Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may lean towards simple solid-riffing more than the likes of the Babes or the dark Hole , but here , this alternative heavy steel sound has some ecstatic , if not inventive moments . |
| 2 | Improved economic status now gives more elderly people the option of a fairly comfortable retirement which they may prefer to continued employment in unattractive work . |
| 3 | The problems encountered may be entirely physical in nature , as with many people who are physically handicapped , or they may stem from psycho-sexual dysfunction with no physical concomitant whatever . |
| 4 | There are some encouraging signs that they may benefit from rigorous application of competition policy . |
| 5 | They may relate to one institution ( a primary school ) or to several ( linking a number of primary schools to the neighbourhood secondary school ) , they may relate to primary age children within a community centre or youth club , they may simply serve as a bridge between local pre-school playgroups and the schools which the pre-school children will eventually attend . |
| 6 | Although these two types of margin are associated with distinct types of landscape , they may occur in close proximity owing to the tendency of transform faults to contain offset segments or to have a sinuous form rather than being purely straight ( Fig. 3.26 ) . |
| 7 | If the ‘ night forces ’ are given no safe outlet , no proper channelling , they may erupt with disastrous effect . |
| 8 | It is not yet known how the active components of ginseng , compounds called triterpenoidal saponins , achieve these effects , although by analogy with the related steroidal saponins , such as digitalis , they may act on specific cell membranes . |
| 9 | But they must progress without brilliant fly-half Naas Botha , who announced his retirement at the end of his 28th Test . |
| 10 | Visiting staff must use an observation area , if available ; if not , they must conform to local safety rules , including the use of protective clothing . |
| 11 | Yet if you accept that managers change styles to suit the occasion or their mood , it is a small step to suggest that they should aim for constructive change , either tactically or as a permanent shift . |
| 12 | By this he means that they should refrain from sexual intercourse , for no satyāgrahi should desire progeny , which , in Gandhi 's view , is the only legitimate reason for sexual intercourse . |
| 13 | But of course what they mean by involvement varies from one teacher to another , erm and there are certain limits which most teachers feel that they should put on parental involvement . |
| 14 | But they should put in little sort of qualifications like er er they gave people land and if they went off to fight then it would be guaranteed that the land would be tilled . |
| 15 | However , they should prove of considerable interest to researchers and designers . |
| 16 | They should concentrate on non-directive counselling , being careful to avoid dictating solutions . |
| 17 | Even more dubious is the assertion that ‘ they should concentrate on non-directive counselling , being careful to avoid dictating solutions . ’ |
| 18 | And since senators are elected for 9 years , it is natural that they should keep in close touch with the local councillors who elected them — they do n't want to be completely forgotten . |
| 19 | They 've set aside thousands of tonnes of salt which they 'll dump on icy road surfaces to make driving safer . |
| 20 | They discussed for a moment the possibility that they might get into dreadful trouble but discounted it . |
| 21 | Students should be made aware of the above criteria and should be encouraged to carry out their own evaluation of any potential investigation which they might use for summative assessment purposes . |
| 22 | Factories no longer had to generate their own electricity ; more of them were willing to invest in electrical machinery when they could draw on central power supplies . |
| 23 | As early as 1886 , the Scottish Typographical Circular had been moved to remark that " if they could finish without extraneous help the work they begin , they would indeed be very dangerous rivals " . |
| 24 | Even as far back as 1978 the white paper on the nationalized industries welcomed the development of audit committees and the contribution they could make to improved efficiency . |
| 25 | They could engage in foreign trade , and retain 50 per cent of export earnings in foreign currency , but would require Ministry of Foreign Trade approval if they sought foreign capital investment . |
| 26 | Equation ( 6 ) above suggests that they could arise from autoregressive behaviour in investors ' target asset holdings . |
| 27 | Where our Investigation Department operations involved shipping and small craft we were the specialists to whom they could turn for practical assistance . |
| 28 | If on the other hand the signalling cells grew into such a shape that they could come into direct contact with their target organs the chemical signal could be discharged directly at site across the ‘ synaptic ’ gap between the cells . |
| 29 | The sweetener for those who find themselves paying more is that they could qualify for transitional relief which which will cover the increase . |
| 30 | In El Salvador , the peace agreement ended a 60-year period of military dominance by forcing the colonels back into their barracks , and giving guarantees to the left that they could participate in electoral politics without being killed . |