Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [conj] they [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is closely related to perceptions of life expectancy ; some people not only anticipate that they may age more quickly , but also that they may die at a younger age . |
| 2 | While Western and developing countries apparently agree that they should prevent the ‘ environmentally unsound disposal ’ of hazardous waste , there is no consensus about what the term ‘ hazardous ’ means . |
| 3 | Basically , it is not enough to tell people what good eating entails , and just hope that they will get on with it . |
| 4 | The police already know that they can obtain the necessary legal authority to require the practitioner to attend a court hearing and , if necessary , to examine his papers . |
| 5 | Mountbatten 's personal view was that the new nationalist movements should be appeased rather than suppressed and that the old colonial powers should settle for the best deal that they could get , pledging independence in the near future and thus , he hoped , preserving the greater part of their economic advantages . |
| 6 | I ju I mean , it , now it 's just getting me , more depressed than nowt else , I mean , I just wish that they 'd phone and say yeah , we 've got you a insured . |
| 7 | After a few hits most brag that they can compete ( Britain 's Goldcrest is a famous example ) and then find that one big failure ( ‘ Revolution ’ ) destroys them . |
| 8 | Rose 's tact was so masterful that she resembled certain people who are so deeply read that they can play with all ideas without ever listing books . |
| 9 | An elderly person 's relationship with his or her grandchildren can be one of the most rewarding experiences of their lives , and the old and the young usually find that they can share a rather special private world together . |
| 10 | After all these years of watching birds of prey in flight , I still find that they will do something completely unexpected . |
| 11 | They also fear that they will lose business to the factor , who may reduce the customer 's need for a bank loan . |
| 12 | Frequently , investors also insist that they can trigger the redemption provisions upon a material breach of the subscription and shareholders ' agreement . |
| 13 | It was the kind of sound that made you think of the noise lambs probably make when they can smell the mint being brought in from the garden . |
| 14 | However , these same life cycles also suggest that they may have a different nature from the larger ovals . |
| 15 | We also know that they may react in a slightly perverse way to our advertising . |
| 16 | The airlines clearly believe that they can hang on to their lucrative business market despite evidence from France that high speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences . |
| 17 | League chief Ian Cotton said : ‘ Clubs will want to give games every chance but we also feel that they should take into account their opponents . ’ |
| 18 | Also ask if they can arrange a visit from their sales representative . |
| 19 | Partners , particularly in the smaller of the merging firms , often fear that they will lose out in the merger — even to the extent of having to leave the merged firm . |
| 20 | Team leaders often say that they could have gone faster on their own . |
| 21 | John has some mysterious tales to tell about the castle : ‘ Visitors often say that they can smell newly-baked bread in the drawing room in the eastern tower . |
| 22 | All policies now stipulate that they must have run for between three and six months before claims will be considered — and most bar self-employed people altogether . |
| 23 | For one thing , they often feel that they must hide their condition in order not to appear foolish in the eyes of others . |
| 24 | Olson suggests that organizations capable of pursuing collective goals often exist because they can control ‘ selective incentives ’ . |
| 25 | Either we can influence and help that to be to be good or or you know if that 's a failure then see whether they can help us to produce one for the town . |
| 26 | So 15 of the chosen 30 have a very modest international background — and this going into tests against Australia , the World Cup holders , and South Africa , who rather fancy that they would have won it had they been invited . |
| 27 | Societies privately admit that they would have to respond with still higher mortgage rates if the Government raises base rates again to prop up sterling . |
| 28 | But if loving parents freely admit that they would have chosen to let the child die if given the choice , it is clear that the vast majority of parents would take this view if given an option by the doctor concerned . |
| 29 | For men who never question whether they should go , is £6 too much to ask ? |
| 30 | For men who never question whether they should go , is £6 too much to ask ? |