Example sentences of "[that] they [verb] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Good players have a large vocabulary of patterns that they know will give them an advantage ; these are the ‘ ends ’ . |
| 3 | The key that they thought would enable them to achieve this was palladium , a light grey metal similar to platinum in appearance . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 ) . |