Example sentences of "[conj] they [modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be parents or they may only have letters after their name , but what they have in common is this : they know that intellectual perfection and the criteria for measuring it are chimeras . |
| 2 | There will be times during a good investigative session when they need to draw several quick diagrams perhaps , or they may suddenly see connections between things which they can not yet explain but need to indicate immediately . |
| 3 | Just as with a cash ratio , the authorities could impose a statutory liquidity ratio or they could merely allow banks to set their own prudent liquidity ratio . |
| 4 | It did n't actually exist , although they 'd probably get swarms of people prepared to join it just now if they tried . ’ |
| 5 | They had crossed the market , the shopping centre , passed the churches , chapels , religious meeting rooms , fighting to outdo each other and against the countless bars ; even hoping through the wave of religious revival , and the example set by the Queen herself , that they would eventually withdraw sinners from the flames of hell-fire and place them in the arms of the Lord . |
| 6 | I saw that they would both need instructions for baptism and marriage . |
| 7 | And Elizabeth Williams , who lived at a time when universities were so enlightened that they would actually permit women to sit examinations ( but not , alas , be awarded a degree ) . |
| 8 | In any case , it is perfectly possible to buy second-hand or reconditioned models at a fraction of the price of new ones as long as you are prepared to accept the risk that they might eventually develop faults which could prove expensive . |
| 9 | This should alert us to the fact that the canons are incomplete records , and that they could even overlook matters of royal concern , like Guntram 's foundation of the monastery of St Marcel . |
| 10 | There is a minority who feel that they could never accept women priests . |
| 11 | The report recommended that they should either admit pupils without charging fees and without selecting by ability , or forgo state aid . |
| 12 | Department of Health guidelines ( DHSS , 1988b ) suggest that they should also offer parents an opportunity to have their views and wishes heard and that parents should be invited , where practicable , to attend part , or if appropriate the whole , of the case conference . |
| 13 | The firm 's number of assignments has doubled since 1979 — from about 70 carried out by five consultants to around 150 handled by nine — and its annual fee income in London now exceeds £3m. profits are shared equally by the partners worldwide , and all new consultants are taken on with the view that they will ultimately become partners . |
| 14 | As soon as I start ‘ teaching ’ mathematical processes , there is a real danger that they will simply become products , words to be memorised . |
| 15 | ICBMs , nuclear submarines , tanks etc. , it is highly unlikely that they will ever become items of mass personal consumption as marketable commodities . |
| 16 | Experience suggests that they will only pay wages comparable with those in industry when circumstances force them to do so . |
| 17 | The N.E.B.E. have decided that they will ONLY accept applications if the Students have achieved a pass mark of 60% in the End of Module Tests.This is felt to be in the best interests of both Students and Tutors since they do form 25% of the final Written Examination Marks . |
| 18 | They wilt readily learn to distinguish light from dark and there is some evidence that they can also distinguish patterns and colours , although it must be said that this capacity is extremely limited compared with the normal capacities of the animals concerned ( Pasik and Pasik 1982 ) . |
| 19 | Children are swept along by waves of enthusiasm and some teachers are so expert at whipping up energy and commitment that they can even persuade children that a tables test is a great reward for good behaviour . |
| 20 | How can they ensure that they can be effective , that is , that they can actually provide services as well as providing assessments ? ii If we go along the road of having dementia teams then what is the best management structure ; for such a team ? |
| 21 | In creating whole group dramas we should be aware of the need to ensure that every child feels they have a stake in what is happening and that they can genuinely influence outcomes . |
| 22 | Discussing the number of child cycling accidents , PC Dave Hogg told Darlington 's road safety forum last week that they 'd rather see children under ten pedalling on the pavement . |
| 23 | Okay , so they 'll always choose options , farmers will always choose options that are , are less risky . |
| 24 | They 've used all their timber stores and cut up every bucket and table and door to make all those fighting platforms and towers , so they can hardly have plugs for their cannon , and they wo n't have any fuel except dung . |
| 25 | They must still compete for more seats and they must still risk Points of Order . |
| 26 | ‘ Slide ’ opens the set , all big chords and yeah , slide guitar ; ‘ Smile ’ , with a dangerously narcotic and very BIG bassline that takes control over your entire body , is brain-bruisingly splendid , as is ‘ Hey Sister ’ , the song that proves that they can do fast ones , they can do slow ones and they can then do ones with car-alarm noises in the middle . |
| 27 | George : ‘ And they 'd never call women that , so their argument about a man must be wrong . |
| 28 | No well what we said is we 're gon gon na scrap Saturdays unless we s consider it to be critical and unavoidable on the basis that , if they , they can work Saturdays if they 'd rather work Saturdays than in the week , but that 's their choice not ours |
| 29 | He wondered if they 'd ever find husbands or boyfriends who would take them on such a holiday as this and rather doubted it . |
| 30 | Southern protestants do not appear to be particularly oppressed by the state ( White 1975 : 169 ) , but they would clearly change aspects of the constitution and legislation if they were in a position to do so . |