Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may yet have a marginal impact on the projected two-hour general strike , planned for next Monday , but by then it may already be too late to matter . |
| 2 | They may yet have a marginal impact on the projected two-hour general strike , planned for next Monday , but by then it may already be too late to matter . |
| 3 | Thanks to Saudi Arabia they may soon have a reactor too . |
| 4 | They may even make a permanent identification with it , and this can cause problems when the children leave home . |
| 5 | In fact they may even have a date for you here . |
| 6 | ( Who knows , they may even enjoy a book so much that the next time the author is published they may even buy it at full price ! ) |
| 7 | Or they may even spend a good sum of money on refurbishing a suite of rooms with no apparent requirement of reward other than perhaps the naming of the rooms in acknowledgement . |
| 8 | Many users navigate these databases with the assistance of any available controlled indexing terms ; they may even search a related database with controlled index terms first , in order to identify some documents and refine their search strategy before moving on to the natural language of the full-text databases . |
| 9 | But in practice , if most countries want to go ahead with something , they may well ignore a lone dissenter . |
| 10 | Because of the way PPs are structured , they may well give a better pension than SERPS does if you pay in when you are young ; but the older you are , the less value they are . |
| 11 | They may well have a reflex aetiology with an afferent arc situated in the colonic wall as well as in the gastric wall — not unlike the gastrocolic reflex . |
| 12 | In theory , things can only get better ; in practice , they may well become a lot worse before Wasps return in the league next March . |
| 13 | If accepting shareholders feel that the offeror has behaved badly , they may well accept a cash offer but feel reluctant to invest on a long-term basis in the offeror . |
| 14 | Well he 's gone on seven days of the week complaining about so and so we 'll just narrow that down to one article about his his complaint that they may just make a little note he 's complained seven times about this ! |
| 15 | School monitors are distinguished in many ways , the most obvious being the vermilion gown ; they may also grow a moustache . |
| 16 | Believe , consider , judge , think , declare , imagine , all may precede states of affairs set out in the form of an explicit clause ; they may also precede a structure consisting of noun phrase + adjective , where the adjective is a clausal one . |
| 17 | They may also smear a market scent on a flower which acts as a beacon to other bees . |
| 18 | Unfortunately they may also prove a hindrance if BSL is presented only as manual English , through the tutor 's adherence to English or through the other necessity of providing English syntax for deaf people one is in contact with , since ‘ it will help their English ’ . |
| 19 | They may also receive a disturbance/ settling-in allowance and a terminal gratuity . |
| 20 | They may also incorporate a transposition device . |
| 21 | Whilst they bring a welcome freshness and enthusiasm to worship , they may also lack a sympathetic understanding of the Church 's liturgy and tradition . |
| 22 | They may also develop a pride in exhibiting their genitals , the penis in the case of boys , and the anus in the case of girls . |
| 23 | But if they wish to exploit s381 Taxes Act 1988 ( " TA 1988 " ) , which enables losses of a trade sustained in the first three or four years to be carried back to entitle individuals to repayments of income tax paid in preceding years , they may instead form a partnership to acquire the assets and business . |
| 24 | The details of the composition of a commercial plastic are commonly kept secret but they may nevertheless play a vital part in determining its properties . |
| 25 | It is important that the Down 's child attains social acceptability in terms of standards of personal hygiene and care , and toilet training , dressing , and general behaviour and habits do not usually present great difficulties ; they may simply take a little longer than normal . |
| 26 | Cable & Wireless 's manager for managed data networks , Richard Henables , says that they will either be integrated at a later date , or they may simply receive a send level of service . |
| 27 | Members can present petitions at the close of business of the House each day , but in future should we disregard them because people have merely put their signatures to something which , according to the Minister , they may not give a damn about ? |
| 28 | Individuals may not have access to private transport to substitute for inadequate public provision ; they may not be able to obtain a lift when necessary and they may not possess a telephone or the resources to obtain a car or phone . |
| 29 | ‘ But when they meet me , they may not see a kind creature who has helped them . |
| 30 | They may not have a reason to prefer one way of going about things to another , but the fact that they chose to do it in a particular way gives them a reason to prefer that way from now on . |