Example sentences of "[noun sg] may [vb infin] them [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Adolescents conscious of personal appearance may prefer them to eyeglasses . |
| 3 | A cold snap following planting may cause them to bolt . |
| 4 | They may live far from their nearest bureau and the expense or lack of public transport may prevent them from coming . |
| 5 | 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) ) . |
| 6 | 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) ) . |
| 7 | If a resident is mentally alert but weak physically , a shower or a bed bath may allow them to be completely private . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | stopping people sniffing one thing may turn them to other substances which might be more dangerous . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |