Example sentences of "course they " in BNC.

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1 As Piaget said when he reported the original finding , trying to explain the children 's behaviour away by saying that they ‘ misinterpret the question ’ is circular : of course they are misinterpreting the question and the next question is about cognitive determinants of this misinterpretation — this ‘ non-conservation ’ .
2 Of course they ca n't .
3 Of course they represent a greater investment than PC cards .
4 When he insisted that they were pounds , she looked more closely and then exclaimed : ‘ Of course they 're British — they 've got a picture of Mrs Thatcher on them ! ’
5 ‘ They do n't cost British industry or taxpayers a thing , but of course they take all their expertise abroad .
6 Any decision on taxation has to be taken by the member states unanimously and there now seems little hope that the Commission can deflect them from the course they set out upon yesterday .
7 Coming second , particularly to a course they once owned , is not a little irksome to the amiable Richard Muddle , a former Flat jockey , who allied his vast international racing experience to his father 's business acumen to bring a whole new concept of sound commercial practice to racecourse management in this country .
8 Of course they had not .
9 They have many more management techniques , which we did n't have — which we 've given them — and of course they 've got new ideas coming along as well. , Pearce 's own progression within Esso was a series of the grasped opportunities he talks about enthusiastically .
10 If you go to Wembley on Saturday morning you will see women with wide Jari bordered saris with gold embroidery , with necklaces and bangles — all gold — and of course they do n't wear a coat because the full splendour of their clothes must be revealed — on their feet a pair of decorative Chappals — however cold it might be .
11 In due course they will arrive in Safra to be offloaded over a beach and thence travel by road into the theatre of operations .
12 Of course they did .
13 And of course they will suffer consequences — at the very least those of wasted time and lost opportunities .
14 And of course they will suffer consequences — at the very least those of wasted time and lost opportunities .
15 Yes , of course they did .
16 Of course they do n't !
17 ‘ Of course they 'll not get it , ’ said Keith .
18 ‘ Of course they did n't say that , ’ said Nigel as if to an elderly sloth suffering from senile decay , ‘ but it 's no good me saying , ‘ Sinister , dexter , sinister , dexter , ’ because they wo n't know what I 'm talking about , will they ?
19 ‘ Of course they 're ozone friendly , never use anything else , ’ she assured me , ‘ and we 've got wood-burning stoves . ’
20 ‘ So take the box back with you , ’ she said gently , ‘ and say I would not dream of accepting anything , because of course they are family things .
21 ‘ Of course they do — it means pigs ’ feet , ’ she replied decisively .
22 Of course they had , and remembering had made them examine their arrangements more closely to see if they could not do without their man-servant .
23 Of course they did not produce an abstract treatise on Freedom , in which they laid out principles of action in deductive orderliness .
24 Of course they got used to it , just as they got used to the closing of the railway , the death of the last squire , the demolition of the hall , the theft of the common land .
25 Of course they are wonderful technicians , but this was turning dance into an athletics display , with art almost entirely out of sight .
26 This situation could make receptiveness on ATB courses questionable but the people concerned were certain that if they were looking forward to the course they would ‘ switch over ’ fairly easily .
27 Normally , once these older folk have attended a course they are keen to participate in others .
28 Of course they died from time to time , so there was a light at the end of the tunnel .
29 To each meeting members brought rare plants for general discussion and in due course they decided to publish their findings in a series of illustrated catalogues .
30 How can these men ( of course they are all men ) drive their juggernauts at such insane speeds in such dreadful conditions ?
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