Example sentences of "which [modal v] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , although the landowners were refused leave to appeal by the Court of Appeal , they petitioned the Lords directly and ( no doubt because the Lords felt that this was an important public issue which ought to receive their attention ) were granted leave to appeal . |
| 2 | More importantly , there are constraints specific to the public sector and to regulated firms , as discussed in the next two chapters , which may improve their efficiency . |
| 3 | Adler v. George shows that statutes may be read not only against the background of notions of justice and settled legal principle ( which tend to limit their operation ) but also against the background of notions of ordinary common sense ( which may extend their operation ) . |
| 4 | Does it not add to the reasons for which they have to act , and to the considerations which may justify their authority ? |
| 5 | Anything that I can do to help them , any words I write which may soften their lot , is little enough . ’ |
| 6 | Although in some cases enterprises have tried to develop realistic ‘ performative ’ plans ( Wernham 1985 : 633 ) , their incentives to do so are limited by the fact that plans are still subject to external political appraisal which may alter their content and assumptions and thus undermine managerial commitment . |
| 7 | Unpulsed whistles carry over long distances , which may explain their frequent use among spinner and bottlenose dolphins , who often form large groups , and the absence of these sounds among the less social species . |
| 8 | They can be judiciously appraised , with an open eye for trends which may affect the relation between recorded and unrecorded crime , in combination with broader consideration of historical and theoretical issues which may affect their validity . |
| 9 | Inspectors usually have to carry out their inspections in noisy and busy surroundings , which may affect their ability to concentrate . |
| 10 | The " green line " will keep both states informed of accidents which may affect their mutual environment . |
| 11 | Man 's activities can affect sea-birds in many ways : pollution of the sea , either by chemical elements dispersed in the water column which may poison their food , or surface pollution , for example , by oil spillage , can be the direct cause of death to birds which have no option but to use the sea surface . |
| 12 | Dr Mike Wailoo and Dr Stewart Petersen , who have made a study of infant deaths in Leicester , said some babies show a delay in the development of nighttime temperature rhythms which may increase their vulnerability . |
| 13 | This does n't mean that you have to spend a fortune on tools , but beware of cheap spanners and screwdrivers which may not be strong enough for the job or of cheap hammers which may lose their heads . |
| 14 | From the academic who first alerted the world to the war trophies still in the former USSR , a Realpolitik for the survival of its museums in the face of a new law which may force their break-up |
| 15 | The business which should command their corporate attention should be health needs , appropriateness of programmes , letting and monitoring contract performance . |
| 16 | In setting out these practical implications , the Guidelines recognise and draw engineers ' attention to the importance of the other influences which should govern their conduct . |
| 17 | ‘ although in the Act of 1990 Parliament introduced a new statutory machinery for supervising and regulating the rules for education and conduct for those who are to have rights of audience in the courts it decided not to interfere expressly with the jurisdiction of the Inns , under the supervision of the judges , to decide who were fit and proper persons to be admitted to the Inns for training or their liberty to decide the criteria which should dictate their admissions policy . |
| 18 | Bertrams had free Quality Street , which should do their sales no harm at all . |
| 19 | Even middle management might be frustrated by the restrictions on their authority , the impersonal nature of their organisation , the inability to earn a just reward for their special efforts ( owing to the standardisation of pay and promotion procedures ) and the lack of information about aspects of the organisation which should influence their work . |
| 20 | ‘ Our recruits will earn a good weekly salary and they 'll also be given quality training which should help their employment prospects in the long-term . ’ |
| 21 | Many quoted companies , which must satisfy their shareholders ' dividend expectations , are beginning to build up considerable amounts of unrelieved or surplus advance corporation tax ( ACT ) . |
| 22 | In this way professions can control rival occupational groups which might threaten their dominance of a section of the market . |
| 23 | Many general practitioners feared that non-fundholders would be forced to restrict their referrals to hospitals with which their district health authority had contracts , which might inhibit their freedom to refer outside the boundaries of their local district . |
| 24 | But even when princes did strive to fulfil this ideal , there were considerations which might subvert their intentions . |
| 25 | Isolation from centres of further education meant that these young folk often had no opportunity to participate in training and would welcome the opportunity of taking part in training courses such as welding , building maintenance , shearing , etc , which might improve their chances of employment in a rural area . |
| 26 | The irony is , however , that the economic crisis which might clinch their switch to Labour at the next election — with continuing balance-of-payments problems , punishing interest rates , a sinking pound , inflation and recession — would by definition preclude the heavy public investment required to implement the Kinnock programme . |
| 27 | And sitting , as they do , in parliament , but without real power , they are perfectly placed to intervene with ministers who are making decisions which might affect their own region . |
| 28 | The aim of the new code was to " protect the individual against all wrongs which might affect their person , their freedom , their security , their dignity or their environment " as opposed to the old code which gave precedence to the defence of the state . |
| 29 | The Public Order Act reflected the police concern about the use of uniformed paramilitary groups which might challenge their monopoly of law enforcement and maintenance of public order , together with more general worries about the necessity of maintaining social control and of preventing provocative behaviour against law-abiding citizens . |
| 30 | There was evidence that pupils had more experience with skills than with work which might probe their understanding . |