Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Executive Committee shall meet not less than twice a year in every calendar year : decide its own procedure : elect its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman , each of whom may hold the office for a maximum period of four consecutive years . |
| 2 | This is obviously far more satisfactory than leaving it to a widely dispersed class of persons each of whom may lack the skill , interest and financial resources required if he is to take action on his own . |
| 3 | Handling and using them may give a sense of the past . |
| 4 | Together or separately , the two of them may hold the key to power after the election . |
| 5 | Another group went to talk to the ‘ Educated Youth ’ ( i.e. young people who after leaving school in the city go to work in the commune and learn from the peasants ) — after 2 or more years in the country , a few of them may get the chance for further training or education before they are assigned to their jobs ( there is no such thing as applying for a job here ) . |
| 6 | The time and effort demanded of them may put a strain on their relationship with a partner , who may have been looking forward to the years when they could be alone again as a couple . |
| 7 | Topsel warns that playing with them may destroy the lungs and corrupt the air : ‘ There was a certain company of Monks much given to nourish and play with Cats , whereby they were so infected , that within a short space none of them were able to say , read , pray , or sing , in all the Monastery . |
| 8 | In theory , the shareholders have legal control of the company , but in practice this is most often exercised by the directors who between them may have a small minority of the shares with the acquiescence of the institutions which are the major shareholders . |
| 9 | Everyone ought to get a . |
| 10 | Just because not everyone may spot the toy gun in this ad and attach a certain symbolic significance to it , it does not mean that it is not there nor that it has no effect . |
| 11 | Thus , everyone may have the same wage rate , w , per hour and the same unearned income , M , but there may be differences in the tastes for leisure leading to differences in hours worked , L. As a result , measured income may vary — even though all individuals have the same endowments and market opportunities . |
| 12 | Everyone must carry an internal passport , and we were always conscious of security everywhere . |
| 13 | Again such taxes discriminate against the poor because everyone must pay the same regardless of their actual wealth . |
| 14 | Everyone must feel a genuine sense of being included . |
| 15 | For a company to profit , everyone must have a job that can be clearly and succinctly described in less than forty words . |
| 16 | To them must belong the last word . |
| 17 | People who carry weapons into bank premises and threaten to use them must receive a severe sentence . ’ |
| 18 | Why everyone should make a will |
| 19 | Magical , mystical , fascinating and colourful , the culture and way of life in the Orient is so very different from our own that everyone should pay a visit at least once during their lifetime . |
| 20 | Everyone should have a chain fixed to the front door . |
| 21 | Everyone should have a second chance . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I think everyone should have a donor card because , when your life has gone , you could save someone else 's . |
| 23 | Everyone should have a GP , but it can be difficult to find one if you use drugs . |
| 24 | ‘ Everyone should have a grandmother like yours . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps everyone should have a weakness , ’ Jessamy said slowly . |
| 26 | Everyone should have a ‘ proper ’ job . |
| 27 | If a decision has been taken about liability for emotional injury one way or the other , and there can be no controversy what decision that is , then everyone should have a right that that decision be enforced until it is publicly disavowed in the same way . |
| 28 | So everyone every everyone everyone should have a copy of the questions in their book just to tell what they 've worked on . |
| 29 | Thus it seems that the only understanding that the persons in the original position can reach is that everyone should have the greatest equal liberty consistent with a similar liberty for others . |
| 30 | that he thinks that erm of all of these forced motivations class interest is the most damaging and he argues there 's a remedy for this , we 'll see why it 's a remedy in a minute , that certain people ought to be given more than one vote so that although everyone should have some votes , not everyone should have the same number of votes . |