Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may no longer have children to provide for . |
| 2 | Sampdoria showed in the Makita Tournament at Leeds that they may not greatly miss Gianluca Vialli , sold to Juventus . |
| 3 | True , they are playing with great danger , but they may never really experience communion with the evil force behind astrology . |
| 4 | In nearby Offenham they are worried they 'll lose thousands of pounds producing crops because they 'll no longer have specialist advice on their doorstep . |
| 5 | Ian is determined not to let her go , and even if they do n't get married they 'll almost certainly become lovers , which will make things extremely awkward . ’ |
| 6 | Hells bells ! they could not even spell teem ! |
| 7 | At Altnagelvin Hospital , Londonderry , nursing staff said they could not ethically give information , but details eventually were given after correspondence with the Western Board ; |
| 8 | Like the Robinson-Pattisson connection they could also easily cross lines of religious affiliation . |
| 9 | But they could equally well deem Mr Lo 's proposals to enjoy popular support — since Mr Lo is , as it happens , vice-chairman of China 's own Basic Law Consultative Committee — and adopt those instead . |
| 10 | In some , e.g. , the United Kingdom and France , judges are permitted to attend ( pursuant either to a declaration under the Convention or other procedures ) but it has been rare for them to do so and they could normally only ask questions with the leave of the court . |
| 11 | In the last two decades the number of people saying they could no longer do jobs about the house or enjoy their hobbies because of sickness has steadily risen . |
| 12 | On Jan. 10 the prefect of the Timis administrative region , the mayor of Timisoara , the region 's police commander and other officials tendered their resignations to the government , saying that they could no longer control events . |
| 13 | Laura said " used " because letters were no longer brought by the postman ; after he had fallen twice from Maurice 's ill-secured gangplank , the whole morning 's mail soaked away in the great river 's load of rubbish , the GPO , with every reason on its side , had notified the Reach that they could no longer undertake deliveries . |
| 14 | They could no longer plead ignorance of God . |
| 15 | Then long-term account holders were told that when they reached sixty they could no longer use BR 's own rail warrants but had to switch to credit cards on which a commission is payable . |
| 16 | Some only found out when their supplier told them that they could no longer buy tetra unless they could certify that it was going to be used in a ‘ non-dispersive manner ’ — ie not as a solvent even in a closed system . |
| 17 | This criticism was in part a reflection of the call made by the Report of the Committee on Physical Deterioration for greater physical and mental education for adolescents , but it also pointed to the three main criticisms of clubs which were reiterated years later by Freeman : that they could only really provide amusement ; that their positive educational value was small ; and that they failed to reach the mass of boys . |
| 18 | They could quite easily form part of the agenda for the annual review of these institutions in their new roles . |
| 19 | In a carefully negotiated settlement Charles and Diana agreed they would work side by side in public as long as they could live totally separate lives . |
| 20 | Sixthly , each robot would have to know that the other had these properties , and know that each knew that , otherwise they could hardly rationally plan actions dependent on the other 's plans . |
| 21 | In Richmal Crompton 's School Is a Waste of Time ! , which we have recently published , he is recorded as saying that MP 's ‘ have n't anything to do but make speeches and they need n't even make speeches if they do n't feel like it and they 're paid money whether they make speeches or not , which seems very nice for the MPs … |
| 22 | Even if later generations of beam weapons could provide better shields against nuclear attack , they would probably only buy time in the arms race . |
| 23 | It was at this moment that the Danzig dockers union , inspired as much by anti-Polish sentiment as by fellow feeling for Soviet brother-workers , decided that they would no longer handle supplies and munitions destined for Poland . |
| 24 | The statement followed assurances from country 's warring factions that they would no longer block aid convoys or distribution . |
| 25 | In April 1990 Starkist Seafood , the world 's largest tuna canner with 35 per cent of the huge US market , announced that they would no longer buy tuna which had been caught by encircling dolphins . |
| 26 | In mid-1990 the three largest US companies selling canned tuna fish , accounting for 70 per cent of the US market , had announced that they would no longer buy tuna caught in nets which also caught dolphins . |
| 27 | John 's aim had been to frighten them so that they would not again attack Derek . |
| 28 | A person with HIV might fall ill with an infection or condition not on the CDC list , and they might be very ill indeed , but they would not necessarily have AIDS . |
| 29 | Those candidates exercise their freedoms and I defend those freedoms — If the freedoms which Conservative Members say they want to uphold were so widespread , they would not only define freedom in terms of the power to own shares in a company but would seek to defend it in terms of being able to get a job in that company , in a country with getting on for 2.5 million unemployed . |
| 30 | they would n't just accept rent reductions from |