Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them may accept equity as part of the necessary restructuring of GPA 's debts . |
| 2 | The estate may suffer because it may be impossible for the personal representative to sell the shares at their true value , especially if any attempt to dispose of them would trigger rights of pre-emption or first refusal . |
| 3 | Take special care with young cyclists ; they may make mistakes through inexperience . |
| 4 | They may require elements of microbiology and chemical science as well as organisational ability but they are still generally regarded as unskilled work . |
| 5 | Encouraged by the teacher 's interest , they may notice differences in shape , texture and other properties , and will discover that ‘ rounded things ’ roll and so on . |
| 6 | If women enjoy low status they may need sons for prestige as well as protection . |
| 7 | They may seek consolation in alcohol or in black coffee and cigarettes . |
| 8 | Parties such as Plaid Cymru or the Green Party in Great Britain have no chance of controlling the government , although they may get members of parliament ( MPs ) elected and , in certain circumstances , have some say in making the government 's life easier or more difficult . |
| 9 | Physically and emotionally exhausted groups of people sit round the bed of the ill person feeling quite unable to leave even though they may have children at home or jobs to go to or a multitude of other functions . |
| 10 | Mixed exhibitions tend to have rather perfunctory introductions and catalogue entries ; the same is often true of exhibitions arranged by groups of artists , though they may have statements of aim or even an artists ' manifesto . |
| 11 | They can just be people who believe they ought to reshape society from top to bottom . |
| 12 | First , they must face trial by jury in civil actions , which allows the plaintiff 's attorney to appeal to the jury 's emotions — and US juries are rarely sympathetic towards a large firm with seemingly endless insurance cover . |
| 13 | If the Japanese want a government they can be proud of , they must stop voting for permit-wielding , contract-fixing crooks . |
| 14 | Doctors should be advised , they must inform patients about side effects and dangers . |
| 15 | The Company produced a new rule book , instructing crews that when working over the section from Selby Road to West Croydon , they must avoid altercations with Corporation staff at all costs and behave as though they were employees of the Corporation themselves . |
| 16 | In all new buildings they should carry guarantees of quality and certificates of compliance with Building Regulations , Codes of practice and British Standards . |
| 17 | Yugoslav Macedonians had also been flown back from Athens under a new regulation demanding that they should possess US$1,000 on entry to Greece . |
| 18 | In retrospect , it seems that genuine concern on the part of the experimenters was communicated to the subjects to provide a potent source of suggestion that they should suffer symptoms of paranoia and hallucinations , and a cumulative sleep loss over the six days of the experiment combined to provide a fertile ground for the production of these symptoms . |
| 19 | For their own safety they should stand back to back so that they have a completely free field of fire over 180 degrees each . |
| 20 | If there are two guns they should stand side by side on the edge of the burrow , one shooting to the right and the other to the left , so that neither is endangered by whatever the other fellow does . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ I think they should switch attention from inflation to expanding the economy . ’ |
| 22 | Downing Street , ever sensitive to Ian Lang 's problems , meanwhile told Scots who pointed out that northern latitudes are colder than southern , that they should take comfort from Budget measures on whisky and the oil industry . |
| 23 | Most of the agencies that we shall be describing in the following sections would claim to offer information , advice and assistance but some are dubious as to the extent to which they should take action on behalf of a client and some will refer a matter on to specialists when they reach the limits of their competence . |
| 24 | Sources will be gas at temperatures of ten thousand to a million degrees ; they should include streamers of gas in double star systems , remains of old supernovae , and hot white dwarf stars . |
| 25 | Private/domestic employers will not usually need to use application forms , although they should use letters of application to make a preliminary comparison and selection of candidates , rather as though they were using application forms . |
| 26 | Tribunals are an essential check on the powers of officialdom but at the moment they do not work as well as they should to ensure justice in welfare provision . |
| 27 | In the second and third years … drama , dance and music are taught together , but with three staff timetabled ; so at any one time we split the groups up we 've got group numbers of about 20 — three staff between two forms — and they 'll say work in drama on a theme for six weeks , then move on and explore that theme in music , then move on and explore that in dance . |
| 28 | ‘ They 'll need confirmation in writing . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Often they 'll decide to photograph , say , a couple of people , but they 'll include acres of space around which they do n't want , ’ he says . |
| 30 | Er they 'll ask questions about sex , they 'll ask questions about parts of the body er sometimes kids are n't exactly au fait with the social niceties and taboos so they 'll say totally inappropriate things in front of in front of elderly relatives who are deeply shocked and um all that kind of thing . |