .
16 The conclusion on predators is therefore that they have minimal effects on small mammal populations when numbers are high , that they have no braking effect when numbers are increasing , that they may have some effect when numbers are declining , but their major effect is when numbers are low , when they may also delay the recovery phase of the population cycle ( Southern , 1979 ) .
17 They may also reduce the demand and need for night calls from general practitioners and , taking into account the age and frailty of residents , the pressures on the district nursing service .
18 A note of warning is necessary here , as the Revenue can sometimes seek to deny the £30,000 exemption under s188 where a departing executive is also a vendor shareholder , on the basis that the sum paid as compensation for loss of office is in reality attributable to the sale of his shares , and they may also challenge the deductibility by Target of such payments , especially if these are effectively funded by a reduced acquisition price for Target .
19 First , planners are often blamed , because they may frequently specify the styles and building materials with which new houses should be built , ‘ in keeping ’ with existing structures ( Blacksell and Gilg 1981 ) .
20 Grant that meeting danger with courage , and all occasions with discipline and loyalty , they may truly serve the cause of justice and of peace , for the honour of your name ,
21 With the imposition of VAT , they may never see the upturn .
22 Warn them too that the defendant will only have to release their report if they intend to rely upon it and that therefore they may never see the report .
23 And I tend to draw , most o , most of us tend to draw them as straight lines with branches coming off they may actually show the chain as a twisted chain or zig-zag chain or going in to form a square or something !
24 Unless parents are on their guard , they may often give the impression that they have withdrawn love and acceptance , just at the time when both are most needed .
25 Many farm workers recognize this as an unavoidable aspect of living away from the main centres of industry , and while they may occasionally recognize the limitations which are imposed upon their freedom to choose both employment and housing , they are not necessarily embittered by it .
26 Following the review stage they may then repeat the cycle of preparation — teaching — feedback all over again in an attempt to improve their performance of that skill .
27 They may then realise the truth of Fokine 's words .
28 As we will see in Chapter 18 , they may then form the basis for a multiple expansion of bank deposits ( money ) , with perhaps inflationary consequences .
29 If banks lower the interest rates they charge to borrowers , they must also lower the rate they pay to depositors .
30 They must also reimburse the company for any widening and road improvement carried out .
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