Example sentences of "[vb -s] that they [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He concludes that they could not , on the basis of two connected arguments . |
| 2 | A spokesman for the DS says that they ca n't comment on individual cases but in general anyone who is out of the country for whatever reason is then deemed unavailable for work and ca n't be in receipt of benefits . |
| 3 | The supervisor says that they can not wear gloves . ’ |
| 4 | The Minister says that they can not bear it , but perhaps the Duke of Edinburgh has more feeling . |
| 5 | Cable & Wireless 's manager for managed data networks , Richard Henables , says that they will either be integrated at a later date , or they may simply receive a send level of service . |
| 6 | She says that they must n't become complacent . |
| 7 | They argue that the move shows that they ca n't be trusted . |
| 8 | However , the Circular states that they will also be expected to ‘ retain the ability to act as direct service providers , if other forms of service provision are unforthcoming or unsuitable . |
| 9 | It states that they will even undertake not to influence their national central banks , which means rule by bankers . |
| 10 | Amendment No. 5 deals with the assets of the undertaking and states that they should not be disposed of within five years after privatisation . |
| 11 | This ensures that they would not be prepared to renegotiate back to the original agreement . |
| 12 | Taking them to the surgery for routine checks ensures that they should not associate this with unpleasant stimuli . |
| 13 | In the faintest of whispers the parents try to give comfort , try to quieten : for a moment it seems that they might even have to stifle . |
| 14 | There is more of a case for liberating animals from the wild when it seems that they will not meet the pitiless test of nature . |
| 15 | SunSelect does n't want to define exactly what integrate ( its word ) means or how tightly bound over time the products will become , but it seems that they will still be two separate things . |
| 16 | I mean if obviously the child is reacting in some way or feels that they ca n't even relax when they 're at home , erm then someone 's overstepped the mark . |
| 17 | Neither does Poulantzas explain what the peasantry would have been like if it had not had this pertinent effect , except in so far as he stipulates that they would not then have been a class . |
| 18 | So I said erm if we say increase to five pounds now , they do n't have to , but it means that they 'll probably have a significant unit holding , you know , to compensate them . |
| 19 | Hardly any Iraqi combat aircraft have been destroyed , which means that they may still try to intervene in the land battle , or to hit harder than Scud missiles can at Israel and Saudi Arabia . |
| 20 | The narrowness of the path means that they must always play ‘ follow the leader ’ , and begin to learn something about position and ordinal number . |
| 21 | The ideological nature of social contracts means that they need not always correspond to individual self-interest . |
| 22 | This allows them to generate a plausible pronunciation for a non-word like ‘ blasp ’ , but means that they can not pronounce many irregular words correctly . |
| 23 | However diverse their origins , this means that they can not be presumed typical of their time ; certainly many wrote their life stories just because they were exceptional . |
| 24 | That means that they can not be supported , or more importantly tested , by observation . |
| 25 | The Trust is also uniquely empowered , under its Act of Parliament , to declare its properties inalienable , which means that they can not be compulsorily acquired or used for any purpose against the Trust 's wishes without specific parliamentary consent . |
| 26 | Marx maintained that , with the possible exception of the societies of prehistory , all historical societies contain basic contradictions which means that they can not survive forever in their existing form . |
| 27 | It also means that they can not feel the contractions , so the midwife has to tell them when to push , which can take longer . |
| 28 | But , in the words of Grant ( 1987 : 56–7 ) , ‘ the distinctive relationship that the nationalised industries have with government , and the politically charged environment in which they operate , means that they can not simply be treated as a special case of the close relationship that many large privately owned enterprises have with government . ’ |
| 29 | And the detectors ' stability means that they can even measure radiation from the faint cloud of dust around the sun which produces the zodiacal light . |
| 30 | Their delicate character and the fact that they accompanied a woman means that they can hardly be interpreted literally as weapons . |