Example sentences of "they [vb base] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although homoeopathy is appealing to the lay practitioner , and the number of lay colleges is increasing rapidly in this country at the present time , such developments are viewed askance by some of the medically qualified practitioners mainly because they fear that lay homoeopaths will not possess an adequate grasp of basic medical principles — a fear reflected in the recent BMA report on alternative medicine . |
| 2 | One major reason why many individuals may shy away from a very redistributive budget or a generous negative income tax scheme is that they fear that attempts to share the economic cake ( GNP ) more evenly will reduce its size because of disincentive effects . |
| 3 | They fear that having separated post and telecommunications , France Telecom will receive the lion 's share of the budget and may ultimately be privatised altogether . |
| 4 | They insist that insecticide resistance , due in the main to their agricultural usage , is the principal cause of failures to reduce malaria transmission by an attack with them on the mosquito vectors . |
| 5 | By that they mean that multiplying them together in either order would have to give the same result . |
| 6 | It is easy to escape this issue by saying that the discourses of the two groups have little in common ; but discourse analysis should teach us that it is as likely to be our attitude to what they say that categorizes them . |
| 7 | Well , they say that remarks that they would feel were friendly remarks directed towards students they stop themselves from saying and examine and think if I say that will I make her feel uncomfortable ? |
| 8 | ‘ What can happen in one 's middle-fifties one can be bugged by something they say that makes you react as if you are six . |
| 9 | Governors admit they knew of an association between the 2 men , but they say that gave them no cause for concern . |
| 10 | Everyone who lives alone makes the breakthrough when they realise that living alone is not a prison sentence or a state to be endured . |
| 11 | Being a consultant in communicable disease control , I know that many trainees turn away from this vocation when they realise that making control of infection their special interest would diminish their chances of becoming a director . |
| 12 | ‘ They show that churning out pamphlets and booklets is ineffective if consumers can not understand the messages . ’ |
| 13 | They show that grants worth about £350 million were made last year , the first full year of means-tested grants , compared with £1 billion in 1989 . |
| 14 | They show that improving the vitamin A intake of young children in areas where xerophthalmia exists , even at low prevalence , should be a high priority for both health and agricultural services . |
| 15 | They know that luring foreign investors will be impossible if foreigners can not make telephone calls . |
| 16 | they know that goes on yeah it is silly |
| 17 | They know that to flaunt Socialism would make them unelectable . |
| 18 | I mean , they know that working |
| 19 | They assume that plant some will be preferred over plan some in the context Tell the gardener … because planting and gardeners are semantically related . |
| 20 | Even if they pass that test they still have to pass the second hurdle of being " in consumer use " when the defect arises . |
| 21 | ‘ They spit that bit out . ’ |
| 22 | But many Tory MPs are — and they believe that taking the holiday cast huge doubts over Mr Mellor 's judgment . |
| 23 | Now every opinion poll in er Britain for the last twenty two years has said that they believe that has shown that the people believe that the troops should not be in Northern Ireland . |
| 24 | They feel that to explain everything will be to destroy the beauty of nature , but they are wrong . |
| 25 | They consider that it may be demeaning for a client to be ‘ helped ’ by a volunteer ; they consider that a person working for no pay is being exploited ; and they feel that volunteering confirms a sexist role model because it is mainly women supported by wage-earning husbands who volunteer . |
| 26 | They feel that to embark on such an undertaking might spiritually jeopardise their work . |
| 27 | They feel that working alongside disabled students gives a particular significance to their teaching and learning . |
| 28 | They state that neutered dogs may be exhibited , but if he has his hernia repaired , your vet may insist on informing the Kennel Club . |
| 29 | They reckon that dubbing French dialogue on to the kids ' favourite soaps will keep them switched on in class . |
| 30 | Even more pointedly , they argue that dealing with one client may increase the burden on others in equal need . |