Example sentences of "[n mass] [modal v] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Massoud Barzani , leader of the Kurdish Democratic Party ( KDP ) and of the eight-member coalition of Kurdish opposition groups , the Kurdish Democratic Front ( KDF ) , secured agreement from Turkey and the UK at the end of February that allied aircraft would continue their protection of Kurdistan against a possible attack by Iraqi forces . |
| 2 | We 've got to realise that there 's going to families out and about , and what we 'll do is the aircraft er I have n't seen the scenario on paper , but just off the top of my head , I can tell you that the aircraft will make their approaches to the base as if it were a real target . |
| 3 | And there were and the women folk would have their haberdashery and the men were tin smiths . |
| 4 | It wo n't be dilute , therefore part of my offspring will find their reproductive success enhanced by one hundred percent offspring will find their reproductive success enhanced by one hundred percent . |
| 5 | It wo n't be dilute , therefore part of my offspring will find their reproductive success enhanced by one hundred percent offspring will find their reproductive success enhanced by one hundred percent . |
| 6 | But under little understood conditions of environmental change , its offspring can lose their gills , developing into the land-dwelling adults . |
| 7 | He could choose his wife : her close kin would acquire their own claims on the king ; but as Udalric 's case showed , a king 's in-laws could not count on keeping royal favour . |
| 8 | The fish will get their wheatgerm this autumn , end of story . |
| 9 | It is controlled by genes — under normal circumstances fish will resemble their parents . |
| 10 | In larger tanks the fish will establish their own territories , and little more than the odd display will be seen . |
| 11 | Rather they argue that , since the role of the state is to defend and justify the capitalist system , then official statistics must play their part in this . |
| 12 | The Special Migration and Workplace Statistics will have their own associated software . |
| 13 | The Special Migration and Special Workplace Statistics will have their own software , but this , too , is not essential for the use of these datasets . |
| 14 | Alternatively , it may have been a commoner infection in past generations and the high prevalence of antibody titres in elderly people may reflect their greater exposure to the infection in years gone by ; in other words , a cohort effect . |
| 15 | In meetings people may lower their status through : |
| 16 | In a more commonplace example , it does not take much imagination to see how old people may see their contribution to society as substantially diminished and their dependence increased , at a time when technological advances present an older generation with a succession of mysteries related to daily living . |
| 17 | Depressed people may endanger their own safety because tiredness , lethargy and loss of motivation and self-confidence result in a lack of attention to maintaining a safe environment . |
| 18 | Because of cultural , family or personality factors many people may suppress their grief , but allowing grief to be expressed often reduces its intensity or duration . |
| 19 | Along the way , people may lose their jobs as machines replace , at least partially , the skills of human workers . |
| 20 | In Vale Royal , 30pc of registration forms have not been returned this year , meaning that thousands of people may lose their vote . |
| 21 | To this framework people may add their own memorials to their loved ones , while the Association can ensure that memorials can benefit the living through undertaking projects such as Eagle Lodges and providing homes for the sick and elderly . |
| 22 | People may tense their bodies in a variety of ways to cope with the threat of strong feelings , but then as it were forget to relax the muscles after the immediate threat has passed . |
| 23 | But groups , and crowds , are capable of abnegation , unselfishness and devotion to an ideal ; people may have their ethical conduct raised by belonging to a group . |
| 24 | Whenever he thought about this in later years , his memory would go back to the Cuddesdon time and the shock of seeing a House of Commons pretending that it knew how people ought to say their prayers . |
| 25 | He gave the cheeky smile which always accompanied his guidance about the way other people ought to conduct their investigations . |
| 26 | But field staff may have their suspicions and these can be translated into more frequent monitoring of the suspects in the hope of ‘ catching them at it ’ . |
| 27 | This was largely due to the fact that Ramsey took every opportunity to ask that old people should retain their dignity and as much independence as possible . |
| 28 | People should pay their community charge . |
| 29 | Conservative spokesmen have said that people should reduce their expectations of what government can do and that economic improvements would depend largely on the action of people themselves . |
| 30 | The officer said people should lose their sectional interests , should learn to accept orders and to work for the common good . |