Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , some of these processes occur in normal adolescence and indeed even all of them may occur in some people in the absence of drug use , although this is improbable . |
| 2 | After a long discussion , they decided that one of them should ask for more food after supper that evening , and Oliver was chosen . |
| 3 | ‘ Certain courses are generally attended by staff of specific sections but care is taken that all staff know they may go to any course . |
| 4 | But even then they may think of some other way of avoiding public sale ( vouchers and member-clutchers probably ) . |
| 5 | There are then three possibilities : first , their edges may slide along against each other ; second , they may move away from each other — then fresh lava emerges from the crack which is formed between them ; third , they may move towards each other , one plate sliding under the other . |
| 6 | Ubiquitous , often cruel , jokes about mothers-in-law underline these ; how much pain they may give to some in the audience as they roll off the tongues of comedians . |
| 7 | It is notable , however , that many of those who form the audience for these books have continued to regard generic he as ‘ just a rule of grammar ’ which should not be altered to suit the transient whims of feminists , though they may feel under some pressure from certain quarters to use nonsexist forms in their writing . |
| 8 | They may decline for some quite considerable time to use any particular sound to indicate their mother , instead preferring to fix on some other aspect of their environment . |
| 9 | They may disagree with each other profoundly , and compete to outdo each other relentlessly , but they share the same notion of the contest and adhere , more or less , to the same rules . |
| 10 | If problems arise in everyday life , they may begin by some rational search and analysis , but they are looking for aspects of the situation that reflect prior experience ( that are stereotypical ) and , once they recognize those aspects , they switch to a more holistic and intuitive assessment based on their understanding of those stereotyped elements . |
| 11 | Many people who know that they may die in such circumstances wish to discuss the procedure beforehand , and it is possible that the authorities concerned may be prepared to do this . |
| 12 | Second , the electorate will have every incentive to vote for more government services because they do not pay for them directly and individual tax payments may bear little ( if any ) relationship to the benefits which they may derive from such services . |
| 13 | They are , therefore , formulaic in character and although they may call for some adaptation for contextual fit they are not composed on each occasion from constituent parts . |
| 14 | They may attack in any case , thinking themselves ‘ dead clever ’ for tricking the adventurers by talking before attacking . |
| 15 | For example , they may say about each other : |
| 16 | I think that 's where they meet , I mean they may come from all the place but it 's the Judges Guild and I 'm due to speak to them tomorrow night . |
| 17 | Fewer teachers have difficulties in responding to reminders that children share substantial common ground regardless of whatever special attention they may need at any one time . |
| 18 | Details of entitlement can be obtained from the address below and anyone who considers they may qualify for such relief should contact this office . |
| 19 | In addition they draw on all kinds of background information they may have about that particular situation . |
| 20 | If you fiddle too much you will undoubtedly upset them and they may turn on each other . |
| 21 | If anyone doubts the dangers to an opposition party of a rush to judgment about what needs to be done after election defeat , they ought to dip into some of the memoirs of the 1959 period , the last time that Labour , while in opposition , hoped and expected they would win , but went down to serious defeat ( in that case , by 100 seats ) . |
| 22 | The no difference thesis asserts that the exercise of authority should make no difference to what its subjects ought to do , for it ought to direct them to do what they ought to do in any event . |
| 23 | It might have been better for Butler to have set reason apart from the whole hierarchy of conscience , self love , benevolence , and particular passions and allotted it the role of ascribing different degrees of authority to each , that is , of saying how they ought to relate to each other mutually . |
| 24 | They must go to that sewerage is n't it ? |
| 25 | MPs are allowed to use headed paper for political purposes as well as constituency matters but they must pay for any stationery used . |
| 26 | It is their duty to hear and determine according to law , and they must bring to that task a fair and unbiased mind . ’ |
| 27 | Rabbitte and Cooney , along with Michael ‘ Hopper ’ McGrath , will carry the main attacking threat but they know that they must avail of all their chances . |
| 28 | The Government 's admission that they must return to that issue is another apology , but return they must , as anyone who considers what is happening in British Telecom — the bills paid by the customers or the salary received by the Chairman of that company — will be quick to point out . |
| 29 | He congratulated them , but at the same time insisted that , for the time being at least , they must move towards some sort of accommodation with the Poles . |
| 30 | How can the council tax be easy to collect if the people who are responsible for collecting it simply do not know how much they must collect from each household ? |