Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The courts should not deny themselves the light which Parliamentary materials may shed on the meaning of the words Parliament has used and thereby risk subjecting the individual to a law which Parliament never intended to enact . |
| 2 | He can waffle on about OPEC ad infinitum , and most clients wo n't know what the hell he 's talking about , but they 'll pretend to agree with him and will buy on the strength of what he says . |
| 3 | The legislation reflected a judgement that local authorities could not deliver what the national interest required . |
| 4 | And then he gave order that all the windows of the towers which looked in upon the town should be closed up , that the Christians might not see what the Moors did in their houses ; and the Moors thanked him for this greatly . |
| 5 | When an increasing number of psychologists could not find what the theory required them to find , the theory was modified . |
| 6 | It is one thing to demand efficiency and the just use of public resources ; it is quite another to impose conditions where the universities can not provide what the nation requires . |
| 7 | ‘ The damned Soviets wo n't know what the hell hit them . |
| 8 | Police ca n't prove what the men were doing but say this just highlights the danger . |
| 9 | Police ca n't prove what the men were doing but say this just highlights the danger . |
| 10 | Those guys wo n't know what the weather 's doing out there . ’ |
| 11 | She was the only midwife in our district and if the women could n't afford her the neighbours helped , a practice which often ended in tragedy . |
| 12 | WHATEVER the home unions committee may care to think , the team who performed with great distinction in Paris are Lions to a man — and if the powers-that-be will not grant them the honour with a large ‘ L ’ they can hardly begrudge it with a small one . |