Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [conj] they [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a little wall round and on this island there used to be a lot of houses on and they used to be all what they call alms hous old people lived in them and that . |
| 2 | I remember the over-eager , gaping mouths and outstretched necks , as well as those who could only just about lift their eyelids and had to have the food forced down their throats so that they would have the strength to keep fighting for life . |
| 3 | increasing the size of local authorities so that they could undertake strategic tasks and attract a higher ‘ calibre ’ of officer and councillor |
| 4 | Will my right hon. Friend do all that he can to open a dialogue with representatives of landlords and planning authorities so that they can encourage and enable retailers to erect something to protect their property ? |
| 5 | The ERCs can , if necessary , be followed by periods of vocational training at training centres and colleges which teach the disabled new skills so that they can obtain work again . |
| 6 | My wish is to emphasise thinking skills so that they will be able to deal with unexpected questions on an examination , and more importantly , continue thinking and questioning throughout their lives . |
| 7 | Billington , however , was a master of his trade and fixed the arms with ropes so that they would absorb some of the shock . |
| 8 | One is to conceive of them as being deliberately designed for the purposes they serve , the implication of which is that we should be constantly reforming existing institutions so that they may better serve those ends for which they were intended . |
| 9 | One reason for having that meeting is to reform the institutions so that they can cope with a second wave of new members , this time from Eastern Europe . |
| 10 | Finally , the monopolies come to dominate the educational system , the media and other social institutions so that they can control social values . |
| 11 | If complete public openness is the policy , it might have been expected that the public would have free access to governors ' meetings so that they could hear the arguments for policy and resource allocations within the school . |
| 12 | Laborit was investigating the potential of controlled hypothermia , that is , chilling patients during surgical operations so that they would be less reactive to any disturbance , and the sedative properties of promethazine helped to achieve the effects he sought . |
| 13 | In effect , this has forced many small to medium-sized component manufacturers out of business and encouraged larger manufacturers to internationalise their operations so that they can supply assembly plants overseas . |
| 14 | LIFESPAN will record what has happened and inform other affected personnel so that they can initiate the appropriate action ( LIFESPAN assumes an interface with a disciplined and sensible development environment ) . |
| 15 | It is not necessary to produce the Service Copy Summons when so doing , but it is usually advisable for the Service Copy to be given to the instructing solicitors so that they can check whether proper service has been effected . |
| 16 | The boys were to be given a certain amount of trust in their activities so that they might have the opportunity to make themselves moral , which in turn could help them become good and valuable members of the community . |
| 17 | They should then not be left standing if other guests are seated , but shown to chairs on one side of the hall , or be directed to the seating plans so that they can fill the places kept for them , or go to seats left empty by ‘ no-shows ’ such as anyone taken ill at the last minute . |
| 18 | offenders take part in alcohol education programmes so that they can learn to drink sensibly . |
| 19 | Those arrangements can seriously affect the work of the courts , being concerned with assessing the needs of the courts and securing resources , organising the internal structures of the courts so that they can best deal with the caseloads arising , laying down pre-trial and trial procedures , managing the case-flow , measuring and monitoring court performance , managing court records , and planning necessary reforms to court structures and processes . |
| 20 | It is necessary for contemporary women artists so that they can understand the history and the specificity of their positioning as artists who are women , with specific social and cultural locations in terms of class , race and sexuality , as opposed to the stereotypical displacement as ‘ women artists ’ . |
| 21 | In discussion it was suggested that one could consider the clash of values at the local level in terms of game theory , where ‘ traditionalists ’ were playing the game and were winning whereas ‘ progressivists ’ were not in the game but wanted to change the rules so that they could compete . |
| 22 | I agree with the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington ( Mr. Forman ) that by far the most useful thing that we could do in the short run would be to fund a payments union among the commonwealth of independent states so that they could at least have a currency in which to trade with one another . |
| 23 | Erm we 've er we you 'll be looking at education , our biggest service , and a service which we should which is going through some very profound changes at the moment where we 're trying to er increase the resources that are within individual schools so that they can make their own decisions erm about er how they best meet the needs of their youngsters . |
| 24 | Such transformational changes include moving from low-technology to high-technology manufacturing systems , implementing computers and telecommunications , and redesigning the customer interface ( for example , by providing salespeople with lap computers so that they can interact directly with both customers and suppliers ) . |
| 25 | The idea of getting everyone away is to isolate them from mundane worries so that they can concentrate wholeheartedly on the task in hand . |
| 26 | Now there are chairs available for additional speakers so if they would come down it would certainly expedite the business of congress . |
| 27 | EQ units generally have two channels so that they can be used for stereo , but the channels can be operated separately so that two mono signals can be corrected individually . |
| 28 | Is it not wonderful that so many Dublin stockbrokers , estate agents , solicitors and others close to Michael Smurfit worked so hard over 17 months so that they could hand over a profit of millions to a fella called Pat Doherty in London . |
| 29 | This is because they share their bodies with algae and have to bring the algae to the surface at low tides so that they can manufacture food . |
| 30 | Q9 What factors should be taken into account when designing questionnaires so that they may be efficiently and accurately analysed ? |