Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may go down the field below the cave to a gate on the Kingsdale road which , followed to the left , goes over a rise to Deepdale and Dent , and to the right leads down the valley to the more probable destination of Ingleton which has accommodation , shops , refreshments and bus services . |
| 2 | A second role of coins in the study of portraiture lies in the help that they may give in the identification of other portraits , particularly sculptures , since it is only very rarely that the latter 's accompanying inscriptions have survived to identify them . |
| 3 | When their children go to school , they may take on a morning job in a shop or making school dinners . |
| 4 | Eventually they may take over a small group when the large parent troop undergoes fission as increasing size produces social instability . |
| 5 | If it appears that the child is ordinarily resident elsewhere , his " home " authority must be consulted and they may take over the investigation ( s47(12) ) . |
| 6 | Once The Stage covered all finals productions from the drama schools , but now they may write up a play perhaps once a year . |
| 7 | They must spring up the trees as the monkeys are driven into them and they are the ones that usually make the kill . |
| 8 | Like gardeners , they must cast out the evil weeds and plough the matted earth into long fields and sow the seeds of future harvests . |
| 9 | Oxford United are facing their own big challenge … four defeats in a row has dropped them back into the bottom half of the table … last home win was this one against Millwall … tomorrow they should … they must dish out the same treatment to struggling Southend |
| 10 | They must operate on a good deal less than total information ; 70 per cent is considered high availability for business people . |
| 11 | The Executive elected at that Conference was packed with diehards , and " a debate on cooperation against Labour revealed the depth of division : a motion calling for closer collaboration met strong opposition , but so did one calling simply for a Unionist government : They must turn out the man who was the greatest danger to the Conservative Party " , ( a voice — " Lloyd George " ) . |
| 12 | De Soto and his researchers , which include economists , sociologists and anthropologists and lawyers , have worked out some of the stark costs of formality in Peru : if a group of humble families gather and ask the government to give them an empty plot of land to live on , they must fill out a maze of forms and go to scores of ministry , municipal and other government offices , a process that averages six years and 11 months . |
| 13 | ‘ … we find it unfortunate that Upjohn failed to respond at all readily to requests made by the Licensing Authority as early as 1990 , that they should carry out a new post-marketing surveillance study ’ . |
| 14 | They should bring along a crane and pick the whole thing up with me in it and call it Frozen Communications and put it in some art gallery . |
| 15 | Now how do you think they should pay back the time wasted ? |
| 16 | While Mr Kawawa gave many reasons why they should take over the newspaper , he gave no reasons why they did not . |
| 17 | This can , of course , create very undesirable consequences : social stability may be endangered by concentration of too much power and/ or wealth in too few hands ; the privacy of citizens may be abused under the excuse of maintaining law and order , or for commercial gains ; the state may take a " big brother " role ; the business community may acquire too much political power ; or , although very unlikely , IT experts may decide that they should take over the running of the country , since it is only they who can understand the unnecessary complexity of IT systems . |
| 18 | A Bill 's been introduced into the Commons , which would require that before people are tattooed , they should take out an insurance policy against its removal . |
| 19 | If you are n't find an old fashioned TV repair shop and ask them if they 'll make up the leads for you . |
| 20 | You know they 'll set up a search as soon as we 're reported missing . |
| 21 | They 'll set up an emergency centre at the home of one of the islanders and have enlisted the support of one of the world 's most prominent sea mammal vets . |
| 22 | They are about to re-mug yet again by breaking up British Gas and I 'm sure they 'll break up every other utility they can . |
| 23 | Some say they 'll take over the children 's education completely as they try to help their youngsters make up for lost time . |
| 24 | ‘ They 'll come down the servants ’ stairs and out at the back door . |
| 25 | ‘ Liverpool are lucky enough to have the best fans in the world and I know they 'll turn up the volume and strike fear into Spartak . |
| 26 | The idea is that they 'll breathe in the gene from an inhaler and it will attach to the walls of cells in the lungs . |
| 27 | I think it 's a stigma that a lot of men feel they ca n't show that they 're depressed or they 've got a problem so they 'll pick up a ph , a phone . |
| 28 | Well that 's what I was wondering that 's why I said go out into fresh air , in the hopes that they might shake off the bug I do n't think it works like that , do you ? |
| 29 | If only she could read they might open up the world . |
| 30 | ‘ They might fall over a cliff together , too . ’ |