Example sentences of "[conj] they [modal v] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been a tendency more recently , however , for deaf people to be wary of consecutive interpreting where they may feel information is added to , or subtracted from , the message ( Allsop and Kyle , 1982 ) , even though for spoken languages it has usually been felt that consecutive interpreting is much more effective and much easier to check for the validity of the interpretation ( Herbert , 1978 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I had arranged with Sister Stevens that on the next occasion that Len presented with either a hangover or a stomach upset I would refer him to the occupational health centre where they would suggest counselling , as I believed Len was becoming a danger to himself and everyone else . ’ |
| 3 | Just as in his rotation of Party officials to areas with which they had no connection and where they would have difficulty building up a power-base , so now Ceauşescu was transferring people into new places of work , forcing them to move from their old homes . |
| 4 | Between shows the girls dressed in sweatshirts and jogging shorts ; some of them stayed in the dressing rooms and stretched out to sleep or read , others went to another room in the basement complex where they could watch TV . |
| 5 | It has been shown that most suicide attempters are aware of the existence of agencies where they could obtain help , such as the general practitioner , social workers , or the Samaritans ( Kreitman and Chowdhury 1973b ) ; in fact , a significant proportion of attempters had been in touch with one or more of these agencies in the weeks preceding the attempt ( Bancroft et al. 1977 ) . |
| 6 | She took him to her room where they could have privacy . |
| 7 | Some set up agricultural communities where they could take refuge from public contempt for ‘ conchies ’ and convince themselves that their experiments in communal living would , once ‘ the grim period of war is over … be remembered as the forerunner of the new society . ’ |
| 8 | In 1681 he launched Pennsylvania ( which included three counties that in 1702 became Delaware ) as an immense private estate to which settlers were welcomed and where they could buy land on relatively easy terms . |
| 9 | Members of the Suffolk Accident Rescue Service , staff voluntarily by GPs , are usually the first doctors to arrive at the scene of car accidents where they can give specialist emergency treatment , additional to that provided by ambulance staff . |
| 10 | Their parents must lead them away from the nest site to other areas where they can collect food and find hiding places . |
| 11 | What is different is a flat designed for the disabled where they can gain confidence to live outside |
| 12 | Most of the small passerines which favour an Arctic summer home , where they can take advantage of the prolific insect life , pass through Shetland on their way to a winter habitat which suits their food preferences . |
| 13 | Many fish species , including most catfish and cichlids , like shady caves under or between rocks , where they can take refuge from the bustle of the community tank . |
| 14 | Such particles are considered dangerous because they penetrate deep into the lungs , where they can cause disease . |
| 15 | Or they may take advantage of visits to dischargers for other purposes to fill a sample bucket at the same time . |
| 16 | They may not , for instance , be prepared to risk having any kind of emotional engagement ( I recently worked with a group of headteachers for whom this seemed to be a problem ) ; or they may not trust each other or the teacher ; or the ‘ hidden curriculum , of the group 's own dynamics may cut across the drama 's requirements ( for instance if the strong natural leader within the group is not given her usual leadership function within the fiction ) ; or the group may concentrate too hard on preparing material for ‘ showing ’ so that they miss out almost entirely on ‘ playing the drama game ’ ; or they may dislike drama or really want to perform a play or are simply not in the mood to submit to the experience . |
| 17 | Faced with a persistent excess of expenditure over income , they may cut student numbers or they may increase income . |
| 18 | When the assets are dispersed , firms can rely on relatively little co-ordination , as in the ‘ local-for-local ’ strategies , or they can emphasise co-ordination , as in BOC 's global strategy . |
| 19 | Eating disorder symptoms can produce positive feedback in psychological and family systems or they can preserve equilibrium in either of these systems by deflecting away from other difficult areas . |
| 20 | They could let conditions worsen ; or they could move power back to national government ; or they could re-organise the electoral boundaries so that the irresponsible Left loses its tight inner urban constituencies ; or they could push power out beyond local government and into the hands of the people whom it is elected to serve . |
| 21 | They could let conditions worsen ; or they could move power back to national government ; or they could re-organise the electoral boundaries so that the irresponsible Left loses its tight inner urban constituencies ; or they could push power out beyond local government and into the hands of the people whom it is elected to serve . |
| 22 | They could forgive this young man , just as we had to forgive the man who failed to secure his trailer , or they could allow bitterness to completely neutralise everything God was doing in their lives . |
| 23 | Either they gave in to Spiderglass demands — or they 'd lose Steel City and all credibility . |
| 24 | Forage crops for consumption on the farm are not directly extractive ( the sale of milk and livestock is ) although they may transplant fertility from one field to another . |
| 25 | Although they may explain homosexuality in terms of learning , they assume a common biological basis and process for this learning , and see the condition itself as homogeneous . |
| 26 | Many people these days have a busy lifestyle and although they may enjoy gardening there is often little time to carry out many of the day-to-day tasks needed to keep a plot in perfect order . |
| 27 | This topic has less attraction for ordinary policemen and women , for although they might take pleasure in thing someone is interested in their views , it is they who run the risks associated with answering questions and from being observed doing their job . |
| 28 | First , they could become very efficient by cutting unnecessary costs , although they must maintain quality . |
| 29 | The directors considered this , and decided that one payment only was in order because , although they could find evidence of the donation by the man , they could find no evidence of any donation by the horse . |
| 30 | Pacu are primarily vegetarian , taking nuts , peas , apples , cherries , lettuce and spinach , although they will take meat . |