Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] that they [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( I am not arguing that the Americans do not themselves engage in all manner of protectionist devices , but merely note that they do at least have an intrinsic belief in the benefits of Adam Smith 's hidden hand , a view which is not wholly shared on the Continent of Europe . ) |
| 2 | All the same , solitary bucks — if they can find no existing holes to make use of — will sometimes scratch out short tunnels for shelter , although it is not work that they tackle at all seriously . |
| 3 | So as much as the reviewers ' preferences shine through , I still feel that they review without prejudice . |
| 4 | Furthermore , and even more important , various writers clearly show that they thought of England as a nation . |
| 5 | They take at face value cases such as this one involving the policewomen , and they really believe that they live in a society that has lost all its civilised values . |
| 6 | Salvadorean women often remark that they live in a " matriarchal society " , by which they mean they must support their children single-handed . |
| 7 | This analysis raises the same question addressed in the previous section : if the speaker wanted the hearer to recover these effects , why did n't he or she simply say that they sprinted up the hill ? |
| 8 | Hay 's booksellers justifiably boast that they cater for all tastes . |
| 9 | The damage here tells its own story about the impact which killed four horses outright , left two others so badly hurt that they had to be put down and fourteen more with serious injuries . |