Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] they [modal v] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If my son and my daughter have n't taken up the same interest in art that I have , I see no reason that they should have , and I see no reason to tell them they ought to study this or they ought to do that . |
| 2 | By early 1973 it was clear that they would do little or nothing to protect the exchange rate from the impact of domestic policies , and indeed increasingly resented the attempts of European and Japanese central banks to prevent the dollar rate from finding its own level . |
| 3 | the fact that she 's , she 's intelligent as well erm she , you know , she 's gon na s she knew that I did n't know what I was talking about so she said right you look , yo you look er you , you ask them about this , this , this and this and they might say this to you , so I knew what , if they asked me , I knew what I was talking about rather than |
| 4 | Meanwhile , it 's not clear if they 'll get any compensation for their ordeal . |
| 5 | He say , well I 've o I 've only got two and he 'd , he 'd break a Woodbine in half and they 'd have half each . |
| 6 | Longer sentences may be applauded by some , but it is doubtful whether they will make any significant contribution to the protection of women . |
| 7 | Similar to ( age-related ) personal allowance , the married couple 's age-related increases are subject to a couple 's income so it is possible that they might get less than the full addition — or maybe nothing extra at all . |
| 8 | Erm , which I just find amazing that they can do that . |
| 9 | At the time it had seemed that they shared so much that they must have some mystic chain binding them together . |
| 10 | Those who live in houses with thick walls or use a machine in an outbuilding are very fortunate because they can knit all day and use the garter carriage at night , or make twice as many pieces by leaving the garter carriage to knit day and night . |
| 11 | look at that and they 'll say that 's , that 's that |
| 12 | One of their products was erm you , when you see in the cars th th that they can er make them open top and they close the backs down , there 's a bracket on the side that er hinges up and well they used to special you know , it had come from the landaus of the horse drawn vehicle , the same sort of thing , well they used to specialize in that and they used to make some kind of locks but I 'm I have never talked to anybody that worked there so I , I do n't know , but that 's the only other one as I , as I 'm aware of er was the , was Wilks 's and er Bloxwich Lock . |
| 13 | The rangers ' knowledge of the areas is extensive and they can identify most of the wildlife in the area — indeed if they see a new plant or insect which they do not recognise they normally check through their reference library when they get back to base to find out what it is . |
| 14 | Many reasons occur why it is improbable that they would take such a step which both students and professor would have cause to regret … ’ |
| 15 | Elf cavalry are so fast that they can cross most battlefields and be in combat in two turns . |
| 16 | It seems likely that they will make little impact , one reason being that they appear to be more concerned with targeting existing jobs rather than creating genuinely new ones . |
| 17 | It is likely that they will seek this support from other women rather than from men , even their husbands , because the tasks involved have been defined as women 's work . |
| 18 | It was inevitable that they should influence each other and gradually fuse together . |
| 19 | It was a song with everything : baroque references , long sombre organ solos , and words so opaque that they could mean all things to all people , unless they actually asked what they meant-which was , unless one was very stoned , nothing which was why , for eleven weeks , during that summer it was high in the charts . |
| 20 | It was gone three before they could have another real talking-over of the crime . |
| 21 | An incurable optimist , she was sure that they would find some way of making their living , but she knew that her sister was afraid they would n't — and in that case , of course , they would have to let the cottage , and separate after all . |
| 22 | Mr Bush effectively vetoed this measure but supporters of the bill are confident that they will have enough votes next month . |
| 23 | Retailers were confident that they could trust such customers implicitly to pay for the goods they took away or had delivered . |
| 24 | He and Matthew come every Saturday as soon as the doors open at 11 so they can dance all night . |
| 25 | successful sales people , if you have a hole in your shoe , that can be intensely embarrassing and they 'll spot that . |
| 26 | I am concerned that they should have all the help that they can get . |
| 27 | Within a large establishment such as a college it is unlikely that they will avoid some name-calling or jokes at their expense . |
| 28 | They may have their private regrets that they could not find a way of solving the equation of conflicting interests that offered deeper satisfaction as well as personal advancement , but it is unlikely that they will reveal these . |
| 29 | And they 're all poisonous and they will bleach this the be this is probably the best bleacher . |
| 30 | Erm , so what I promised to do in er er , a moment or two if people are to ask specific questions or comments to make arising from either of those printed reports on page six and page twenty erm , if you would make your point or ask your question now er , it will be recorded and transmitted to the officers responsible and they will take any necessary action or give any reverent replies to those questions . |