Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [vb mod] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is necessary for the expatriate couple to learn a new language , the course should provide them with details on where they might go or the steps they should take to achieve this . |
| 2 | Perhaps its greatest advantage is its ability to point social workers to the simple , practical steps they can take to improve the quality of life for children whose other difficulties may prove impossible to remedy . |
| 3 | If you had asked cosmetic companies ten years ago to stop experimenting on animals they would have replied , ‘ No alternative . ’ |
| 4 | The great companies and other organisations which make up modern economies have considerable discretion in choosing the goals they will seek to fulfil , and even more discretion in deciding how they will fulfil them . |
| 5 | The trio were modifying the trolley with implements they must have brought in the pockets of the golf-bags . |
| 6 | Moreover , if they were to break through within the established system then they just might be a little less enthusiastic about introducing proportional representation as " a first priority " since it could let one of the parties they would have displaced back into the game . |
| 7 | In the case of the innocent parties they must have known each other for at least two years . |
| 8 | but does n't that bring us back you see to clause nine , erm , is , is , is that a clause which erm which you 're , you 're suggesting is anti competitive because er agents might compete with er each other as to what if any funds they might want to pull down , or |
| 9 | Few in industry or the institutions believe that the way the financial institutions operate has deprived firms of funds they should have had , or has constrained investment . |
| 10 | If there were two designers they must have worked closely together and shared the same highly trained team of executants . |
| 11 | There were also two great monarchies , Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire , which , whatever concessions they might have to make to nationality in practice , could not accept that statehood went with nationhood . |
| 12 | For instance , drama/theatre studies has now come to be seen as a mixture of improvisation , responding to a set text and the evaluation of both pupil 's own work as well as performances they may have seen . |
| 13 | You can also record the letters they suggest , and talk about them afterwards , how likely they were , whether they were pure guesswork or genuine predictions , which words they may have had in mind , etc . |
| 14 | Experts said that if the bombs had penetrated any part of the cigar-shaped cylinders they would have gone off like a rocket , smashing into nearby homes . |
| 15 | Early on the authorities responsible for displacing the people in the Uranus area realized that if the inhabitants of a particular street got warning of the intention to do away with their homes they might try to organize protests or even resistance . |
| 16 | Nothing is more touching and sad than to see how these people — cast out and despised by everyone including their kin , living in and for their regular ‘ balls ’ where they compete to dress up to act out , for a moment , the roles they would like to play in real life , and know they ca n't — reconstruct their own human groups . |
| 17 | Added to the sweeteners they 'd have to pay back , that would mean a deficit of nearly £130m . |
| 18 | Corps feels that with all the losses they must have taken , the Germans will almost certainly be consolidating tomorrow . |
| 19 | It would not profit the children there greatly to learn the culture of those countries when in a few months they would have to go overseas . |
| 20 | Now we are offering young people aged 16 and 17 vouchers they can use to buy approved courses of education or training , and which will put the power of choice in their hands . |
| 21 | I 've got a feeling for the number of empty sites they must have hammered the rents or the rates or something . |
| 22 | Ruth felt sure that but for the presence of their parents they would have stuck out their tongues . |
| 23 | The stimuli having undergone differentiation should be , and remain more , discriminable , regardless of the fate of the associations they may have acquired . |
| 24 | No one knows how long they 'll be here … like most refugees they would love to go home . |
| 25 | Lashley , for his part , showed that surgical damage to parts of the brains of rats could alter the types of movements they would make to negotiate a maze without disrupting their ability to reach the goal . |
| 26 | Although pupils will transfer with a variety of experiences they should have learned a core of prescribed knowledge . |
| 27 | Only two weeks ago Andersson walked out of talks with Leeds boss Howard Wilkinson and complained : ‘ If Leeds are going to pay peanuts they can expect to sign monkeys . ’ |
| 28 | They could both tell that in normal social circumstances they would have disliked each other . |
| 29 | A source close to the investigation said : ‘ Although there was no obligation to notify the authority , one might have felt that under the circumstances they should have done . ’ |
| 30 | And then writing back to this contact i either in New York or in Virginia or wherever it was , saying that it th they would give him the dimensions of the roof , that they could tell him exactly how many slates they 'd need to cover it . |