Example sentences of "people [modal v] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually agreement was reached that a Committee of Enquiry composed equally of AFPFL members and representatives of the hill peoples would ascertain their true wishes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In meetings people may lower their status through : |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Along the way , people may lose their jobs as machines replace , at least partially , the skills of human workers . |
| 8 | In Vale Royal , 30pc of registration forms have not been returned this year , meaning that thousands of people may lose their vote . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He gave the cheeky smile which always accompanied his guidance about the way other people ought to conduct their investigations . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | People should pay their community charge . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The officer said people should lose their sectional interests , should learn to accept orders and to work for the common good . |
| 18 | However he disagrees with certain ‘ enthusiasts from the supply industry ’ who say that people should reschedule their cooking . |
| 19 | Nobody was allowed to hum , or whistle or listen to music , either , because the merchant thought that people should save their breath the way they saved their money . |
| 20 | That , in order to achieve justice , all people should acknowledge their interdependence and dedicate their actions , thoughts and words to standing in solidarity with one another . |
| 21 | At present there are just informal guidelines ( found at the back of your telephone directory ) which say , among other things , that sales people should state their names and their company at the beginning of the call . |
| 22 | Respondents to the Social Attitudes Survey in 1984 were asked : In general would you say that people should obey the law without exception , or are there exceptional occasions on which people should follow their consciences even if it means breaking the law ? |
| 23 | ‘ People should put their feet up more . |
| 24 | Pitched battles in Hammersmith Road , London 's Docklands , Birmingham or Edinburgh are unlikely , but local people must express their opinions . |
| 25 | The drift to comedy started by Hue and Cry ( 1947 ) , in which a group of kids foil some crooks , took Balcon 's studio in a similar direction , but there is a spirit of anarchy in the early Ealing comedies and a recognition that , since there can be no final victories , the little people must sustain their rebellion . |
| 26 | There was nothing he could do but wait , the little hut had been the scene of a violent death and the medical and technical people must have their turn first . |
| 27 | Not that she had anything against the vicar personally , though it had been hard to forgive his refusal of her request for an ‘ Animals ’ Sunday' to which people might bring their pets to be blessed . |
| 28 | in and out of Kuwait they never have to their only restrictions at any time , never , even if Kuwait had a financial crisis because of the crash of its stock market one expected that people might move their capital outside the country because of it , but there was no restrictions , no control , everybody was free , you could walk in and out of the country |
| 29 | I mean , people might desert their partner for five pound sixty a week ! |
| 30 | Serial numbers are missing from much of the electrical equipoment but police properties officers hope people might recognise their belongings . |