Example sentences of "but [that] they [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We warned at that time that the underlying quality of these products was questionable but that they might nonetheless enjoy success because quality or lack of it is not apparent in the external appearance of the products . |
| 2 | The British answer was that they would prefer to view the present difficulty in the wider context of the general European refugee situation , but that they might be prepared to consider possible subsequent entry of the Jews to Britain after their return to Germany . |
| 3 | A spokesman for the Assembly stated that it was hoped to hold elections by the end of 1992 , but that they might have to be postponed for a few months given the parlous state of the country . |
| 4 | The evidence on problems of appropriability and the extent of spillovers suggests that such problems exist , but that they may be easy to exaggerate . |
| 5 | It is hoped that social scientists will not only be able to carry out with greater ease and rapidity those types of computation previously undertaken on mainframe computers but that they may also be able to take advantage of the machines ’ ability to handle graphical information . |
| 6 | erm , other than clairify the erm , all solutions were made available to members of the panel as an appendix to the reports to the Policy Panel er , but that they wo n't to all members efficiency but were made available |
| 7 | The council argued that it had adopted a sex equality policy to enable both men and women over 60 to rent elderly persons ' dwellings , but that they would now have to review these ‘ progressive ’ policies . |
| 8 | Then a signal for Stirling from Tactical HQ , Eighth Army , said that the RAF component there was unaware of the resupply operation , but that they would endeavour to arrange the aircraft . |
| 9 | The great danger of the proposals , I said , was not that they would fail to improve our schools , but that they would make them worse . |
| 10 | In the following weeks , readers were told that Diana was reconciled to the fact she would remain married to Charles , but that they would lead separate lives . |
| 11 | A large venture capital organisation , who refused to comment on individual headhunter performance , wrote that on the whole good candidates had been put forward , but that they would not know if there had been any leaks or illegal use of information by search firms . |
| 12 | The general impression conveyed is that these women would not necessarily be more satisfied with work if they saw more people , but that they would certainly be less dissatisfied . |
| 13 | Men in the small discussion groups implied that they might be interested in some of these variations on straight sex , but that they would n't dare suggest them to their partners . |
| 14 | They replied that not only would we need planning permission , but that they would probably not grant it , and even if hey did , its subsequent use would be restricted to river users only . |
| 15 | ALADI officials were reported to have stated that they hoped Mexico would participate in such a scheme but that they would proceed without it . |
| 16 | Minister of Finance Abdul Rahman Mahmoud Hamdi , in London on April 18 for talks with United Kingdom Overseas Development Minister Lynda Chalker , appealed for aircraft for use in the Sudanese relief effort ; the UK authorities said that they regarded an airlift as unnecessary but that they would release British equipment and spare parts for the repair of the Sudanese railway system . |
| 17 | But the Lord Chancellor 's Office who oversee Swindon Crown Court , would only say that security had been reviewed , but that they would n't reveal details . |
| 18 | The basic negotiating position of the United States , presented to the IMF in November 1972 , was that countries should peg their currencies to the SDR , but that they would be obliged to devalue or revalue if their reserves fell below or rose above certain predefined warning levels . |
| 19 | They said it would breach N H S codes of confidentiality but that they would review this decision if Mr was still missing later today . |
| 20 | ‘ No answer , but that they would not pay ’ , they ought not to pay . |
| 21 | He poured himself more whisky , pressing Herr Nordern to have another , too , and saying that he was leading the Norderns into bad ways but that they must forgive him as it was n't very often they saw him , ha ! ha ! and Herr Nordern , while not prepared to accept that he was led by anyone except the leaders of his country , took the whisky , thinking , what the devil , he had worked like a dog all day , and it was true , Karl would not be with them much longer and they would probably never see him again and , he had to confess , he would n't mind if he never saw him again as long as either of them lived . |
| 22 | Next year he will begin to bring it ‘ up to date ’ and emphasise that honours should not be automatically awarded to people who have kept their noses clean in certain jobs , but that they must be earned . |
| 23 | In A. G. v. Guardian Newspapers ( No. 2 ) ( H.L. , 1988 ) it was accepted that the Crown had a right to attempt to restrain disclosure of confidential information relating to the operation of the security services but that they must establish that the disclosure was in some way damaging to the public interest . |
| 24 | It is government 's intention that departmental reports need not follow a standardized format , or ‘ housestyle ’ , but that they must include certain common core components . |
| 25 | It was realized fairly early on that the proton and other hadrons such as the pi meson could not be truly elementary particles , but that they must be bound states of other particles called quarks . |
| 26 | The client should be told that if he or she wishes to discuss the claim , this will generally be welcomed but that they must make an appointment first . |
| 27 | Mark , aware of the problem , records that the reaction of the chief priests and Scribes was to look for some way to get rid of Jesus , but that they could not do so at that moment because Jesus was popular with the people . |
| 28 | Poulson and Associates made it clear that they were not a ‘ financial development company ’ but that they could locate a suitable such investor for the scheme . |
| 29 | I think that teachers need to know people that they can turn to for further advice , but that they could familiarize themselves much more with what , as it were , they can do in the first instance by screening children , by using there are number of published materials , learning inventories , that can be used to discover whether a child has some difficulties that might point in this direction of dyslexia . |
| 30 | He claims not only that the parties to the original position will avoid choosing any particular perfectionist principle as a constituent of their doctrine of justice , but that they will not even accept a doctrine of justice including an agreed process for determining which perfectionist principle should be implemented in the state . |