Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need to assist people to be economically active where they live may make it expedient to encourage educational support systems linked with other services at the local level . |
| 2 | That is , teachers will take a stance that they know will damage their careers in order to uphold a principle about how the school should run . |
| 3 | Good players have a large vocabulary of patterns that they know will give them an advantage ; these are the ‘ ends ’ . |
| 4 | The key that they thought would enable them to achieve this was palladium , a light grey metal similar to platinum in appearance . |
| 5 | Now they have started again , as investors convince themselves that the worst of the recession is over ; as some junk-bond issuers take advantage of falling interest rates and the stockmarket rally to refinance their debt more cheaply or turn it into equity ; and as bond-raiders speculate in distressed companies that they think may restructure themselves or be taken over . |
| 6 | ‘ In the process of responding to problems people look selectively at their values and historical traditions and select those parts which will reinforce the sort of structure that they think will solve their problems ’ ( Patrick 1975 p.187 ) . |
| 7 | Anyone who thinks they may have become liable to tax since they registered should tell their bank or building society to cancel the registration as soon as possible . |