Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Failure to observe them may result in the withdrawal of occupational sick pay and/or statutory sick pay . |
| 2 | The letter " 0 " has many lines of symmetry though all of them must pass through the centre of the letter . |
| 3 | The founding brothers never entrusted anything to paper , fearing that rituals and their interpretation of them might fall into the wrong hands . |
| 4 | Secondly , the triangular relationship between the UK , the USA and the European Community will be examined in order to assess how civil aviation between them might develop in the near future . |
| 5 | The slightest move by either of them could result in the encounter of a foot or , worse still , the brushing of knees . |
| 6 | Either one of them could walk through the door into the hall and end this angry and unhappy meeting . |
| 7 | They spent the day chanting and dancing , and when they came to walk and climb they could be heard speaking Chinese , a language none of them could speak during the rest of the year . |
| 8 | As of the end of June 1991 at least six of these statutes were undergoing the process of appeal which would almost certainly bring them eventually to the Supreme Court , where any of them could serve as the occasion for the reversal of the 1973 landmark abortion rights ruling , Roe v. Wade . |
| 9 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 10 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 11 | well it 's like Elly , you know , I mean even she said she 's , I can really see , she said I even said it in an argument the other day , cos none of them could see at the time |
| 12 | Yet a recent survey showed that a quarter of the ‘ patients ’ do not need to be in a mental institution at all and a half of them could live in the outside world given proper support . |
| 13 | This was now attempted , but I got nowhere near finding out , because none of them would estimate over the phone . |
| 14 | To answer them would go beyond the scope of this book . |
| 15 | ‘ Shelley was elevated to the Bible this morning , ’ one of them would whisper to the other , but they were fond of Mabel and would never hurt her . |
| 16 | Together they had three children , all of them would die in the fire . |
| 17 | Sometimes , before their numbers were made up , one or two of them would come to the edge of Steep Ridgery and look gloomily out over the sea of greenery as though wondering whether they dared set out without waiting longer . |
| 18 | What worries me is that they may break down the wall scrambling over it . |
| 19 | Winnicott observed that such ‘ transitional objects ’ were important , precisely because they may appear to the infant as not fully part of the external world , and therefore not entirely separate from the child 's own body . |
| 20 | If someone dies in hospital , they may rest in the hospital mortuary , or the funeral director will arrange for the body to be taken to the chapel of rest . |
| 21 | Technocrats are ‘ statists ’ who consider that state policies are available to manage all social problems , although in selecting solutions they may lean to the right ( favouring market management and abhorring the inefficiencies of state socialism ) or to the left ( deploring the waste of social resources under capitalism ) . |
| 22 | It is relatively easy to legislate against CFCs — but they may persist in the atmosphere for 100 years , and so will continue to build up ; and it is far harder to suppress N 2 0 production . |
| 23 | Prisoners may complain to the prison authorities or they may complain to the Board of Visitors . |
| 24 | His physical appearance and his rapport with the crowds remind people of his father , Prince Sihanouk , whose reign they may associate with the happier days before the Vietnam war and the Khmers Rouges . |
| 25 | They receive a substantial annual budget from central government coffers , they may borrow from the national loan fund for commercial purposes and they can make use of the proceeds from land sales . |
| 26 | They may lead to the award of a masters ' degree , a postgraduate diploma or certificate , a post-experience diploma or certificate , or a second degree . |
| 27 | There is a degree of autonomy within each of the four countries , and although they may unite in the same objectives ( such as improvements in educational and professional standards ) , each has to be responsive to the nature and demands of its country of origin . |
| 28 | Whilst cost budgets may be based on internal standards , they may depend on the sales volume of the business activity . |
| 29 | They may intervene in the work of some departments but only at the cost of neglecting broad strategy and the work of others . |
| 30 | If your superiors get wind that you are feuding with a fellow employee , they may intervene in the hope of sorting the problem out . |