Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] have [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In an essentially two-party system like the British one , for example , the main opposition party contending for office may not wish to fight too hard to curtail the power of an executive they may soon have control of themselves .
2 Stress affects the circulatory system : heart rate increases , people are aware of their heart pounding ; blood pressure increases ( some people claim it decreases ) ; they suffer from nose bleeds ; they may even have heart attacks , strokes or other serious circulatory problems .
3 Generally middle-aged , they may even have children who are working for the left-wing opposition , but their own closed environment has protected them from any understanding of the reality of their country .
4 They may also have cricket 's champion talker in fast bowler Brent ‘ Bomber ’ Smith who commutes from Stockton and looks like a 39-year-old Clark Gable .
5 Even so they may also have difficulty in covering the full range of literature suggested , though not in understanding or enjoying it .
6 In heat exhaustion ( when the person has the symptoms of mild shock — cold , clammy , pale , tired , nausea , raised heart rate , they may also have muscle cramps ) if the level of consciousness is affected ( drowsy and dull ) or they do not show signs of increasing strength and vitality after an hour of cool rest .
7 They may also have nightmares , tummy aches or headaches .
8 They may not , they may not have carpets on the floor , but they 've all got videos .
9 They may not have engines but today 's gliders are capable of some astonishing feats in the right hands … like those of ace aerobatic glider pilot Peter Mallinson .
10 ‘ Savings rates always lag behind — and if the 2 per cent rise is temporary they may not have time to move at all . ’
11 She says that they 're trying to clear up the waste created by thousands of people — it 's a long job and they may not have time to do it all .
12 They may not have information about users ' success ( or lack of it ) in searching for particular books , or for books on particular subjects , or the extent to which users locate substitutes for their original choices , or the extent to which users browse or take up materials on impulse , or the manner in which impulse choices are taken up .
13 That is not to say that they may not have doubts , be nervous of , or awed by , the large step they are taking .
14 They may be parents or they may only have letters after their name , but what they have in common is this : they know that intellectual perfection and the criteria for measuring it are chimeras .
15 We know of the anguish and sadness women feel at being told they may never have children , but what of the man — bluntly told he is unlikely to father a child ?
16 They may still have fantasies of such a reunion after one or both have remarried .
17 What you can and must do , however , is ensure that all the investigators are expert in every sense in the techniques of investigation and au fait with all aspects of operating modern aircraft , particularly the large public transport types , but they must also have access to reliable and impartial specialists in the type of aircraft concerned .
18 They must still have secrets , though ; everyone needed secrets .
19 If they are not prepared to accept them jointly , they should not have children at all .
20 There 's no reason why they should n't have stuff sent by sea . "
21 And that they should n't have names at all , but simply be numbered from one to sixty .
22 They should also have opportunities to write in aesthetic and imaginative ways .
23 They should also have details of the objectives set for them plus a specification of what the company sees as an ideal candidate .
24 Cos they 'll still have electricity
25 Well they 'll all be erm they 'll all have cords , you see
26 they 'll only have trainers if they 're this make and
27 also do a compress on the file afterwards to save bandwith when sending to other unix-systems ( ie ‘ compress strach.gif.UU ’ — the new file will be called strach.gif.UU.Z ) ( do net send the compressed version to people with PC 's — they might not have programs to uncompress it )
28 But I did it through the love , fo , that I had for the couple , and that because they had waited sixteen year before they eventually found out they could n't have children !
29 After being told that they could n't have children , the Smiths became the first to sign up for the ARC 1990 , which would form part of some long-term cruising .
30 Most of her friends from school lived with their parents , and most of them were poor ; they could n't have Jamila with them .
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