Example sentences of "[vb mod] change things " in BNC.
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| 1 | Death should change things , but nothing changes here . |
| 2 | ‘ It was kind of Anne to think of it and not condemn us , but — well , we 've managed so far being discreet about it , and I do n't think we should change things now . ’ |
| 3 | So you 're saying the consumer pressure could could change things ? |
| 4 | For any particular trade a period of bad times could change things , and secondly , some trades could experience a permanent decline , leaving members with only a fading memory of better times . |
| 5 | This ‘ position ’ has become a ritual , where the word is repeated as if that would change things . |
| 6 | It would change things … the mind things . |
| 7 | Friends , as we speak today about South Africa , we speak about transition transition from February nineteen ninety when De Klerk said that he would change things and he did change things and they were dramatic changes and then we had apartheid with a liberal dispensation . |
| 8 | The other thing that tends to happen in post-olympic years is people look at rule books and different types of competition and there is a sort of atmosphere of I think we ought to change things . |
| 9 | I would only add that although the behaviour of some of our major construction companies is a little short of criminal in some cases , no amount of legislation will change things unless subcontractors are prepared to band together and take a much firmer stance against some of their tactics ( they could start by employing members of the Institute perhaps ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Of course , it will change things a bit . |
| 11 | YES , YOU CAN CHANGE THINGS ! |
| 12 | ‘ Nah , 'cos you do n't have to drop out , like , completely , the Sixties ’ people , right , or the crusties or whatever dropped out , and that did n't change anything , but you can change things sort of from the inside . ’ |
| 13 | Erm now er if intuition is the dominant thing and you 're an extrovert , then you erm really need situations er where you can change things . |
| 14 | Given the resources available to men ( 99 percent of the world 's resources ) and the few available to women , and given the institution of male power in every dimension of the education system — grounded deep in the structures , the language and the social context of every exchange — it is unrealistic to imagine that individual women , men of good will , or students , however energetic , resourceful and determined , can change things single handed . |
| 15 | How can we appeal to part time workers and convince them that we can change things for the better , many of whom are home workers who are working in appalling conditions and often for less than fifty pence an hour ? |
| 16 | Extraordinary how events coming right out of the blue can change things . |
| 17 | And if that can change things , so much the better |
| 18 | It 's that sort of change that I think is extremely significant , and I think it happens for women very much at that stage , when they have been through those sorts of experiences themselves , so one way in which I think that we can change things is — and help people to change things for themselves — is very much to support and develop those kinds of second change erm access , returning to education , returning to work , type projects as very much part of mainstream education and employment , and I would like to see a much greater range of those sorts of projects available for people and erm a lot more government resources into supporting that kind of provision . |
| 19 | Maybe we ought to hope that more people will be angry in ways that actually mean that we can change things . |