Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | But all this did not yet add up to a widespread expectation in London that Anglo-American relations would or should retain their wartime intimacy . |
| 2 | The recent interest in the role of cytokines , such as interleukin-1 and interleukin-6 in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease has prompted a search for drugs that may inhibit their formation or , alternatively , block their receptors . |
| 3 | Finally a metal detoxifier attacks heavy metals like copper that may find their way in through the tapwater . |
| 4 | Raising the standard of care should , therefore , have the effect of demanding that directors make an appropriately detailed investigation of the facts and engage in a suitably thorough decision-making process : directors who must comply with the standard of reasonable occupants of the relevant office , rather than that of ‘ ordinary prudent men ’ , need to have a more sophisticated grasp of the factors that should influence their decisions . |
| 5 | Diesel Cars : Engines that should watch their weight |
| 6 | Young adult males are driven out of this group and form separate bachelor parties that must bide their time until they can steal young females and set up an oligarchy of their own . |
| 7 | The employees then went on to David , who tested heart and lungs and talked to each of them to ascertain whether there were any personal anxieties that might affect their role in management . |
| 8 | If they do n't want to do that they can still practise as unregistered practitioners , using an adjective that might offer their clients the same frisson as ‘ alternative . ’ |
| 9 | Many people live in isolated areas far from medical help , so the National Safety Council of Western Australia issues ( free of charge ) a poisons chart showing common poisons and their antidotes , along with bright stickers printed with the number of the 24-hour Poisons Information Bureau and a booklet listing some common poisons and the symptoms that might accompany their ingestion . |
| 10 | This has been an election fought mainly on the middle ground and the Labour Party has avoided any links that might taint their respectable new image of smart suits and red roses . |
| 11 | He 'd play — yes , but he 'd play for them , for these stricken people ; he 'd play something they 'd know , something that might lift their hearts in their plight and strengthen them to defy their oppressors . |
| 12 | ‘ This will be an opportunity for them to come into their own but without having to do anything that might upset their families . ’ |
| 13 | They wore white uniforms in summer to distinguish them from the crowds that might throng their stations . |
| 14 | I shall then use a little bit of language that 'll make their hair curl up and dye . |
| 15 | For the man at the centre of the police inquiry will be sitting on the committee that could decide their fate . |
| 16 | However the European Commission and most E C governments refute this and contend that legislation is needed to ensure that workers are not kept in the dark about decisions taken elsewhere in the community that could affect their livelihoods . |
| 17 | There are , however , a number of very good clubs and outstanding players that could hold their own anywhere . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We now have five or six clubs in Wales that could hold their own against any in Europe , ’ he said . |
| 19 | ( The stromenti musicali available at San Marco at that time , besides the two organs , were cornetti and trombones plus one or two violini — the only stringed instruments that could hold their own with the brass — engaged as extras . ) |
| 20 | It saddens me to think that as the elitists worry about the ‘ wrong ’ people getting into their clubs , and so tighten up their door policies , the indie kids , the hooligans , the ‘ lilac clad youths ’ are all denied the chance to hear the music that could damage their lives . |
| 21 | Yet there are strong financial and commercial arguments why , ignoring the hype , any management should take a cool , business-like approach to assessing and where possible minimising the risks that could damage their operations in terms of liability claims , disruption of output or direct financial loss . |
| 22 | The police hope new witnesses will come forward with information that could assist their investigation . |
| 23 | The prestige audience would be won over by movies that could take their place alongside the middle-class novel and play . |
| 24 | Some commentators suggest that the power deters supporters from rebellion since they would be reluctant to create a situation in which they could be faced with an arduous election campaign that could jeopardise their seats . |
| 25 | They did not find oil and gas , merely thick sedimentary areas that could indicate their presence . |
| 26 | This is one lesson that could save their lives . |
| 27 | One might rhetorically ask whether , if the United States or Britain assumes the role of international policeman from time to time , it is not an odd sense of police priorities to protect an oil sheikh from a military tyrant , but to ignore the plight of Sudanese children when military commanders forbid landing rights to aircraft bringing in food that could save their lives . |
| 28 | the market circumstances are such that there are a number of alternative buildings in the locality that could suit their company ; |
| 29 | Causal attention to the way that a breeze moves the leaves on a tree would seem to make it quite unrealistic to think of having a theory that could predict their motion … |
| 30 | I in the past th Granville mentioned these letters that used to work their way down from on high which might have just been a , a bit of a twinkle in somebody 's eye with no money at all to spend on physical work but even so it was given the same status within the R C E's organization of five or ten years ago a a as an investment item was , it was almost authorized . |