Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] that they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ARSENAL 'S run to the top of the Premier League confirms my belief that they will wrap up the title for George Graham by Easter . |
| 2 | They 'd expected me to bring things belonging to my mother that they could share out , but there was hardly anything . |
| 3 | She was proved wrong in her assessment that they would see no one from the new extension , however . |
| 4 | The factors/invoice discounters who form the bulk of the industry have nevertheless been quick to exploit any competitive advantage for their products that they can discover . |
| 5 | I costed this on the basis of staff receiving standard wages and being told on their contract that they would work 30 hours , to cover 24 hours a day . |
| 6 | The things that make a modern killer PC , such as swift video performance , are irrelevant for network servers — so mundane is their existence that they can do without a screen or a keyboard . |
| 7 | If that opportunity is denied the search company then they will have significant problems convincing their clients that they can do a good job . |
| 8 | And Lucy knew they were there to be lovers , Jay knew like her heartbeat that they would make love . |
| 9 | And all those who had silently wished with all their might that they might dare challenge the hegemony of dowdiness took to ‘ Next ’ like ducks to water . |
| 10 | Ironworkers told one of their officials that they would stop working if the woodworkers were continued in employment . |
| 11 | Before hearing the poll results , Mr Major and Mr Kinnock voiced their confidence that they would win with an overall majority . |
| 12 | This way she can guarantee her customers that they will have all the surrounding thousands of acres of bush totally to themselves for the duration of their stay . |
| 13 | We are also accountable through the box office in terms that your public will not come and see events and pay their money if the events that you 're putting on are not of sufficiently high standard , so the accountability runs in three our four different channels and each of them are quite potent and quite immediate in terms of their impact that they can have on the Association . |
| 14 | A group of Scots taken prisoner at Solway Moss , the earls of Glencairn and Cassillis , lords Fleming , Maxwell , Somerville and others , obtained their release and were sent back to Scotland when they signed a request to Henry that he should take Mary into his care , with the intention of marrying her to his son , the future Edward VI ; their offer that they would help to bring him to power in Scotland , should Mary die , was kept entirely secret . |
| 15 | Their belief that they could make it , be proud of themselves , and of their nation , lives on the streets , schools and corporations of America today . |
| 16 | On Jan. 18 the 21-country International Energy Agency ( IEA ) , consisting of the major industrialized countries , activated its war energy contingency plan and informed its members that they should make available 2,500,000 bpd to the market within 15 days . |
| 17 | They stared at one another , and as her mama had so often said , and thought again as she watched them , they were so alike in every way except their sex that they might have been two sides of the same coin . |
| 18 | The pupils , Andrew Pickett , Zammo Collins , Helen Pawsey and Spencer Windebank , had promised their friends that they would arrive in style for the end-of-term prom and decided on a cream Rolls-Royce . |
| 19 | Obviously , they had made up their minds that they would have to make us eat rather than tell their bosses what had happened . |
| 20 | He shouted in her ear that they should crawl but the wind flicked the words from his lips . |
| 21 | By launching missiles into Israel [ see p. 37936 above ] the Iraqis fulfilled their promise that they would attack Israel if fighting began , a promise which Aziz had confirmed unequivocally ( " Yes , absolutely yes " ) on Jan. 9 in Geneva . |
| 22 | Members were so kind in their congratulations that they will want to know what happened when I went to the Palace on February 7th to receive the M.B.E . |
| 23 | Whatever the reason , the mothers often told their daughters that they should come home and look after them . |
| 24 | ‘ You seem sharp enough to me , ’ Lucy said , thinking how hard it was to find a way of guiding someone into telling you things that they 'll assume you already know . |
| 25 | Hearing from that individual , to his great concern , of the impending calamity , Captain Cuttle , in his delicacy , sheered off again confounded ; merely handing in the nosegay as a small mark of his solicitude , and leaving his respectful compliments for the family in general , which he accompanied with an expression of his hope that they would lay their heads well to the wind under existing circumstances , and a friendly intimation that he would " look up again " tomorrow(2) . |
| 26 | He expressed his hope that they would set up a national assembly and leadership council in exile to focus efforts around a single opposition leadership . |
| 27 | There was no doubt in his mind that they would break in , since there had n't been any failed revolutions on the island during his time . |
| 28 | He imparts it so generously to his readers that they may wish to follow him themselves . |
| 29 | Someone suggested to his parents that they should leave , but no one had time to show them out . |
| 30 | The fact that John had handed over the reins of power to Miss Doris and Mr Smith seemed a great honour but his stipulation that they should keep and maintain the name and reputation of the business so long as it was possible to do so proved a massive task for them in later years . |