Example sentences of "[modal v] get their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Meanwhile , business in Hungary and the Czech and Slovak republics is going very well , Turner says , because their respective governments have told firms they must get their financial systems up to Western standards . |
2 | Nevertheless , it might seem that the workers must get their just reward under capitalism , for they are free to work for whom they like , and to bargain for their wage . |
3 | If people are to be punished because they deserve it , it is natural to say that they should also be punished as severely as they deserve — that they should get their just deserts . |
4 | Western fans knew that they 'd get their mythical moral dramas , lovers of sloppy romance knew they 'd get their climatic tears . |
5 | They could get their marching orders . |
6 | The 1.7m people who bought their shares last December will get their final payment call next March . |
7 | They know that they will get their allotted portion of time on the news , whether or not they say or do anything newsworthy . |
8 | And occasionally , when the market or those subterranean voices demand , they will get their due accord before dropping back out of sight . |
9 | Viewers in the south will get their first chance to judge Carlton , which replaces Thames , when presenter Chris Tarrant goes live in Trafalgar Square at the witching hour tonight to introduce a 90-minute New Year party with Hollywood stars , the Chippendales , a hypnotist , a female impersonator and Paul McCartney — who will probably be watching it in bed since his part was recorded days ago . |
10 | The public will get their first chance to look around the twelve acre gardens . |
11 | Enthusiasts will get their first chance to watch the late evening floodlit feed of the Bewick swans and other wildfowl at weekends this December . |
12 | Depending upon the issue , different groups will get their own way and no one group dominates power within society . |
13 | From April , when married couples are taxed separately , 5m married women will get their own tax allowance to set against income from savings . |
14 | STUDENTS on a part-time MSc computer course to start next year at Kingston Polytechnic will get their own microcomputers so that they can work away from the polytechnic 's classrooms . |
15 | ‘ So as they can get their damned toes out and waggle then at people ! ’ |
16 | Last season 59% of senior games were on synthetic but that will rise to 68% at least … and more if Civil Service can get their proposed pitch up and running before the end of the campaign . |
17 | Most behaviour problems are triggered by situations where children have learned that if they try hard enough they can get their own way ( Bijou and Baer 1976 ) . |
18 | But unfortunately unless this restraint is very clear and firmly upheld children will rapidly learn , by making a great scene , particularly in public , that they can get their own way . |
19 | On holiday and at weekends , however , they recover their loss of sleep since they can get their full quota , say 8 hours , between 2 and 10 o'clock in the morning . |