Example sentences of "[pron] they [modal v] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mill wanted to protect children against the harm which they might do themselves . |
| 2 | Mr Davies has now written to me in connection with his research on BCR , saying — ‘ if anyone would like to help I can certainly suggest ways in which they might do so . |
| 3 | The argument runs that annuity rates have come down ( which they have done ) and that , therefore , they will go back up again ( which they might do , or they might go down further ) . |
| 4 | Major banks and building societies have found that establishing offshore branches gives them far greater scope to offer accounts that pay interest gross ; within the UK the circumstances in which they may do this are very limited . |
| 5 | Insider dealing provides a route by which they may do so . |
| 6 | Personally I am not alarmed and , unless they are upset by their own extremists , it would not surprise me were they to remain in office for some time , during which they may do considerable good . |
| 7 | The family should be warned against condoning the patient 's anorexic behaviour , which they may do either because they feel unable to tolerate the patient 's anger or because they themselves gain vicarious gratification from the illness . |
| 8 | West Midlands bureaux managers may feel proud at the number of workers who reported that they were very satisfied and could think of no way in which they would do things better . |
| 9 | It 's quite a shortsighted policy , if you look at the er , because , if you erm , if you introduce subsidies to actually protect the domestic industry then that 's often going to cause retaliation from other countries and therefore effectively sealing off any trade , any effective trade at all , and consequently because there 's no competitive pressure on the domestic industries , they 're not going to feel the need to make themselves more productive , which they would do when there was competition . |
| 10 | Their only prospect of immediate escape would be through selling everything , but the prices at which they 'd do this might prove Unexpectedly low . |
| 11 | These institutions are simply coping with low pass rates in the matriculation exam , an immediate manifestation of a broader problem of apartheid education which they can do nothing to solve . |
| 12 | I knew that both those therapies were designed to attack the cancer cells , the ‘ rogue ’ cells in the body ; what I did not realise was the cost at which they can do it . |
| 13 | All they have to do is erase the magical circle , which they can do simply by rubbing out a few inches of the chalk with a rag or cloth . |
| 14 | It is open to holists , however , to resist this conclusion , and Cohen distinguishes two ways in which they can do so . |
| 15 | Increasingly , however , the professionals concerned are finding ways in which they can do their own jobs properly , while working together for the child 's benefit . |
| 16 | The RECs can generate electricity on their own account but are strictly limited in the extent to which they can do so . |
| 17 | The extent to which they will do so , of course , depends on their personal attraction to the ideals of the Convention and the jurisprudence of its court . |
| 18 | Pedestrians will need to push a button to command the lights to turn red , which they will do in phase with the Blackfriars Road lights . |
| 19 | Before the announcement , Baker had an unprecedented meeting on Feb. 14 , at a previously closed nuclear weapons development laboratory , Chelyabinsk-70 , with scientists there , who outlined suggestions for civilian work which they could do for the West . |
| 20 | If you have an architect , surveyor or agent working for you they will do this for you . |
| 21 | So everybody bar the PE teacher hated me playing football and everything they could do to stop me playing football they did . |
| 22 | There are other people who only work by consensus , but once they 've agreed to something they 'll do it very effectively . |
| 23 | The undertaker selected four of them and they bent willingly to the coffin , easier in their minds about the embarrassments of grief , because now they had something they could do . |
| 24 | They had strict orders not to let the Ping Tiao know they were being observed , but it was not something they could do indefinitely . |
| 25 | There had to be something they could do . |
| 26 | But there had to be something they could do ! |
| 27 | Also it is something they can do for you and gives the visit a sense of occasion . |
| 28 | Similarly , they can persuade other holders of bills to exchange them for time deposits in banks , by offering a higher rate of interest on time deposits ; something they can do if the demand for advances is high and hence higher interest rates can be charged on advances . |
| 29 | Alright , th the saying in the paper , they 're talking about stopping these big companies , keeping these little companies waiting there could be something they can do about that , but how long is it going to be before they do something ? |
| 30 | Well no I mean no I mean it 's just something they can do . |