Example sentences of "that they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] a " in BNC.

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1 1 If the centre parties gain a clear majority in a future Parliament then they claim that they would immediately introduce a bill to effect proportional representation .
2 However , in a statement issued on June 30 the Khmers Rouges made it clear that they would only accept a SNC with representation from the four parties on an equal footing .
3 Delegates rejected the concept of a federal state and made it clear that they would only accept a proportional representation system based on one-person-one-vote in a unitary state .
4 Although they discussed the mystery at length , it was clear that they would never reach a solution to the puzzle of the man 's presence at Thorsbury and whether or not it was with Tamar 's knowledge .
5 Some had lost faith in their marriage , some in hope for promotion , some on discovering that they would never have a child .
6 She saw , too , that they would never get a better moment to start the final , grand hudson .
7 And erm Maisy and Freda say that they would still like a few bottles and that for the stall please .
8 By 1719 its absorption of so much of the unfunded debt was suggesting to ministers that they might also shift a proportion of the funded debt its way .
9 ‘ Panspermia ’ , as a word , therefore refers to those theories which insist that life came to Earth because ‘ spores ’ were somehow blasted off into space in the hope that they might eventually encounter a life-supporting planet — like Earth .
10 So I said erm if we say increase to five pounds now , they do n't have to , but it means that they 'll probably have a significant unit holding , you know , to compensate them .
11 Do n't put beds or chests in front of them and fit a safety catch so that they 'll only open a little way .
12 Well he 's gone on seven days of the week complaining about so and so we 'll just narrow that down to one article about his his complaint that they may just make a little note he 's complained seven times about this !
13 I know people mean well , but they should realise that they could easily offer a child fruit like an apple or a banana instead .
14 There had been an almighty family row a fortnight before : Tristram had remarked that she was overworked and that they could easily afford a servant , and Harry had taken exception to the suggestion .
15 The Elves knew that they could barely spare a single warrior from their forces and yet they knew that if mankind failed then the forces of Chaos in the Old World would be free to aid the Dark Elves .
16 Trade unionists knew that they could only achieve a limited level of their ambitions through industrial means and they realized that they needed working class MPs to support them in parliament .
17 They had four children and not much income and in those days believed like the rest of the middle class that they could only find a good education for their boy at an independent fee-paying school .
18 So he said that they could perhaps take a look round to see were there any secluded windows anywhere or any openings where they might just squeeze through .
19 The UK Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , described the ruling as " grossly offensive and totally unjustified " and claimed that " such a judgment will encourage terrorists to the view that they will probably find a safe haven in Ireland " .
20 We have just seen that banks have the power to create money through lending and that they will frequently have a commercial interest in so doing .
21 It seems likely from Gregory v Kelly [ 1978 ] RTR 426 that they will simply take a global figure , and not aggregate separate percentages for each type of contributory negligence .
22 Now for a motor car I think you can say that the practical desirabilities of a car , and the acceleration and performance and looks are very important , one could also say that the fact that many people have their cars bought for me by the firm they work for means that they will therefore buy a larger car than they would if it was their own money that they were spending , so the market for cars is perhaps not one which is determined by energy efficiency or even optimum efficiency in terms of people 's and prestige is coming into it as much as these other factors and it is determined by who pays the money .
23 The country can not be properly served by a Government who pretend that they can somehow call a halt to or defer the agreed purpose of the rest of the Community .
24 Couples do not , therefore , have to delay marriage in order to ensure that they can adequately support a larger family .
25 It is inconceivable that they can now have a secure future in Lebanon , whether or not state authority is restored .
26 And of course all that is a play-off against you know keeping that franchisee er involved and keeping them feeling that they can still make a profit .
27 They call this the ‘ coercive hypothesis ’ when both the parent and the child learn that they can occasionally win a battle by shouting louder or hitting harder .
28 For such patients we have adopted a policy of exercise testing on the one hand to convince them that they can often do a lot more than they feel like doing , and on the other hand to pick up the occasional patient who has severe residual ischaemia but is not declaring it .
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