Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb mod] actually [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , they mark with a ‘ D ’ many more than they can actually use . |
| 2 | He says he realised something terrible was going to happen , but he never thought that they would actually set light to the car . |
| 3 | Informally put , in the case of an oligopolistic market this can be achieved by an agreement which specifies that the punishing firms choose outputs or prices which yield them higher profit than at the collusive allocation , so that they would actually gain in the punishment phase . |
| 4 | And Elizabeth Williams , who lived at a time when universities were so enlightened that they would actually permit women to sit examinations ( but not , alas , be awarded a degree ) . |
| 5 | There were no great expectations that they would actually enjoy the experience , let alone learn anything really worthwhile . |
| 6 | The Phoenix Arts Centre in Leicester is trying to shake off its persistent image of being just too highbrow for words and it is striving to show the general public that they might actually enjoy some of the things that go on there . |
| 7 | Well they just kind of recognized the principles do n't they but they do n't ensure that they 'll actually put them into practise . |
| 8 | Moreover , in the case of negatively valenced emotions there is evidence that they may actually impair recall . |
| 9 | Then I had to open the bags so that they could actually see the fish . |
| 10 | Er we said last week that the on the only , the only real way that the peasants were gon na er mobilize was if they , they thought that they could actually win and so surely the violence would have been a means of saying we 're a credible force to be reckoned with |
| 11 | In a typically wild , rollicking rugby evening , with mayhem breaking out everywhere , the local lads had a marvellous time with the Cup , knocked out that they could actually touch the code 's most holy object . |
| 12 | One reason was for communications , but another reason that was rather intriguing to scientists was that they could actually look at stars and look at the space between the stars and use a different region of the spectrum , in particular the radio region . |
| 13 | Yeah , but basically from , from that programme all , all the er , you can see all the resources were really being used all week and , but I had a problem when we came to do the bedrooms that er , you can there , we ran out of work for the decorators to do er removing this thing , once you 've removed and then I managed to squeeze in , but where the second decorator 's erm up to room twenty-three but rather than erm have just one gang than , and not , not using as many as the resources as we possibly could I let them gave the second gang a few rooms that they could actually squeeze in without interrupting I 've let them do up to room twenty-three and then and then basically the carpenting and they have to come in after everybody else has done what they Monday morning basically we just decided that we really needed more resources the earlier sequence of events to , to get so we were getting to so whether we 've been given |
| 14 | There are a number of , sort of a dictionary of useful phrases , I mean you actually used one or two just now , and one of the things that we suggest is that people when they 're not under the pressure of being in the studio , which after all for them is alien territory , that they should actually have one or two of these useful phrases which do cover a , a multitude of embarrassing situations , if you want to put it that away . |
| 15 | There 's a there 's a chance that they will actually refer you on . |
| 16 | Although the National Co-operative Research Act in the US and the block exemption in Europe have a number of attractive and sensible features , there exists little hard evidence to suggest that they will actually have much of an effect on the rate of innovation in the US or in Europe . |
| 17 | The consequence will be that they will actually become so . |
| 18 | Regional task forces estimate , however , that the gap between the hours stipulated in most juniors ' contracts and the hours that they will actually work is about five to 10 hours a week . |
| 19 | And , it 's only if this committee decides to take a hand in pushing environmental issues forward , that they will actually come about , except , almost by accident . |
| 20 | And I think that if people who are still smoking , and I think nearly every smoker is unhappy with their habit , if they will remember that and think that they can actually do something for the next generation , it 's not their fault , there are people out there , there are forces out there who are forced them to start smoking and who are trying to get the generation to start . |
| 21 | I am told by those who have responsibility for the care and custody of young people that they can actually do something with them over that period — but little can be achieved with a young man in one or two months . |
| 22 | But they can only do that if they 're actually away that they , they are aw that they can actually do it . |
| 23 | So we 're going to talk about things like repackaging , restating in forms which are useful to the media , so that they can actually do some of your work for you . |
| 24 | They actually involve like participating in training that they can actually try out the techniques and they and they can try out the techniques in the training and on the job as well . |
| 25 | How can they ensure that they can be effective , that is , that they can actually provide services as well as providing assessments ? ii If we go along the road of having dementia teams then what is the best management structure ; for such a team ? |
| 26 | They are possessed of a handful of skills and attributes which many of the rest of us lack , such as numeracy , and a general ungullability , and ( presumably ) a penchant for cryptography , so that they can actually penetrate and comprehend the tortuous laws and regulations they must administer . |
| 27 | A physiotherapist stated , for instance : ‘ What we want to develop in them is the motivation to try and tackle society , take it head on so that they can actually say I want to go and do this , I want to go and do something else . ’ |
| 28 | It 's only later on when they 're more experienced that they can actually say , well hang on a minute I can do more for this person and I 'm going to do more for this person . |
| 29 | Somebody actually writing in , as somebody did yesterday , because they want to deliver erm some w some elderly ladies want to deliver some goods into an area wh where tr traffic restrictions exist , and they want some help so that they can actually park their car whilst they unload . |
| 30 | So that they can actually get out of their cot and have a move for five minutes but |