Example sentences of "they [modal v] have [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ability to learn such social skills may come slowly , but can in most cases be taught so that the child learns to behave in a socially acceptable fashion even though they may have limited academic ability . |
| 2 | To the charge that Victorians sentimentalised the deaths of their children has been added the allegation that they may have inflicted psychological damage by bringing them prematurely into contact with death . |
| 3 | To achieve this they may have to adopt conservative technology — that is , technology that has only a fraction of the communications power of optical fibres — and to pander to the needs of a mass audience . |
| 4 | When they did make extensive use of it for coinage , however , the high zinc and low iron content of the coins indicates that they must have used metallic zinc rather than cementation . |
| 5 | What they should 've done , instead of having all them machines on that moors they should 've had damn bugger stripped to waist digging it out . |
| 6 | All this resulted in an angry Geoff Travis ( founding supremo of Rough Trade ) saying : ‘ If anyone wants The Smiths they 'll have to give Rough Trade three million and me personally another three million . ’ |
| 7 | That 's something that erm a great many of the multinationals will er try to get round very er and the other , other thing they 'll have to pay fair price which reflects the cost of production and the quality of the product , plus a margin for investment and development . |
| 8 | If the Government had listened to the police and taken prompt action on any of those warnings — action for which they could have secured all-party support — I have no doubt that some of this summer 's tragedies would have been avoided . |
| 9 | In the match programme , Tottenham urged their fans to wear condoms — if only they could have ensured similar protection from Newton . |
| 10 | They would have to disclose commercial property holdings , share holdings , gifts received above a value of NZ$500 , and outside income . |
| 11 | They would have to put private money into public transport projects . |
| 12 | Already he was beginning to steal glances at the clock , comparing it needlessly with his own watch , missing bits of the film while he made rapid calculations as to whether he might conceivably be able to see Bridget home , and , when this had become out of the question , as to how long they would have to say good night at the hated corner . |
| 13 | But for the opening of two artificial pitches at Feltham School , they would have had great difficulty in finding a home venue in recent seasons . |
| 14 | Some books are encountered too late , after the period when they would have had maximum impact . |
| 15 | They 'd been feeding her up ( according to Danielle , they would have taken extra food from the other children ) . |
| 16 | The new-style boards could not have worked as they were meant to ; and the misplaced expectation that they would have established industrial democracy would have collapsed . |
| 17 | One of the somewhat stranger requirements of companies in enterprise zones was that they would have to provide central government with only minimal statistical information . |
| 18 | There were no discussions at all on the improvement of the peasant economy , despite the fact that they would have reaped quick propaganda rewards for the Bolshevik Party . |
| 19 | The week from Saturday 9th March to Friday 15th March will be ‘ Be A Sport For Comic Relief ’ week , and it would be rather nice if every town/area in the country where we have classes could put on an event tied in with good local media coverage ( advanced warning to newspapers & radio — they will have received national press releases and be anxious to get local news ) — a sponsored ball bounce is probably the easiest thing to organise , but please let us know your ideas . |
| 20 | If they want a good quality product , and they want a good life for their oil , they will have to buy good oil . |