Example sentences of "to [pron] that they [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiff will be the tenant and the landlord the defendant , but if head lessors or mortgagees are likely to be affected they should be added as defendants and served by the lessee , or else notice should be given to them that they may apply to be joined if desired . |
| 2 | fact it might be apposite this year to suggest to them that they might like to introduce one or other of the things that we were looking at in there . |
| 3 | No , she says not , she says not all men but she says a lot of them have inbred to them that they ca n't cry and and all that . |
| 4 | Sometimes they fear that the strength of their passion will so endanger relationships which are important to them that they will shut down parts in themselves from which they believe the threat comes . |
| 5 | It may not have occurred to them that they could do the same when viewing video by themselves . |
| 6 | This is closely linked to their passivity : it does not occur to them that they could make changes in their world . |
| 7 | Often it does not occur to them that they can speak up , raise their voices in front of people . |
| 8 | THE French love to smoke and it will come as a shock to them that they can no longer enjoy their Gauloises cigarettes in public . |
| 9 | He then generally obliged the heirs and entrusted to them that they should give and make over to each person whatever he had left them . |
| 10 | Leaving aside any suspicion that people might tend to agree with any suggestion put to them that they should have more information , how helpful can this information be in practice ? |
| 11 | Recognition has to be made of that , erm , of course , that involves costs , and it in involves inconvenience to receivers and , and maybe other creditors but it is essential that er , whoever organizes the receivers , and I 'm not sure who it is , whoever guides them in the way they work , takes account of this , and indicates to them that they must consider the welfare of residents . |
| 12 | Recently I was in Glasgow playing a show and someone remarked to me that they would like to see something written in my column about sevenths . |
| 13 | In 1959 I started to take an interest in flight data recorders and it appeared to me that they ought to be fitted to large public transport aircraft as a legal requirement . |
| 14 | ‘ They have indicated to me that they will be pleased to meet with you and any advisers that you may have . |
| 15 | Now er before the game at the weekend , you you made a point of saying , I want Gary and Gary to show to me that they can do the business . |
| 16 | ‘ They will have a point to prove to me that they should have been on the tour . |
| 17 | The district council actually commented to me that they 'd like to see that entrance opened where that er derelict building is at the top end of Church Street car park , which would be an ideal entrance . |
| 18 | Richard now admitted to himself that they might be lost after all but knew instinctively that saying so to Victoria would destroy the flattering confidence she placed in him . |
| 19 | ‘ Since you 're a very beautiful woman ; we can immediately rule out the possibility that that no one 's ever been sufficiently attracted to you that they would attempt to storm your female bastions — which leaves another couple of options . |
| 20 | Does n't it occur to you that they could be used again ? |
| 21 | on my left said earlier , and wo wo women have a tendency to say yes to everything that they can do , just because they can do it , and they know they can but they tend to heap up far too many obligations , and that causes many carers |
| 22 | The corollary of the theory , of course , is that ads for the cheap , day-to-day , convenience type of product are of so little interest to anybody that they should carry a minimum of information , and that they will even then have great difficulty in achieving any very active response from customers . |
| 23 | When the bows plunged into the slate black water at the bottom it seemed to her that they would go on diving in , engulfed by the on-rushing sea , never to return to the surface . |
| 24 | It seemed to her that they must all know what it contained . |
| 25 | I draw so much attention to myself that they wo n't dare touch me . ’ |
| 26 | Having proved to themselves that they can make successful hardcore tracks , ‘ Temple of Dreams ’ stomps boldly into oddball crossover territory by coating the robo-deth rhythm loop in sugary vocals nicked from 4AD indie band This Mortal Coil . |
| 27 | They will know that their maturing children need not be committed to anything that they will not be free to abandon in later life if they so wish . |