Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] [verb] them " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We will introduce rights for customers of all financial institutions , ensuring they are fully informed when changes are made which do or might affect them . |
| 2 | Grammar schools already had adequate facilities or could build them from scratch . |
| 3 | Researchers could measure densities and temperatures , or could infer them approximately , from Langmuir probes — small electrodes inserted into the plasma . |
| 4 | No other observer was so close to Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge [ q.v. ] during their most productive years together at Alfoxden and Grasmere ; and no one else had such an eye for the landscapes which inspired them , or could provide them with living materials for poetry out of her own observations . |
| 5 | He said he would & would advise them strongly to support me . |
| 6 | The second argues more generally that since we have made mistakes , or would make them in imaginary similar circumstances , we do not know now . |
| 7 | The argument is that we or others have made mistakes in the past or would make them in circumstances which , so far as we can tell , are not relevantly different from our present circumstances . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ We can therefore expect , on government logic , local Conservative Associations to be taken over by business ratepayers bent on winning control of councils to promote spending on services and goods they either supply or would benefit them . |
| 9 | Thus it may soon come about ( may indeed have come about already ) that teachers will be advising ‘ average ’ pupils not to attempt the difficult questions ; or will separate them out to sit special papers suitable only for the F grades . |
| 10 | Therefore , the majority of those who are to be made redundant will either have their own homes or will buy them shortly after . |
| 11 | So physical dull metals are malleable you can beat them into sheets or can mould them . |
| 12 | He can make his birds fly like an arrow — in a straight line , in single file — or can direct them to any place he likes , in any formation . |
| 13 | and let's give them some encouragement by awarding them the goal of the week … it was their first against Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday night scored by centre forward Chris Pike … we want more |
| 14 | ‘ Take them off and let's get them dry , you can borrow my slippers for the time being . |
| 15 | They are the future of the G M B , let's get them in and let's keep them in . |
| 16 | This will make them less decisive and may inhibit them from giving orders or taking charge of the situation . |
| 17 | If your organization is slap-happy it will unnerve candidates and may make them think twice before accepting a job with you . |
| 18 | The public good defence for performances which were proved to be ‘ in the interests of drama , opera , ballet or any other art , or of literature or learning ’ omitted the words ‘ or other objects of general concern ’ , thereby rejecting the so-called ‘ therapeutic defence ’ according to which pornography was claimed to be ‘ psychologically beneficial ’ to some persons ‘ in that it relieves their sexual tensions and may divert them from anti-social activities ’ . |
| 19 | It must be made clear to students that they retain their Compact entitlements and may redeem them for employment within Compact companies whenever they leave education , whether at 16+ , 18+ or after higher education . |
| 20 | They identify people who need counselling help and may refer them to the priest or minister ; they recognize their own rituals as important aids to grieving . |
| 21 | Service firms produce service products , but manufacturing firms also produce them and may sell them in connection with their goods . |
| 22 | Hence , these regulations penalise those unemployed who use successful , but the least observable , job search strategies and may discourage them from using those strategies . |
| 23 | Furthermore , under subsection ( 3 ) if the directors fail to make good the default within 14 days after the service of a notice requiring compliance , the court , on the application of the Registrar or any member or creditor of the company , may make an order directing the directors or any of them to make good the default within such time as may be specified and may order them to pay the costs of and incidental to the application . |
| 24 | Most rucksacks have quick release buckles , at least on the profile straps which secure the top to the body of the pack , and may have them on waist straps . |
| 25 | I was one of those asked to provide an opinion or two for the Murray investigations , and must give them credit for thoroughness of their enquiries and for most of the conclusions they reached . |
| 26 | If traffic lights are used they should have embedded loops to detect approaching cyclists and should give them longer green phases . |
| 27 | We must train staff to teach as effectively as possible and should encourage them to see this as an important part of their job . |
| 28 | Every police force emphasises that all officers carry warrent cards and should produce them when asked . |
| 29 | The 1919 Murray 's Handbook asked in a revealing suggestion that travellers should watch out for instances when third-class passengers were not treated considerately and should report them to the management . |
| 30 | Compact employers should encourage their employees who belong to unions to work in schools , and should allow them paid time to do so . |