Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [conj] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well the agent , that be either or any agent who , who the ship belonged to , see they 'd , they 'd get through , no doubt they 'd get through to the merchants and er they 'd find out who the agent is and once they knew the agents well it was plain sailing was n't it ? |
| 2 | The problem facing writers like Schon who attempt to theorize about practice is that if they fail , practice remains particularistic or intuitive , and if they succeed , they simply generate more theory . |
| 3 | The dilemma is that if they are enlarged the danger of stepping through them is increased . |
| 4 | Their greatest fear is that as they become weaker , ‘ caring authorities ’ will take them over and whisk them away to be ‘ looked after properly ’ . |
| 5 | The fear is that if they are published , Parliament will pass a law against smearing politicians . |
| 6 | The implication of this line of reasoning was that if they could be left alone , insulated from the capitalist global reach , Third World countries would be better off , and would actually be able to develop themselves . |
| 7 | One of the paradoxes of pollution control work is that although they enjoy considerable autonomy , field men are acutely conscious of the scrutiny of their seniors and feel vulnerable to criticism . |
| 8 | The corollary is that if they eventually return to the UK , their foreign domicile will be retained until it can be ascertained that they intend to remain for an indefinite period . |
| 9 | Well I think the attitude is and maybe I 'm totally wrong the attitude is that if they 're outside , they 're not creating mess and havoc in the house . |
| 10 | In those days trainers looked like window cleaners and the likelihood was that when they were n't looking after players on a Saturday afternoon , they might well shine windows for a living . |
| 11 | The big difference is that before they just slipped into a publication schedule , whereas now they are going to be ‘ published ’ . |
| 12 | The danger is that once they leave this sheltered environment , resolve may slip away . |
| 13 | The obvious danger is that if they are unable to earn a living for themselves , that states of Central Europe will slump back into their earlier condition . |
| 14 | The reply of the polytechnics to this charge is that while they are fully prepared to maintain part-time provision at a high level , students are simply not coming forward in sufficient numbers to make it possible . |
| 15 | And the point is that if they then change |
| 16 | The argument is that provided they do use their power for the benefit of the public rather than for their own personal gain that power is legitimate . |
| 17 | Their joint wish is that before they both die they will find out who killed their son , when it happened and how it was done . |
| 18 | The good news is that as they get older , most young people stop offending . |
| 19 | The trouble is that once they begin , they sometimes continue out of habit . |
| 20 | An undoubted limitation of liability rules in promoting managerial efficiency is that while they provide a deterrent , they can not , unlike the market and market-linked devices , create a more positive motivational environment . |
| 21 | The trouble was that after they were born , children had to wait for six years before they could be sent to school and forgotten for most of the day . |
| 22 | The trouble was that since they were not directly under his control he was unable to ensure the quality of their work in the way that , for example , Owen could . |
| 23 | Most temporary workers were fired as well as hired , and the implication is that if they had not been used the organisations concerned would have had to practise some other form of " hire and fire " strategy . |
| 24 | Our main concern is that if they take away one of our acute services it will have a domino effect on the rest |
| 25 | But the main reason is that if they have a crash , it is far easier to treat a wound with no superficial hair and the risk of infection is lessened . |
| 26 | They will I a agree with that but the nice thing is that if they can get out there and get at 'em and get another goal that will build their confidence and their stamina and everything up and I thi really do think Alan that they have a chance . |
| 27 | The answer is that while they may not have the male 's full attention they do often get a good territory with plenty of food . |
| 28 | We were within 5,000 votes and I think when people see how nearly effective the amount of tactical voting was and when they see the Tory support slipping , they will come very strongly over to us . |
| 29 | One risk was that if they did n't act there was a gunman on the loose , desperate , he 's after all escaped from prison , possibly in a confined space in a block of flats with a vantage point . |
| 30 | Their case is that if they had been properly and correctly advised as they were entitled to be under the contract , they would not have proceeded to exchange or to completion . |