Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do this even though they may break the conventions from time to time . |
| 2 | A number of organisations require employees to submit receipts and VAT invoices so that they may reclaim the VAT paid as a business expense . |
| 3 | In the following four sections we shall examine five different habits used by animals to avoid being eaten : potential prey may actively flee their predators , or they may stay still and try to be invisible , or they may stuff themselves with sickening chemicals and advertise their unpalatability with bright ‘ warning colours ’ , or they may mimic the warning colours of others , and finally , in some circumstances , an animal may make itself less likely to be eaten by living in a group . |
| 4 | For example , Private Acts of Parliament are treated as legislation even though they may regulate the conduct of only a single individual ; on the other hand , an ‘ administrative order ’ affecting a large number of people may be difficult to distinguish from as legislative act . |
| 5 | Consequently , they may neglect the child 's need to develop a balanced racial identity and thereby a well-integrated personality . |
| 6 | opportunistic predators are good samplers of local small mammal communities , but they may alter the proportions of the species ; |
| 7 | Hence they are faced with a dilemma : the business may continue to operate at the same level , but without the prospect of expansion , or they may alter the form of business enterprise to a partnership or a company . |
| 8 | They may detain the suspect for 24 hours ( extendable by the prosecutor to 48 hours ) and question him without access to legal advice or notification of his right to maintain silence . |
| 9 | Help those who seek to communicate the gospel , in words , in pictures , in books , on radio , television and films ; give them the help of your Holy Spirit , so that they may convey the message of hope and new life to the hearts and the minds of those who hear , who read , who watch . |
| 10 | In some cases they may worsen the situation for market participants by reducing liquidity in an unanticipated way which offsets any benefits arising from a closer " fit " to investment needs . |
| 11 | Despite these important advancements , however , the problem of what happens to mentally handicapped people when they reach the later school-leaving age of nineteen remains , and what happens when they may face the prospects of a lifetime of unfulfilment which could quickly undermine the considerable efforts made by teachers , houseparents , parents and guardians to help the mentally handicapped child attain his or her full potential . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps they may think the sport is in a period of relative driving mediocrity , ’ answered Jackie . |
| 13 | They may think the experimenter wants to know himself and not realise that he just wants to know whether the child knows the answer . |
| 14 | They may think that their jobs will be less secure , that they might lose the independence that they previously enjoyed , that their relationships with others will change for the worse and they might lose status , they may think the change unnecessary and they may simply fear change in itself . |
| 15 | They may continue the case in order to gain more information ; they may make a supervision order , involving the child living at home but under regular supervision , or being sent to live elsewhere in the care of others ; or they may discharge the referral altogether . |
| 16 | if butane gas or aerosols are sprayed directly into the mouth , they may cool the throat tissues causing swelling and perhaps suffocation |
| 17 | Prefers cold things and is worse ( < ) rich and fatty foods , ice cream , pork , fruit , cold things ; they may crave the foods which make them worse ( < ) . |
| 18 | They may continue the case in order to gain more information ; they may make a supervision order , involving the child living at home but under regular supervision , or being sent to live elsewhere in the care of others ; or they may discharge the referral altogether . |
| 19 | Their function is not known , but it is suggested that they may be used to pin a patch of mucosa in position during feeding , or that they may prevent the entry of foreign matter into the buccal capsule when the worm has detached from the mucosa . |
| 20 | They may hold the secret ! ’ |
| 21 | What is important from a pedagogic point of view is that we should , as early as possible , alert students to different discourse types , so that they may classify the interaction they are involved in , and make as productive a use of that classification as we do ourselves . |
| 22 | The purpose of this document is to give sufficient information to potential suppliers so that they may estimate the cost to Oxford University Press of acquiring and using systems and services . |
| 23 | Or they may give the impression that they are not quite sure if you are the right candidate , i.e. they have not done their homework . |
| 24 | They may give the impression of being lazy but founder member Iain Harvie says it 's more due to craftsmanship . |
| 25 | They may give the purchaser some assurance before incurring professional costs but the courts will not order the vendor to negotiate . |
| 26 | Committal proceedings are supposed to test the soundness of the prosecution 's case but , on the whole , nothing of the kind is achieved because defence lawyers prefer to reserve their probing of the police case for the trial , where they may deploy the tactics of surprise to greatest effect . |
| 27 | Though no one seems certain , it has been suggested that they may represent the saints . |
| 28 | Constitutions , while they may create the institutions of government and allocate power to these institutions , also generally seek to control or restrain the exercise of power . |
| 29 | They may watch the sand shifting as they tunnel their hands into it . |
| 30 | Vacuum cleaners with extremely violent beaters should be avoided because they may damage the foundation . |