Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Failure to observe them may result in the withdrawal of occupational sick pay and/or statutory sick pay . |
| 2 | The letter " 0 " has many lines of symmetry though all of them must pass through the centre of the letter . |
| 3 | The slightest move by either of them could result in the encounter of a foot or , worse still , the brushing of knees . |
| 4 | Either one of them could walk through the door into the hall and end this angry and unhappy meeting . |
| 5 | They spent the day chanting and dancing , and when they came to walk and climb they could be heard speaking Chinese , a language none of them could speak during the rest of the year . |
| 6 | As of the end of June 1991 at least six of these statutes were undergoing the process of appeal which would almost certainly bring them eventually to the Supreme Court , where any of them could serve as the occasion for the reversal of the 1973 landmark abortion rights ruling , Roe v. Wade . |
| 7 | well it 's like Elly , you know , I mean even she said she 's , I can really see , she said I even said it in an argument the other day , cos none of them could see at the time |
| 8 | Some of them used to come to the Accademia and to me they 're still welcome if they want to come and speak . |
| 9 | This was now attempted , but I got nowhere near finding out , because none of them would estimate over the phone . |
| 10 | To answer them would go beyond the scope of this book . |
| 11 | Together they had three children , all of them would die in the fire . |
| 12 | Sometimes , before their numbers were made up , one or two of them would come to the edge of Steep Ridgery and look gloomily out over the sea of greenery as though wondering whether they dared set out without waiting longer . |
| 13 | What worries me is that they may break down the wall scrambling over it . |
| 14 | Winnicott observed that such ‘ transitional objects ’ were important , precisely because they may appear to the infant as not fully part of the external world , and therefore not entirely separate from the child 's own body . |
| 15 | If someone dies in hospital , they may rest in the hospital mortuary , or the funeral director will arrange for the body to be taken to the chapel of rest . |
| 16 | Technocrats are ‘ statists ’ who consider that state policies are available to manage all social problems , although in selecting solutions they may lean to the right ( favouring market management and abhorring the inefficiencies of state socialism ) or to the left ( deploring the waste of social resources under capitalism ) . |
| 17 | It is relatively easy to legislate against CFCs — but they may persist in the atmosphere for 100 years , and so will continue to build up ; and it is far harder to suppress N 2 0 production . |
| 18 | Prisoners may complain to the prison authorities or they may complain to the Board of Visitors . |
| 19 | They may lead to the award of a masters ' degree , a postgraduate diploma or certificate , a post-experience diploma or certificate , or a second degree . |
| 20 | If your superiors get wind that you are feuding with a fellow employee , they may intervene in the hope of sorting the problem out . |
| 21 | They may intervene in the work of some departments but only at the cost of neglecting broad strategy and the work of others . |
| 22 | If poor quality replacements have been fitted they may react with the brake fluid . |
| 23 | Transposons can also be thought of as parasites , although as yet we know little of the harm , or good , they may do to the host cell . |
| 24 | They may feel at the time very sincere about their forgiveness but if that is all that happens the old feelings of misunderstanding and bitterness can swiftly recur . |
| 25 | Defendants are entitled to give evidence of their honest state of mind , and to explain why their dominant motive , irrespective of any dislike they may feel for the plaintiff , was to comment on a matter of public interest . |
| 26 | This research aims to examine how case and thematic systems may differ in non-related languages ( English and Hungarian are studied ) , and how they may change in the course of the historic development of a given language . |
| 27 | They may provide for the position of the institutional equity investors in respect of warranties on a flotation , in particular , whether or not they would give warranties in the offer for sale agreement to the merchant bank leading the flotation . |
| 28 | Words flung out in temper , for instance , do not carry lasting conviction although they may wound at the time , whereas a calm statement , arising from inner knowledge , is likely to come from the centre of one 's being and to hold fast . |
| 29 | They may occur to the discoverer in a flash of inspiration , as in the mythical story of Newton 's discovery of the law of gravitation being triggered by his seeing an apple fall from a tree . |
| 30 | There are also carefully planned strategies to cope with emergencies and the victims of major travel accidents , wherever they may occur in the world . |