Example sentences of "and [modal v] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Medical advice , like wet-nursing , was only followed by the wealthy , and may explain their inferior infant mortality rates . |
| 2 | But the investment company collapsed , and now Mr Woodward and his wife owe sixty thousand pounds and may loose their house . |
| 3 | Occasionally may cling and want to be carried and may show their irritation in some other ways . |
| 4 | The Guardian also says Shearer twisted an ankle avoiding a lunge from Carl Bradshaw on Sat and may miss their game with Pompey on Wednesday , I would n't mind him missing sundays game . |
| 5 | The members of the court may then confer , and may deliver their judgments in turn . |
| 6 | Sufferers frequently know the exact time of their last drink and may remember their very first introduction to alcohol as a very special experience , something that may clearly differentiate them from the non-addictive population . |
| 7 | Plans for new services and stations ‘ must be schemes that can be grant-aided and must cover their own costs , including running costs . |
| 8 | They can and must change their own lives and the lives of those around them . |
| 9 | Members must have been trading in the UK for at least two years and must disclose their turnover and profits — lack of profits are not a bar to membership however , he added , because ‘ we would hate to disallow the big international business machine companies ’ . |
| 10 | All Winners will be notified within four weeks and must claim their prizes at the very latest by Friday 22nd June . |
| 11 | In considering the personal aspects of a witness , courts should always bear in mind the unreliability of subjective impressions and should base their judgments on these as little as possible . |
| 12 | The majority of their team has played the neighbouring Gorleston course on a number of occasions and should make their local knowledge count . |
| 13 | One recommendation is that ‘ Parliamentary Counsel and departmental lawyers should take to heart the criticisms that continue to be made , by those most directly affected , of the style of drafting of statute law , and should review their own drafting styles accordingly . ’ |
| 14 | The researchers suggest that victims would benefit from knowing that these effects are common and should discuss their feelings openly with colleagues or medical staff . |
| 15 | The trouble with planners is that they often persuaded themselves that they could and should impose their plans on other people . |
| 16 | Certainly some of the productions that we are responsible for , as I have said , are controversial , and some of the public might not really want them and might dispute their validity , but I think what it is an indication of is the fact that people are short of money and have to make quite sure that they are getting the best value for what they are paying for and they ca n't afford to go to the theatre as regularly as they might have done in the past . |
| 17 | Holiday camps , on the other hand , employ only a very small number of permanent staff — mainly in managerial positions , to administer bookings and to undertake maintenance and cleaning — and might increase their labour forces almost tenfold by the height of the holiday season . |
| 18 | They say the report has already damaged morale and could ruin their careers . |
| 19 | Hearn said : ‘ The handlers of Toney and Nunn , Bob Arum and Don King , do n't want to know Chris because he is very awkward and could make their men look bad . |
| 20 | Now , for the 10 per cent of house-buyers who rely on this report , or even the 15 per cent who rely on a mini-survey , that 's fine as far as it goes — and I would not wish to discourage anyone from having a professional survey , or ever advise against one — however , all the surveyors I know would prefer knowledgeable clients who had carried out their own surveys first and could present their results to them for investigation and comment . |
| 21 | They describe it as a terrifying ordeal and although it was around two o'clock in the morning , they say a number of people were in the area and could help their search for the rapist . |
| 22 | He explained that he knew the velocity of the bomb-fragments and could calculate their time of arrival in his head . |
| 23 | Burnley came from behind to beat Stockport 2-1 at Edgeley Park and could thank their new signing Ron Futcher for the equaliser after Edwards had given the home side the lead . |
| 24 | Malcolm Dalkin of LV Motors , who produce the Aerogen wind generator range , maintains that if a tiny trickle charge is put back into a yacht 's batteries it will both maintain their performance and could increase their lifespan by two or three years . |
| 25 | During the study days , the patients were fully ambulatory and could follow their preferred daily routine except that they had to return to the laboratory for their meals . |
| 26 | Shortly afterwards at another meeting , Mr. Fairbank said , in response to a letter from the Ministry of Health suggesting that the vaccination officer should be paid a fixed salary , that ‘ the time had come when Whitehall had to be told that the local authorities were going to stop being ciphers , and would exercise their own judgement . |
| 27 | Two or three Zuwaya had reputations as excellent poets and would record their poems if pressed : indeed , one made a charge for doing so , a practice not approved by all . |
| 28 | In a communiqué broadcast on Jan. 17 the leaders of the Medellín and Cali drug cartels , under their assumed name of the " Extraditables " , announced that they accepted the " victory " of the government of President Barco in the five month " war " waged between them [ see p. 36844 ; 36889-90 ; 37119 ] and would end their hostilities , release their hostages , cease drug shipments and surrender weapons and explosives , in return for constitutional and legal guarantees which would respect their rights and allow them to return to their families and communities . |
| 29 | Such students , it was said , would listen with mingled pleasure and wonder to the professor 's lectures and would perform their task with the greatest cheerfulness . |
| 30 | They might be from almost any walk of life from whore to female preacher , and would follow their army ( or any army in some cases ) throughout the campaigns . |