Example sentences of "[modal v] lose their " in BNC.

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1 The officer said people should lose their sectional interests , should learn to accept orders and to work for the common good .
2 Sir Jimmy , 66 , a long-time fundraiser for the hospital , said : ‘ It is always sad that anybody should lose their job . ’
3 VIOLENT patients should lose their rights to see a doctor , GPs urged yesterday .
4 Neither Denmark nor Ireland like the defence implications , and both would oppose any suggestion that the small EC states should lose their right to appoint a European commissioner .
5 It 's just one more indication of the madness of war that four lads from Montreal or Quebec should lose their lives on a Dales hill .
6 They should lose their jobs when the ’ impossible ’ happens , just as the president of Japan Air Lines quit when an aging jet crashed .
7 In response to figures suggesting that 250,000 people might benefit from the minimum wage but 100,000 might lose their jobs , he said ‘ I do not accept your figures . ’
8 But it looked at one stage as if they might lose their first choice and have to stay in Reigate for another summer when negotiations for the purchase coincided with their long-planned holiday of a lifetime — watching last month 's world cup cricket in Australia .
9 The notion that they might lose their Brown Owl if she married shocked the Pack .
10 For example , Zambian government officials claimed that a story ( in the Times of Zambia , June 23rd 1970 ) to the effect that clothing factory workers believed they might lose their jobs as the result of a new duty on imported cloth , was the work of clever lobbying by clothing manufacturers and retailers .
11 Because the majority of college lecturers are probably afraid that they might lose their students if they abandoned lectures whilst the rest of their colleagues retained them as the primary teaching method .
12 Moreover , while restrictive licence conditions which might be justified under the present quota system might lose their justification if that system developed into a more integrated system for the management of fishery sources , the same would not be the case with restrictions on the registration of vessels .
13 Cheltenham had lost their last five games and despite creating some excellent chances , looked as if they might lose their sixth .
14 If they lose that , they 'll lose their home and much more .
15 Because what we do n't have is people turning up to work because they 're afraid they 'll lose their job during these recessionary times .
16 After the case was adjourned , the couple said that if they lost their home , they 'd lose their livelihood too .
17 Some 65,000 cars a day are illegally parked and anyone unlucky enough to get caught in future could lose their driving licence for a time .
18 Invisible voters A million people could lose their vote because of mental disability , say Dr Billie Shepperdson and Agnes Fletcher .
19 Invisible voters A million people could lose their vote because of mental disability , says Dr Billie Shepperdson and Agnes Fletcher .
20 ENGLAND 'S top mens squash players could lose their rankings and be barred from the national team if they carry out their threat to boycott next month 's National Championships in protest at low prize money .
21 Hundreds of customers could lose their bookings because the company was not a member of the Association of British Travel Agents .
22 Hundreds of customers could lose their bookings .
23 They could lose their jobs , or DPR could go bust , without warning .
24 Hospitals could lose their monopoly status : The market incentives would encourage consultants to do more , to get more resources , to offer a good service , to win the contract .
25 The memory can play tricks but , if you can harness its potential , says teacher Jacqui Thacker , exams could lose their terror .
26 If they were to report it to the company the whole crew could lose their jobs . ’
27 MORE than 600 of Northern Ireland Electricity 's 3,750 staff could lose their jobs as a result of privatisation , a leading economist claimed today .
28 Teachers could lose their jobs and classes expand in Gloucestershire secondary schools if the County Council cuts education spending to avoid being poll taxed capped .
29 Now the workers whose complaints started the probe fear they could lose their jobs .
30 Now the workers who brought the matter to light fear they could lose their jobs .
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