Example sentences of "[noun] may [vb infin] them [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its practical object is to gain access to certain documents disclosed by the Police Complaints Authority ( ‘ P.C.A. ’ ) by order of this court for use in a criminal appeal , so that C.N.L. may use them in the libel action . |
| 2 | We Westerners may take them for granted as part of the furniture of any self-respecting office and available to all on every high street . |
| 3 | However , if there is a recommended set of conditions , approved by the OFT or by the court , the drafter may adopt them with some confidence that they will pass the reasonableness test . |
| 4 | If children hate the teacher or the school then the parents may move them to another . |
| 5 | While special programmes for older viewers undoubtedly offer information and support , television companies may use them as an excuse for not including realistic portrayals of older people in their mainstream peak-time programmes . |
| 6 | Adolescents conscious of personal appearance may prefer them to eyeglasses . |
| 7 | As each generation reaches retirement age , their expectations may cause them to be more active in all of these areas and make greater demands on service providers . |
| 8 | A cold snap following planting may cause them to bolt . |
| 9 | Outside there is an attractive walled garden with mature sycamore trees , herbaceous borders and a lawn which is home to a wide variety of birds , who are encouraged to visit the dining room window , where guests may observe them with the aid of the proprietor 's binoculars and telescope ! |
| 10 | They may live far from their nearest bureau and the expense or lack of public transport may prevent them from coming . |
| 11 | Where proceedings are pending in the High Court , the court may order them to be transferred to a specified county court ( r 7.11(1) ) . |
| 12 | Where proceedings are pending in a county court , the county court or a judge of the High Court may order them to be transferred to the High Court or another county court provided that it is a court having bankruptcy jurisdiction ( r 7.11(2)-(4) ) . |
| 13 | Trains will stop immediately at Wargrave and Shiplake and passengers may join them at any stopping point . |
| 14 | If a resident is mentally alert but weak physically , a shower or a bed bath may allow them to be completely private . |
| 15 | 36 , or relating to protection of the environment or the working environment ’ shall notify such provisions to the Commission , and the Commission may confirm them after having verified that they are not a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between Member States . |
| 16 | Those and many other pressures may distract them from remaining for a long period in the Territorial Army . |
| 17 | If they are predominantly female , and 83 per cent of part-timers are , the equal pay legislation may entitle them to the same benefits and conditions as their full-time colleagues . |
| 18 | There are , however , considerable problems with such approaches , however desirable radical adult educators may consider them to be . |
| 19 | Women are being asked detailed questions about their child-care arrangements , and failure to produce satisfactory answers may disqualify them from benefit . |
| 20 | The hospitals may discharge them on it , but make sure it is continued . |
| 21 | Computers are not used in the primary school although some children may have them at home . |
| 22 | If rail travel gets worse before it gets better , voters may dump them at the next general election . |
| 23 | stopping people sniffing one thing may turn them to other substances which might be more dangerous . |
| 24 | Once the shares or any class of them are fully paid , the company may convert them into stock ; in other words the company may merge the relevant share capital , say 10,000 shares of £1 each into £10,000 of stock . |
| 25 | As to ( b ) , the rule that if A 's goods are feloniously taken by B , A may follow them onto C's land rests upon a passage in Blackstone which commended itself to two of the judges in Anthony v. Haney . |
| 26 | The partners in the relationship may not always confront each other as adversaries but occasionally their different responsibilities in relation to the public may push them in opposite directions . |
| 27 | Outgoing ministers may buy them for about £75 , but the boxes must be fitted with new locks to preserve the secret of their mechanisms . |
| 28 | They find a site for a new nest , such as a hollow tree ( or a bee-keeper may provide them with one ) and start immediately to build combs . |