Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In theory , the shareholders have legal control of the company , but in practice this is most often exercised by the directors who between them may have a small minority of the shares with the acquiescence of the institutions which are the major shareholders . |
| 2 | To them must belong the last word . |
| 3 | People who carry weapons into bank premises and threaten to use them must receive a severe sentence . ’ |
| 4 | If there is only one adult resident , a discount of 25 per cent can be claimed ( s79 ) ; it is important therefore that if husband and wife cease to live together each of them should notify the local authority that separation has taken place so as to end joint liability and for the remaining resident spouse to claim the discount ( if applicable ) . |
| 5 | France has shown some sympathy ; an independent nuclear power , it has never accepted the notion that Russians and Americans between them should run the nuclear affairs of the world , let alone the post-Soviet world . |
| 6 | The typical economic variables used in empirical studies , variables such as output , prices and interest rates , are such that it is usually possible to think of some reason why any one of them might exert an independent influence on another . |
| 7 | And if the pirates sleep on shore tonight , one of them might have an unpleasant surprise ! ’ |
| 8 | They were known as ‘ bee grenades ’ , and just one of them could disperse a big group of enemies , who would flee leaving their modern weapons behind . |
| 9 | Such a transfer will be appropriate whether the property was held by the husband and wife as beneficial joint tenants or as tenants in common : in the latter case , as the transfer to the husband and wife will not have contained a declaration to the effect that the survivor of them could give a good receipt for capital monies , a restriction will have automatically been entered on the register to the effect that no disposition by a sole proprietor of the land ( not being a trust corporation ) under which capital money arises is to be registered except under an order of the registrar or of the court ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s58(3) and Land Registration Rules 1925 , r213 as amended by Land Registration Rules 1989 ( SI No 801 ) ) . |
| 10 | The world 's top eight fit men players arrived in Frankfurt last night agreed on one thing — any one of them could become the 1992 IBM ATP World Champion over the next six days . |
| 11 | Not only were the chronologically old ( i.e. those over 60/65 ) capable of remaining within the community until biological old age was reached , but even then , given appropriate community support , many of them could enjoy a full personal and community life . |
| 12 | Ruddock , already talking of retirement as he was led , still numb with disbelief , into the night , knew one of them would pay the ultimate price . |
| 13 | He said this was the worst moment of his life , and the various carpetings he received ultimately had their effect ; years later the memory of them would have a deep effect on his attitude to captaincy . |
| 14 | The conventions are so rigorous that any break with them would require a new genre ; the editorial leaflet makes this clear enough : |
| 15 | The meetings were considered successful , and doubtless those who came to take part in them would get a double benefit from the fine air and the healthful scenes around that beautifully situated city . |
| 16 | He claimed that Iran badly needed TOW anti-tank missiles and in return for them would get the American hostages being held in Beirut released . |
| 17 | One can only assume that the purchasers of these lichen-grey accoutrements are members of EXIT , and that anyone attempting to rescue them would receive a bloody nose for their trouble . |
| 18 | They may pay a high price for their few years of glory with injury problems in later life and will probably never enjoy the relative prosperity of their first working years again . |
| 19 | If they are too selective , they may miss the vital factor . |
| 20 | They may alter the predicted times of high or low water by up to one hour , but the effects are much less easy to quantify as winds are very variable and are strongly influenced by the topography of the local area . |
| 21 | Alternatively , they may regard the single warning given by one policeman in the presence of a colleague as issuing from both . |
| 22 | Old people are frightened to open their doors because they know they may face a menacing crowd , all demanding sweets or money . |
| 23 | At the same time , some people also said that although they were aware that they may face an early death , they also felt fortunate to have lived as long as they had . |
| 24 | There is even the new risk that undue stress on the ‘ truth ’ of APRs may give people the wrong idea about the actual money cost of their credit , so that if , for example , they compare six-month credit with two-year credit they may think the shorter loan five times as costly — in comparison with the longer one — as it really is . |
| 25 | As long-term bond prices are far more volatile than short-term ones , they may prefer the latter . |
| 26 | Alternatively , they may prefer the limited protection provided by keeping each other ( and their own needs ) at arm 's length by replaying the old scenarios . |
| 27 | They they may draw the same compound but making the same structural formula , but drawn slightly differently ! |
| 28 | They may repeat the same step but the ports de bras or épaulement may change at each repeat . |
| 29 | Dysentery like diarrhoea with awful tenesmus ; they may pass a little blood or green slime . |
| 30 | Firstly they may reinforce a macho , non-caring image for boys . |