Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [conj] they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have now been accepted by the CNAA as being equal and acceptable degree qualifications where appropriate and they do mark a major attempt at the rationalization of art and design education below degree level . |
| 2 | Most expect a lot more than that when they sell their bodies . ’ |
| 3 | A second draft is OK , but more than that and they get huffy . |
| 4 | ‘ Some people expect a movie to be more than entertaining if they go and just laugh all the way through , they think there 's something wrong . |
| 5 | There ca n't be a dirtier one than this because they 've started already . |
| 6 | The 40,000-strong Professional Association of Teachers , which has pledged never to strike , wants a deal that no teacher can be forced to take classes of more than 30 unless they agree . |
| 7 | All signals are thus essentially selective rather than instructive since they bring a minimal amount of new information to the cell , and only select from the possible responses open to the cell . |
| 8 | ‘ Some people now fear living more than dying because they dread becoming passive prisoners of technology , ’ said Prof Jennett . |
| 9 | They should take responsibility for designing shifts and accept that shifts should be changed rather than discarded if they do not work . |
| 10 | Let's be frank , there are other producers who have studied this area in more depth than I and they do it far better . |
| 11 | If a region has more old people , those people each count for more than one because they use services more frequently than average . |
| 12 | For strokes to function successfully , however , they need to be genuine rather than phoney and they need to stroke the appropriate ego-state in the other person . |
| 13 | The C E C have had twelve months , the sections have been up and running , they should have learnt from the experiences over the last twelve months because all that they 've done is presented us with the same document with the exclusion of the one issue of the two year conference . |
| 14 | This may be a group effort in which children are able to join as they wish and do as much or as little as they choose . |
| 15 | Every cabin is fitted with private facilities and ample wardrobes , and the onboard activities give everyone the opportunity to take part in as much or as little as they want . |
| 16 | ‘ Governors do as much or as little as they care to , ’ says David White , editor of the island 's only daily newspaper , the Royal Gazette . |
| 17 | Bones are counted as complete if they include significant portions of all three segments . |
| 18 | In general only a minority of holidays are affected in this way and most changes to the published arrangements are small and whenever possible these changes will be advised at the time of booking or as quickly as possible after they occur . |
| 19 | He stressed that people should also seek advice as early as possible if they feel they are getting into financial difficulties . |
| 20 | G. is pleased with the response at the company — not only do they report as soon as possible when they 've got a pollution , they let him know about the progress they make : ‘ I 've got them so well trained now they 'll be phoning half an hour before they have a discharge . ’ |
| 21 | The problem here is not so much to prevent partners leaving before reaching retirement age ( any such general prohibition would be unrealistically restrictive in all but a few firms ) as to ensure that as little damage is done to the firm as possible when they do . |
| 22 | Shrewsbury have got to make sure as much as possible when they do win the ball in the they do n't just smash long balls up , because as l as soon as they do that and as long as they keep doing that , Blackburn just pick up the ball again and keep coming at them , they 've got to try like they did just a few minutes ago , try and play themselves out of defence with nice low passes . |
| 23 | I am anxious that my grandsons , Prince William and Prince Harry , should grow up in as happy and stable an environment as possible because they represent not just my family 's future , but a continuation of a tradition which has bound the British people together for centuries . |
| 24 | They must be treated as adequate because they reflect the statutory provisions in regard to appeals by persons upon who intervention notices are served by S.I.B . |
| 25 | Synthetic bags maintain their insulation even when wet and they dry out much more quickly than the down bags . |
| 26 | Never the less , it is the child speaking we do n't put the words into their mouths and as such when they speak and when they write it down , it 's one of the , possibly one of the few chances of having primary evidence of how the child is at er , writing er , on an official document |
| 27 | We might say we perceive them as separate because they vibrate at different frequencies . |
| 28 | Members would like the people they represent to be able to watch as much as they wish of their MPs at work , and whenever they wish , without being dependent on the editorial and journalistic selections of the broadcasters . |
| 29 | Clients often report that they stop seeing themselves as abnormal when they meet others in a similar situation . |
| 30 | They are in a state of nervous excitement when awake though they lie thinking of nothing in particular because their minds will not work in an orderly way . |