Example sentences of "[Wh adv] they [modal v] [vb infin] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If partnerships find the case proven they should consider how the tensions towards fragmentation might be reduced and how they might come to be a better understanding of the responsibilities and common commitments which are essential in any decentralised organisation . |
| 2 | As a compensation , and as a substitute for the lost narcissism of childhood , ‘ normal ’ people develop an ego ideal , a conception , more emotional than intellectual , of how they would like to be . |
| 3 | Leading journalists covering the particular sport were invited to attend the lunch and to give their views on how the sponsorship could best benefit the sport and on how they would like to be kept in the picture . |
| 4 | I do n't know how , I do n't know how they can stand to be apart . |
| 5 | Neil Tennant may wonder how they can expect to be taken seriously but , to millions of record buyers the world over , they are the ultimate realisation of the rock dream ; tribal passion , myth , commitment and the belief that guitars really can bring down governments . |
| 6 | But this Sunday they 've all got something in common — it 's Father 's Day , the one day of the year when they can expect to be thoroughly pampered and spoiled by the rest of the family for a change . |
| 7 | The females had dropped their young and reared them to the point where they could survive to be next year 's prey . |
| 8 | One can understand why people at risk should wish to have these things , but not why they should expect to be given them free . |
| 9 | Aunt M. nags and nags , and Uncle John said outright that he did n't see why they should have to be responsible for me , when Mother was only half-sister to Aunt Millicent . |