Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The paradox , however , is that the Tories ' revival may merely deepen their problems . |
| 2 | All items approved ( and the Government usually gets its way on everything ) must eventually find their way into an Appropriation Act , by which Parliament authorises expenditure and which its watchdog , the Comptroller and Auditor General , uses as his guide in determining whether or not a particular item of expenditure is warranted . |
| 3 | Jim suggested that the men should perhaps wear their hats but Bruce said it was too hot . |
| 4 | Commercial organisations like the Co-operative Retail Society , the Co-operative Wholesale Society , Marks & Spencer and Iceland have expressed their horror that the Government should so abdicate their responsibility as to say , ’ We shall do nothing if you break the law , ’ and weakly add the unconvincing refrain , as the Home Office Minister did , ’ But we 'd rather like it if you did n't . ’ |
| 5 | A spokesman said : ‘ Cardholders should only offer their account number to companies when they themselves have initiated the call . |
| 6 | A spokesman said : ‘ Cardholders should only offer their account number to companies when they themselves have initiated the call . |
| 7 | Senior personnel should only usurp their assistants in public when this is unavoidable , otherwise they will stunt initiative and reduce team cohesion . |
| 8 | This is again to put it broadly — that they must not exercise their powers arbitrarily or so unreasonably that the exercise of the discretion is clearly unjustifiable . |
| 9 | There was a ripe collection of April Fool items flying around the industry this year , with BICC Plc 's BICC Information Systems & Services promoting its underware , the first two items being BISS-SLIP for Synchronised Linked Internet Protocol and BISS-NICS Network Integrity Circuit Service , and Chase Research Inc of Nashville , Tennessee threatening to knock MS-DOS , Unix and NT off their perches with a resurrected CPM/93 version of the late lamented CP/M operating system — and comes on 300 8″ floppies , bundled with an 8″ floppy drive for $100 ; but the prize has to go for Hewlett-Packard Ltd , which yesterday announced new security features for its Vectra personal computers — User Fingerprint Recognition on all models , and both Photographic Recognition — a tiny camera in the middle of the screen that recognises you even when you come back with a tan , and Odour Recognition — designated users must not change their perfume or after shave — on 80486 models ; not recognised ? |
| 10 | While there is no general duty imposed by law upon employees to cooperate with their employer , they must not betray their employer 's trust , for instance by giving away trade secrets . |
| 11 | Yet we must not get their faith in witchcraft and magic out of proportion . |
| 12 | 4 Gentlemen must not remove their underwear in public . |
| 13 | Governors should control the money with this end in view and must not allow their thinking to become dominated by financial concerns . |
| 14 | We must not buy their fruits |
| 15 | However , where the directors are together the majority shareholders , they must not abuse their voting control to discriminate against the minority . |
| 16 | Justices should be reminded that they must not delay their decision . |
| 17 | Despite the bias of SSAPs towards private sector profit-making organizations , this should not preclude their applicability , when appropriate , to the public sector , or for that matter , to private sector not-for-profit organizations such as charities . |
| 18 | Engineers should not exceed their level of competence where the result might put people at risk , nor ask others to exceed theirs . |
| 19 | Radical Whigs in the early 1680s had challenged the Crown 's control of the armed forces and of appointment to office : the Rye House Plotters wanted the militia placed " in the hands of the people " ; Monmouth had insisted that judges should not hold their commissions at the King 's pleasure but rather " during good behaviour " . |
| 20 | The notion which lies behind it is that where there is a moral duty to speak out , speakers should not hold their tongues for fear of writs . |
| 21 | They should not assume their tape will get passed on . |
| 22 | Those fans today should not waste their opportunity to show the ICC , the TCCB , the MCC — and all other initials conveying infirmity — exactly what the public think of official evasiveness . |
| 23 | It is a case of children should not waste their time reading The Dandy , nor must they interrupt us adults as we reminisce about Desperate Dan and Korky the Cat . |
| 24 | Pupils are reminded that they should have all books , calculators , kit etc named and that they should not leave their bags near the Vennel Gate . |
| 25 | One member of the Lindop committee , Paul Sieghart , a lawyer , told New Scientist last week that the chief officers feeling in 1978 ‘ was that intelligence systems — with unverified non-factual information — should not find their way into factual systems , and therefore [ the data ] should not be retrieved by people looking for factual information . ’ |
| 26 | Their establishment is a matter for company policy rather than the salesperson 's discretion but , where offered , the salesperson should not under-estimate their importance in the sales presentation . |
| 27 | The discretion was exercised by Booth J. She took into account various matters relating to the interests of the boys and concluded that she should not order their return to Australia . |
| 28 | why in due course , if proper use is made of native institutions , those races which are now subject should not take their places in the ranks of that group of allied nations , as they may I think rightly be called , which forms the [ self-governing ] British Empire … |
| 29 | The Foreign Office view is that as the Angolan government has been in direct contact with Unita , there is no reason why other countries should not use their influence . |
| 30 | I am not saying that churches should not state their views about social evils , but it is quite another thing to imagine that clear statements are denting the Evil One 's power . |