Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other animals described in this book have occupied a specific ecological niche where they can quietly pursue their own speciality without embarking on any spectacular radiation in the manner of the ammonoids . |
| 2 | It is similar to other schemes in allowing customers to reduce their monthly repayments in comparison to outright purchase or choosing a higher specification car than they could normally afford . |
| 3 | The person to be interviewed should be given some indication of the topic and possibly of the kinds of questions they might be asked but it is important that there should not be any rehearsal of the interview as they will then lose their spontaneity . |
| 4 | Paul McCartney and Madonna , Robert Maxwell and Rupert Murdoch all have more money than they will ever need . |
| 5 | Left : Most wide waterway craft were built with a more spacious cabin and many boatmen lived on board although they may also have kept a house on shore . |
| 6 | Such arrangements , it was argued , required a more reliable source of income than they could currently envisage , and a clearer indication from the region ( or the Department of Health ) concerning policy about the retention and spending of savings . |
| 7 | The inspectors are aware that many people do n't know about this law so they will usually give just a warning to first offenders . |
| 8 | One monk noted in reply to the Commission 's enquiries that religious communities probably owe to music more of their spirituality than they will ever know . |
| 9 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 10 | Ask the occupants of your next home if they would please do the same thing . |
| 11 | The Good Wood Guide seal of approval is a voluntary labelling system that manufacturers are encouraged to take on board if they can honestly say that they use wood from sustainable sources — so look for the seal of approval . |
| 12 | erm we have developed over in the university , in the arts area especially , for arts undergraduates who do n't have mathematical or scientific training , ways of giving them erm training in computer programming , and they come out really both full of fun about it and with a lot more confidence than they could possibly have imagined they would have when they began . |
| 13 | She wondered rather wildly for a moment if they would both refuse to let go and imagined herself the unwilling participant in an unlikely tug of war , but Bernard took one look at Alain and released her . |
| 14 | And there was virtually no sign of people paying cash when they would really have preferred to buy on credit . |
| 15 | Good auditors have used the right when they would otherwise have had a duty anyway … |
| 16 | If that is right , there is little hope unless they can quickly persuade people to start buying again . |
| 17 | Should things get rough to the point of injury then separate with a clear divider so they can still see each other , but do this only if it absolutely necessary . |
| 18 | Various modern human activities ensure , however , that many ecosystems are assaulted with more nutrient than they can properly deal with . |
| 19 | The company reportedly has 15 systems management packages , which it got in some cases by acquisition ( Fusion for example ) , covering such items as operations , performance , security and storage architected for client/server so they will supposedly support OS/2 , Windows NT and Presentation Manager clients . |
| 20 | That the community in general are favourable to the ministrations of the Free Church in preference to any other if they could only obtain them regularly . |
| 21 | To do so , they will have to issue a good deal more paper than they would normally like . |
| 22 | Historians still have before them the difficult task of charting the area before they can properly explore its hidden riches . |
| 23 | They were also worried that the USA would go ahead and plan a postwar aviation policy before they could even begin one . |
| 24 | It was always going to be a difficult fixture for lowly Millmead Reserves against high-fliers Shottermill Reserves , and the visitors ' hopes were totally dashed at the start when they could only field nine men . |
| 25 | Securicor have joined the cowboys on the contract guarding and really I mean you must be getting sick of us getting up every time about security guards , but it 's an important problem and you must know that a lot of you must work at places where you 've got guards on the gate and we all should take a bit of interest in going to see these guards , find out that they 're working for two pound or two pound forty an hour , they 're working as many hours a week as they 'll actually work with no overtime rate , no night rate , no benefits worth having and I mean really I wish you 'd go to your companies and try and arrange site allowances , cos that 's the only way we 'll get any improvements , but when we talk about resolving grievances , we just took in Yorkshire region someone to a tribunal for constructive dismissal . |
| 26 | But they admit that these babies had not achieved complete and independent toileting as they could only hold on to their eliminations for a few minutes and needed help to undress and get on the potty . |
| 27 | All had been rescued by their Lord when they could never have earned their salvation . |
| 28 | Whether we discover them in the landscape or in ourselves , we are imbuing the places concerned with more significance than they would otherwise possess . |
| 29 | There were many records of such manifestations , from reliable and intelligent observers , who had often described the curious incident before they could possibly have heard bad news from India or Australia , where at that moment a friend 's life was endangered . |
| 30 | So once a person becomes unconscious , remember they 've got to go to hospital because they can only get worse , right , there is n't any , enough sugar in that body to , to be able to work properly so they 'll only get worse . |