Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [noun pl] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Woolwich and Cheltenham & Gloucester societies believe they can live with a 1-point rise or less . |
| 2 | Still to come , 8 men are found guilty of one of Britain 's biggest ever drug trafficking operations , and rail unions warn they 're prepared to strike over this year 's pay claim . |
| 3 | As a result of the increase , some banks and building societies said they expected to raise mortgage rates by between 1 and 1.5 per cent , probably from 1 November . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Germany 's employer , trade and industry associations said they had formed a committee to fight xenophobia , which is now said to be putting off foreigners from investing in the country 's impoverished East . |
| 5 | IBM Corp has a less than impressive record in turning developments in its laboratories into commercial products , but perhaps that will change when an outsider is installed at the helm , and IBM researchers say they have developed a polymer film that can capture and hold vast amounts of data in the form of hologram images at speeds 100 to 1,000 times faster than current Winchester disk drives . |
| 6 | Union leaders and business experts say they 're shocked by the sacking of a council executive who brought thousands of new jobs to an unemployment blackspot . |
| 7 | At Philadelphia he had been joined by two others in what was obviously a preplanned meeting since the moment dinner was cleared away and a new round of gin and diet tonics ordered they began a miniature board meeting . |
| 8 | A review involving cost-benefit analysis of around 400 sets of health and safety regulations to ensure they do not impose unreasonable burdens on business was announced . |
| 9 | But last night police and safety experts admitted they were worried . |
| 10 | And , health and safety watchdogs say they 're not convinced the Channel Tunnel has sufficient safety measures in place to protect passengers . |
| 11 | . Health and safety watchdogs say they 're not convinced the Channel Tunnel has sufficient safety measures in place to protect passengers , and after that incident a few weeks ago , which was er certainly played down by the authorities , I wonder just how safe the Tunnel is . |
| 12 | Health and safety watchdogs say they 're not convinced that it has sufficient safety measures in place to protect passengers . |
| 13 | But Health and Safety officials say they could still be many homes where staff are n't aware of the rules . |
| 14 | Customs and Excise officers say they intercepted a Dutch magazine addressed to the headmaster , and then found a dozen more in his study . |
| 15 | The elasticated waist and ankle adjusters mean they can be worn either track-suit-style or as ‘ proper ’ trousers when a smarter look is needed . |
| 16 | Lothian and Borders police said they were well prepared for the friendly invasion . |
| 17 | But council officials say they 've done as much as they can to protect their female staff . |
| 18 | But phone companies know they will spend thousands more from their own pay . |
| 19 | The father of seven has called for the teacher to be suspended but education officials say they do not plan any drastic action . |
| 20 | A warning about the beans was published by trading standards in Birmingham last year … but Oxfam officials say they had no idea of the danger until this week |
| 21 | But union officials say they 're worried that the sell off will lead to more job losses . |
| 22 | Council leader , Phyllis Starkey , and Conservative Group Leader , Janet Todd , have written to the Unit General Manager of the John Radcliffe , Tony Stapleton , asking him to withdraw the charge , but hospital officials say they are introducing fees following a survey of people using the hospital , which showed that seventy percent of them were in favour of it . |
| 23 | But City sources said they believed that Mr Lawson might reinforce the fight against inflation without resorting to another increase in base rates , by announcing a further tightening of monetary policy in next Thursday 's Mansion House speech . |