Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [subord] they [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ More farmers will become seriously disabled through illness or accident before they retire and will die before they retire . |
| 2 | It also takes longer for an old person to use the toilet and they may sense impatience from other residents or staff if they spend as long as they would like in a toilet . |
| 3 | At some time in their lives , almost all have cause to visit the local health centre or hospital where they see and meet staff at work . |
| 4 | Some have armies and weapons because they fear that , come a war , they would need protection and defences . |
| 5 | They build on young people 's skills and confidence so they feel that they have something to offer to the world and to their own community . |
| 6 | In myths and dreams tears are seen as magical , turning into flowers , trees and jewels as they fall and bringing heroes back to life . |
| 7 | Some philosophers deny the possibility of any fundamental conflict between justice and fairness because they believe that one of these virtues in the end derives from the other : Some say that justice has no meaning apart from fairness , that in politics , as in roulette , whatever happens through fair procedures is just . |
| 8 | If they did lose sight of the coast , they would watch out for birds and clouds because they knew that birds flew near land and that clouds formed over land . |
| 9 | Children go through various stages of obedience and disobedience as they develop and parents need to be aware that direct confrontation may not be the best method of handling the situation . |
| 10 | The promise of plenty of planting can prove useful to a company in search of planning permission , so Waterers has found its services increasingly in demand by supermarket giants Sainsbury 's and Tesco as they try and inveigle their way on to the green belt . |
| 11 | on the one hand the transport federation and the confederation support the demands of the railway sector at the negotiating table , and on the other hand , let us say , they also call for prudence and moderation when they realise that these demands may not be achievable , and rather than lead people over the precipice and into more strikes that will not have positive outcomes , they recommend the adoption of an approach based on increased dialogue and the moderation of demands . |