Example sentences of "people [modal v] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In meetings people may lower their status through : |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Along the way , people may lose their jobs as machines replace , at least partially , the skills of human workers . |
| 7 | In Vale Royal , 30pc of registration forms have not been returned this year , meaning that thousands of people may lose their vote . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He gave the cheeky smile which always accompanied his guidance about the way other people ought to conduct their investigations . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | People should pay their community charge . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The officer said people should lose their sectional interests , should learn to accept orders and to work for the common good . |
| 17 | However he disagrees with certain ‘ enthusiasts from the supply industry ’ who say that people should reschedule their cooking . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | ‘ People should put their feet up more . |
| 23 | Pitched battles in Hammersmith Road , London 's Docklands , Birmingham or Edinburgh are unlikely , but local people must express their opinions . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | I mean , people might desert their partner for five pound sixty a week ! |
| 29 | Serial numbers are missing from much of the electrical equipoment but police properties officers hope people might recognise their belongings . |
| 30 | She said people did not have to view the show if they were likely to find it offensive and while she found some photographs disturbing they should still be shown so people could form their own opinions . |