Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may for some reason go to a Mother and Baby Home for a short period before and after they have the baby , or even go to live with foster parents . |
| 2 | In the words of professor John Honnold : A further factor is that States feel more relaxed about harmonizing measures which do not threaten ( even though they may in some degree influence ) long-established concepts and traditions of their own legal systems governing domestic transactions . |
| 3 | However , we have tended to overlook the fact that they may in some circumstances be met in other ways . |
| 4 | Of course in order to be effective anti-viral agents they must at some stage be dependent on a viral enzyme to convert them into their active form , or they must selectively inhibit viral enzymes directly . |
| 5 | They must in some way make these their own — take them into their personal repertoire . |
| 6 | It is vital that they must by some means or other plant the seed of conscience in the young from the very beginning of life , and until some better means can be found , fear and reward must be available to parents for that purpose . |
| 7 | The light was spreading fast and if they were asleep in one of the rock shelters they might at any moment wake and stumble on Marian . |
| 8 | The stone buildings surrounding it seemed less solid in the moonlight , as if they might at any moment shimmer and disappear . |
| 9 | For the world of the established bourgeois was also considered to be basically insecure , a state of war in which they might at any moment become the casualties of competition , fraud or economic slump , though in practice the businessmen who were thus vulnerable probably formed only a minority of the middle classes , and the penalty of failure was rarely manual labour , let alone the workhouse . |
| 10 | This means changing people 's way of thinking and working , maybe breaking down fences and getting them to share information they might for some reason be reluctant to divulge . |
| 11 | It then had to be left to his governors and his staff colleagues to make such use as they could of any combination of qualities which he revealed . |
| 12 | Were the cattle in Rousay and Wyre and Egilsay were they used to that kind of thing ? |
| 13 | They read our body language better than we do ourselves , and signal to us just as they would to each other . |
| 14 | Could n't really , stand out , yes , they did n't stand out as much exhibits as they would with another occasion something else . |
| 15 | ‘ Let us worry about that , ’ said the Captain , who knew exactly what would happen if nobody paid and that they would in all likelihood never find the body . |
| 16 | If they were assertive and asked for what they wanted rather than ‘ manipulated ’ , they would in many cases be more successful . |
| 17 | This rule was founded on a principle of policy , for if sailors were in all events to have their wages , and in times of danger entitled to insist on an extra charge on such a promise as this , they would in many cases suffer a ship to sink , unless the captain would pay an extravagant demand they might think proper to make . ’ |
| 18 | If Coleman was next on the hit list , they would in any case be safer travelling on their own . |
| 19 | They will in this respect resemble our own rules of etiquette . |
| 20 | The Act includes a " citizen-suit " provision , under which individuals can challenge violations of the law , providing they can demonstrate that they will in some way be harmed by the violation . |
| 21 | They will in most cases lead to brain damage , or a range of specific physical abnormalities usually identified as some form of ‘ syndrome ’ . |
| 22 | And as the Press tell all the tales they can of this year 's boat race heros … and heroine ! … |
| 23 | The phrase ‘ rehabilitation ’ denotes no more than the practice of helping individuals to function as well as they can in all areas of their daily life or , more simply , to be happier and more fulfilled people . |
| 24 | As for articles 52 and 221 , in as much as they refer to establishment and participation in capital , they can in any event apply only to persons and not to ships . |