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Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [modal v] [verb] their " in BNC.

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1	They turn to the one person who may accept their tears without judgement .
2	3. truth per se matters ; beliefs and values based on a falsehood or mere prejudice are not only unstable but likely to cause much damage and hurt to the people holding them as well as to others who may become their victims .
3	The Chaplains are always glad to see members of the University who may seek their help or advice .
4	The actual new yield on the PEP will depend on the reaction of the companies , who may increase their dividend payments , so preserving the yield , and of the fund managers , who may move to higher yielding shares , such as utilities and bonds .
5	On television you 're always seeing fascinating households full of eccentric old aunts and sweet children and interestingly varied adults , who may have their ups and downs but are basically all pulling together and ‘ on the side of the family ’ , whatever that means .
6	Conversely , if the businesss ' customers are other businesses , who may have their own conditions of purchase , it may be necessary to include provisions to deal with the possibility of a battle of forms .
7	Let us go , says the second proposition , and find somebody else , some wise man who will be able to answer the unanswerable , who can tell us which are the sheep who can properly raise their prices , and which the goats who ought to keep their prices stable or lower them ; and then , when he tells us , we will all go and scream blue murder at the goats and make them thoroughly ashamed and sorry for themselves .
8	subordinates who must coordinate their activities can not agree about how things should be done ; or
9	There may be other issues of importance to prospective investors , who must undertake their own additional enquiries , as they see fit .
10	Sir Frank now feels it would be wrong to stop Rolls-Royce engines and other components going to Blohm and Voss ; along , of course , with the engineers who must oversee their installation in the frigates .
11	CLASS auctioneer Mark Miller then conducts the sale on screen in the Plymouth studio where 16 brokers handle telephone bids from credit-approved buyers who must confirm their PIN number before being allowed to join in the action .
12	Their captain ( for so I must term him — though their forces understand no battle order and hurl themselves pell-mell on us like mere animals who must quench their parched throats with blood ) , a certain youth who is called Dulay to his people , with a trick of the eye that makes him seem to look at you and yet not see you ( and other tricks beside — I have seen this same swart creature climb a ladder into the air as if it were a tree planted there foursquare ) , we apprehended as he fled from our justice .
13	I do n't believe my early conceptions were too different from those of many ‘ Contact ’ readers who must have their own fond thought of glamorous America .
14	This can be a costly solution because it may result in the involvement of staff who must forgo their needed rest period or the employment of nurses from an inappropriate grade .
15	Capitalism is the penultimate social system , where private ownership of the means of production and the full use of money exchange allows owners of capital to exploit the mass of nominally ‘ free ’ people who must sell their labour to survive .
16	It needed a superb 65th winner from Kelly to clinch victory against a Wolves side who must halt their recent slide against Bristol City today .
17	Many advisers were desperate for more space : the bureau general office being too crowded with administrative workers who should have their own area ; they wanted easy access to the information system without too much clutter ; some suggested that the telephone adviser should be in a separate area and a separate receptionist area be allocated , and a coffee machine be available for clients .
18	I mean I would have to say that that , that turn by the Chinese Communist Party meant that it was a turn away from the idea that it was the , the ordinary people themselves who , who should shape their own destiny .
19	Into the Home territory beyond they had to go fairly warily , but less so than if they had been a weaker company , not because of fears that the Homes would betray them to Dunbar but in that they were always jealous of their declared rights to decide who should enter their country and what they should pay for the privilege ; but two hundred and fifty well-armed men in tight formation carried their own safe-conduct , and they rode through without challenge .
20	The need to separate the functions of chairman and chief executive has been a raging debate in City of London parlours for the past couple or years , and companies at which the two roles are combined in one person have been under enormous pressure to accept a separation of powers : now the same debate could take off across the Atlantic as Compaq Computer Corp 's ( non-executive ) chairman Ben Rosen tells the House Telecommunications and Finance Subcommittee that the troubles that have beset some of America 's largest companies can be traced to cozy relationships between their boards and their chief executives — he declares that the boards of most US companies are chaired by the company 's chief executive , who picks the board members and controls the agenda — ‘ With an appropriate form of corporate governance , I fully believe that the current problems of IBM , Digital Equipment , Westinghouse and other major American corporations could have been addressed and probably solved far earlier with much reduced ill effects , ’ Rosen told the legislators , adding that a company 's chairman should be a ‘ truly outside independent director , ’ not the chief executive or a former chief executive , and that all board members , with the exception of the chief executive , should also be outsiders , who should get their directors ' fees in the form of shares or options .
21	They 'll come to blows with the Kurds , who 'll want their own state , and see this as a chance for getting it ; the Iranians will no doubt try to grab the Shia part of Iraq in the south ; and the Syrians will want their bit as well .
22	Outside a heavy mist obscured everything , and the departing Khans and Noyons went accompanied by lantern bearers and pairs of Merkut guards against the interference of revellers who might forget their manners .
23	The more a person is integrated into a close-knit social network , the more time they spend speaking to the same group of people and the less they spend in contact with others who might change their speech .
24	Furthermore , the use of powerful and wealthy nobles and kings as missionizers had led to proprietary churches and monasteries , that is to churches which were built and financed or " owned " by laymen who might make their own appointments .
25	However , they are unimpressed by humour and intelligence — a worry , perhaps , about women who might read their game or , worse still , be amused by their antics .
26	However , the dead were also afraid of the living , who might desecrate their tombs , destroy their bodies and thereby bring about the eternal annihilation of their identities .
27	This being the case it was seen as essential to set a financial qualification for the franchise that would give the vote to " decent " farmers and shopkeepers whilst excluding the lower social orders who might use their votes to plunder the public purse for their own advantage .
28	The only one of us who might have their work cut out is Doctor Anderson — if we find a lot of casualties . ’
29	They sometimes had secretaries who could imitate their master 's hand so perfectly that it is difficult to tell one from t' other .
30	With the fans now streaming through the turnstiles , many of them being stopped and searched before going any further , there 's a final briefing for the man who could influence their mood , referee Paul Harrison .