Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] they [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was here some enquiry and the that enquiry as a matter of public policy I understand the documents are n't to be available , even if they assist the police , or if they assist the other side . |
| 2 | Holden calls someone a ‘ phoney ’ if they behave in a superficial way , or if they value the wrong things , for example money and beauty , and are hypocritical in order to be accepted in society . |
| 3 | Or as they descend the Eastern Terrace after climbing Psycho-Killer or MND , which of them notices the flowering profusion at the back of the terrace — the stonecrops , campion , roseroot and saxifrages ? |
| 4 | ON THE eve of the FA Cup semi-finals Labour have hinted that if they win the General Election , Third and Fourth Division grounds may not have to become all-seat , despite the Taylor Report 's recommendations . |
| 5 | The opposition Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) had restated that if they won the next election they would seek a complete ban on low-level flying . |
| 6 | It was clear to them in 1917 that if they smashed the local power structure , they were at least achieving some short-term practical aims , such as grabbing woods , estates , and livestock . |
| 7 | Someone investing in only one or two shares , whether through a PEP or not , is exposed to a much greater risk than if they put the same sum into some form of collective investment . |
| 8 | It said that far too many teachers had the perception that unless they followed the good practice set down by local authority advisers , their career prospects in the city would be blighted . |
| 9 | And that 's for collecting erm words so that when they do the new dictionary all those words that people use and they do |
| 10 | John noticed that as they left the rich pastures of Leinster and rode into Munster the degree of destitution worsened considerably . |
| 11 | Few visible signs of such domestic industries remain , but the fine octagonal market house on the village green at Harrold is where work was distributed among the lace-makers , and where they brought the finished lace to be paid for by the employers . |
| 12 | Teaching effectively in higher education calls for the extraordinary ability on the part of the teacher to bring students to the point where they can distinguish sense from nonsense for themselves , where they can say and do things for themselves and give reasons for so doing which are full of insight , and where they have the intellectual resources to take off under their own steam . |
| 13 | Proprietors of the Marquee Club from its original late '50s berth beneath the Academy Cinema on Oxford Street until 19887 , apart from anything else the Pendletons thought it would be nice to gather their musician friends together for a weekend garden party , and so they staged the National Jazz Festival at Richmond Athletic Ground on August 26/27 , 1961 . |
| 14 | Only a small minority had claimed unemployment benefit before and so they found the complex procedures bewildering and confusing . |
| 15 | Laura Ashley bought substantial amounts of tweed from Cambrian Mill and although they paid the regular price , the company drew upon its charity budget to subsidize this at the rate of a pound per metre . |
| 16 | When cooking with the children we want to finish with something eatable , so we are likely to add the liquid carefully ourselves , but we could let children experiment with the play-dough and if they make the first lot too soggy , more flour and salt can be added without much trouble until they make a ‘ workable ’ dough , and there can be plenty of conversation about too much , too little , a little more , a lot more and enough . |
| 17 | But if you can produce them and like to do it , and if they fit the particular sort of book you are writing , well and good . |
| 18 | And if they want the inverse function as well , then you 've got to restrict the function , the first forward function |
| 19 | We did this or we shut down and if they wanted the latter we should shut down our plants immediately . |
| 20 | Stowmarket gave Clacton a fair thrashing earlier in the season and if they do the same to Loughton it would give Clacton 's title prospects a big boost . |
| 21 | A married couple who are sexually compatible ought to score 3 out of 4 , and if they share the same hobbies , it 's a jackpot . |
| 22 | Retailers , from department stores to supermarkets to newsagents , realise that ultimately it is their consumers who have the purchasing power and freedom of choice , and if they provide the right shopping conditions , with a bright and clean atmosphere , the customer will be enticed into the shop more regularly . |
| 23 | It 's a long-established human set-up , whose name comes from the Old Arcturean quickspeak for ’ family Organization ’ — because they like to affect a patriarchal system and because they demand the same absolute loyalty and devotion that one would show to close kinfolk . |
| 24 | In Australia , in Melbourne Park , a hundred thousand people sat waiting for the Victorian Football League Cup Final , and while they waited the 100 metres was to be relayed on the stadium scoreboard from Seoul . |
| 25 | The case of Doctor Faustus exemplifies how we can not be sure which version of the play was the more common experience of audiences and whether they understood the two versions as offering something markedly different or not . |
| 26 | ‘ The prototypes will enable us to evaluate how the public receives multimedia systems and whether they bring the cultural advantages we 're seeking , ’ said LeCoz . |
| 27 | Geophysicists are perhaps not best known for their romantic souls , and when they invented the dire appellation subduction zone , they probably overlooked the fact that precisely because of all this subterranean frenzy , each one is an area of quite extraordinary beauty . |
| 28 | We were within 5,000 votes and I think when people see how nearly effective the amount of tactical voting was and when they see the Tory support slipping , they will come very strongly over to us . |
| 29 | They made their way back , not to the abbey but the castle , Corbett sending ahead one of his escort to ask Wishart for an audience and when they arrived the old , foxy-faced Bishop was waiting for them in his now sweltering chambers , though still swathed in fur-trimmed robes . |
| 30 | ‘ There is enormous support for the scheme in the town and when they considered the first application , the only resident input came from a small group of people who opposed it , ’ he said . |