Example sentences of "which they [modal v] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | If objectives from the higher categories of Bloom 's taxonomy are included , where students are asked to make judgements , to criticise and evaluate ; and if students are given a range of objectives from which they may make their own choices and even , at the later stages of training , are encouraged to write their own , then this will go a long way to meeting this criticism . |
| 2 | But it is also true that journalists and editors know full well that public relations is an important source of information for their work and often can be the instrument through which they may obtain their story . |
| 3 | Create a training incentive for firms through the introduction of a levy equal to 2% of payroll , from which they would deduct their expenditure on training . |
| 4 | True scientists are always willing to state the conditions under which they would abandon their theories and to accept a refutation when the conditions turn out to hold . |
| 5 | To our surprise it was only possible to predict in half the patients the point at which they would block their coronary artery . |
| 6 | Human beings chose the imagery through which they would capture their understanding of God . |
| 7 | The persons assigned to act as regional commissioners were placed on standby and the secret bunkers from which they would control their regions were prepared for occupation . |
| 8 | The success subjects should be expected to have in this matching process and the situations under which they would change their target levels are not clear . |
| 9 | She flew into a rage and vowed she would not accept Silas 's ring until he 'd evicted that bossy , domineering woman from the house in which they would begin their married life . ’ |
| 10 | The whole thing hidden beneath layers of ice and rock , untraceable from the air : a flexible and formidable system of defences from which they would launch their attack on the Seven . |
| 11 | Most of the living cephalopods also have an ink sac which injects a smoky fluid into the water when the animal is threatened , under cover of which they can make their own jet-propelled escape . |
| 12 | In a new pool they often die because the water has not matured and there is insufficient debris on the pool floor in which they can make their home . |
| 13 | For the Prime Minister and his colleagues , the House can be useful in providing a forum in which they can explain their policies and it is , in any case , necessary to legalize government actions and to vote money . |
| 14 | The loose , fine tufts of roots of these plants will provide an ideal haven for the fish , and also spawning areas in which they can lay their eggs . |
| 15 | On telemarketing , the code insists that companies must ring up prospective clients at reasonable hours , do not use high pressure sales tactics and allow prospective purchasers a ‘ cooling off ’ period during which they can change their minds . |
| 16 | Their grant has been frozen in real terms at much below the level at which they could expect to survive on it ; they have been denied entitlement to income support , housing benefits and rebates ; there are no jobs with which they can supplement their incomes during vacations ; and those who find themselves desperately hard up discover , when they turn to the hardship fund , that it has already been exhausted . |
| 17 | Increasingly , however , the professionals concerned are finding ways in which they can do their own jobs properly , while working together for the child 's benefit . |
| 18 | Bearing in mind that the elderly often most enjoy visits that are on a one-to-one basis , during which they can ventilate their anxieties and have the undivided attention of a sympathetic listener , it is not always a good idea to arrive with several young children in tow , if they can be happily parked elsewhere . |
| 19 | This is an expanding market of course and potential sponsors are constantly searching for an appropriate product on which they can lavish their money . |
| 20 | ‘ Defence has been perfected to a remarkable degree , ’ he said , ‘ and I have heard it suggested that through its further development football may be brought to a state of stalemate … it will be a sorry reflection on forwards if they have not the intelligence , the inventiveness to devise means by which they can carry their attack to a successful end . ’ |
| 21 | Most teleost fish are equipped with gas-filled ‘ swim-bladders ’ , with which they can adjust their buoyancy to the particular depth . |
| 22 | This doctrine appears in an altered form in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads where Wordsworth tells us that he had written about ‘ low and rustic life … because in that situation the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity ’ . |
| 23 | This is supported by Wordsworth 's defence of his choice of the common people as subject matter — ‘ Low and rustic life was generally chosen , because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity … ’ |
| 24 | Decision-makers do not have a ‘ blank sheet ’ upon which they can inscribe their own policy proposals and supersede what came before . |
| 25 | Which means that we talk to them about a reasonable rate at which they can pay their rent . |
| 26 | However , where the theoretician can help managers is in providing some framework into which they can put their observations about goals . |
| 27 | Counselling seeks to present troubled individuals with a ‘ mirror ’ through which they can assess their social performance , and the reasons which lie behind its success or failure , its quality or lack of quality . |
| 28 | Thus even for the privileged few the length of time during which they can enjoy their peak earnings is being restricted . |
| 29 | But Barclays ' Vine-Lott says few people ask the price at which they can sell their shares . |
| 30 | Under the Law Society 's Scheme , representatives who are not accredited will have a period of six months during which they can develop their skills by being paid for work on less serious cases . |