Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our highest and most serious imaginative inventions may show themselves in the medium of the arts . |
| 2 | LEFT Dogs of all different types and ages may find themselves abandoned , and in need of good homes . |
| 3 | Practice nurses working in GPs surgeries or working for small scale employers may find themselves subject to tougher negotiation . |
| 4 | Lord Taylor said : ‘ Under the new act prisoners may find themselves serving longer than under the old regime . |
| 5 | Thus : ( 1 ) the said Solicitors ' Publicity Code ( which is summarised in Chapter 12 ) was introduced in 1988 , revised in 1990 , and covers the whole field ; from the general ( solicitors may hold themselves out to be good , but not to be better than the other firm down the road ; publicity must be accurate and not mislead ; a solicitor 's advertisement must identify the solicitor by name ) to the particular ( the correct designation of a solicitor 's practice , entries in legal directories , addresses to the Court and the use of the legal aid logo ) ; ( 2 ) the Law Society 's code incorporates by reference the provisions of the British Code of Advertising Practice which in its own way requires publicity material to be honest , truthful and decent , unambiguous and responsible , and contains a separate section relating to the advertising of financial services and products ; ( 3 ) the Financial Services ( Conduct of Business ) Rules 1987 also cover the advertising of financial services and products and will need to be studied by any firm carrying on investment business ; ( 4 ) solicitors will also need to be familiar with the Consumer Credit ( Advertisements ) Regulations 1989 and other secondary legislation in that connection , the whole corpus replete with the jargon unique to that area of law ; ( 5 ) the Business Names Act 1985 , which has already been referred to in Chapter 1 , requires revision of a firm 's letterheading every time there is a change in the identity of the partners , which will include any occasion when a salaried partner whose name has previously been shown " below the line " is promoted . |
| 6 | Under Conservative administrations the unions are persona non grata — their interests may be legislated against and their protests and strike actions ignored — whereas business interest groups may find themselves with special influence over public policy . |
| 7 | The fact that future generations may find themselves living in a warmer planet can not be built into today 's selection processes . |
| 8 | The agricultural experts pushing crop substitution programmes may congratulate themselves on Pakistan 's declining opium output , but the truth is that the country is now specialising more in processing and marketing . |
| 9 | My interest here concerns how people who share my views should describe themselves . |
| 10 | It may seem something of a paradox that comics should take themselves seriously , but there you have it . |
| 11 | In return , the Bank has guaranteed always to provide funds to the houses if , either as a result of these purchases or as a result of the rest of the monetary sector demanding repayment , the houses should find themselves short . |
| 12 | The service conception is a normative doctrine about the conditions under which authority is legitimate and the manner in which authorities should conduct themselves . |
| 13 | However , the domestic competition authorities should satisfy themselves that the domestic market is genuinely open . |
| 14 | The competition authorities should concern themselves with firms ' conduct only when there is reason to believe that competition is absent ( or would be absent were the conduct permitted ) . |
| 15 | He wanted to see a mixed economy of care and he considered it essential that the social services authorities should see themselves as the arrangers and purchasers of care services , not as monopolistic providers . |
| 16 | It is vital that social services authorities should see themselves as the arrangers and purchasers of care services — not as monopolistic providers . |
| 17 | All Certified Weighers should make themselves familiar with Section 20 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 , which is attached . |
| 18 | Instrumentalists should ask themselves the following : in the absence of law who controls the family ? |
| 19 | Tutors and students undertaking study for these programmes should familiarise themselves with these regulations . |
| 20 | When you look at it next time , solutions may suggest themselves , and it can be looked at more objectively . |
| 21 | Without the pinpoint contact of the tips of the claws , the animals may find themselves slipping and crashing to the ground . |
| 22 | For now Great Nations must free themselves by releasing peoples they oppressed , not simply assimilate them , and that would have to include Engels ’ non-historic peoples . |
| 23 | As right-wing politicians proclaim that the school curriculum must help children understand Britain 's ‘ place in the world ’ , the virtues of defence or popular capitalism , their left-wing counterparts maintain that schools should concern themselves with issues like the role of the police in contemporary society , homosexuality and the rights of cultural and ethnic minorities . |
| 24 | In the shifting pattern of dominance and submission which characterized tribal life , with warfare being carried out now against one , now against another group , it was natural that on occasion peoples should ally themselves with the Russians . |
| 25 | LINFIELD fans should prepare themselves for a bout of double vision at Windsor Park next week . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , they argued , pacifists should set themselves the more modest task of sustaining the voice of reason amidst the dementia of war . |
| 27 | A British voter aggrieved by being denied choice among candidates on party lists should ask himself just how much choice among candidates of the same party he is allowed under our present system and how much he would be allowed under the STV . |
| 28 | For example , left-wing ideologists might identify themselves as members of the working class , or fascists will experience their own selves as members of the master race . |
| 29 | Sunderland have lost their last five League matches , and there is a growing danger that the FA Cup finalists might find themselves in deep relegation trouble if they do no concentrate on the matter in hand Second Division survival . |
| 30 | In outlining an argument against multi-racial immigration , such new right authors might justify themselves in terms of so-called ‘ national feelings ’ but argumentative rhetoric and semantic history combine to leave such a phrase as ‘ national prejudices ’ to their opponents . |