Example sentences of "they [verb] that [adj] [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | Student leaders say they fear that young people could be brainwashed by the organisation . |
2 | They fear that such schemes could lead to disciplinary action against sub-standard teachers and to the beginnings of a merit pay system . |
3 | There are five chicks living in the nest and they fear that bad luck will follow if they remove it . |
4 | 's ( 1965 ) three dimensions and in a survey of heads of household in Illinois , found that socioeconomic status generally accounted for more of the rural-urban variation than either occupation or residence , and then rejected Bealer 's approach when they argued that future work should concentrate on single-dimension variables . |
5 | They argued that such gifts could influence the buyer 's objectivity , and that they should be restricted to such nominal items as calendars , diaries , pens , etc . |
6 | They argued that some groups can consciously or unconsciously put up barriers to the public discussion of issues . |
7 | They recommended that this aspect should not be changed . |
8 | They suggest that peculiar factors may account for the high levels recorded on a limited number of ground-based instruments . |
9 | They suggest that this factor may be related to genetic abnormality or more rapid progression of growth in younger women . |
10 | on the one hand the transport federation and the confederation support the demands of the railway sector at the negotiating table , and on the other hand , let us say , they also call for prudence and moderation when they realise that these demands may not be achievable , and rather than lead people over the precipice and into more strikes that will not have positive outcomes , they recommend the adoption of an approach based on increased dialogue and the moderation of demands . |
11 | They realise that improved techniques may disprove today 's theory , and so they no longer use the terms , true and false , right or wrong , but only value a theory for it 's usefulness at the time . |
12 | 17.5 These points are relevant both to programmes of study and to assessment , since they show that linguistic forms can not be corrected or assessed independently of their purpose . |
13 | The attempt to answer claims that psychological attitudes affect survival in cancer patients is reported today in The Lancet from researchers in California , but they add that other factors may have influenced the results . |
14 | They showed that such models could start with a big bang , even though the galaxies were no longer always moving directly away from each other , but they claimed that this was still only possible in certain exceptional models in which the galaxies were all moving in just the right way . |
15 | While both the IMF and the World Bank donor countries appeared satisfied with the progress of budgetary and monetary reforms , they indicated that increased efforts should be made to restructure the public services and parastatal bodies . |
16 | Sometimes they assume that such relations can be altered by intervening at this purely psychological level . |
17 | The offer is there and is open to senior police officers if they believe that such batons would be of advantage to their forces . |
18 | Wholeness of body , mind and soul should be the prior concern of all Christians and they believe that this wholeness can be found through faith . |
19 | It is possible that although the politicians and administrators most closely involved know that the appearance of immense progressivity is a sham , they believe that this appearance will deceive others into thinking that such objectives are being achieved . |
20 | Assume that they believe that sufficient liquidity will be achieved if 10 per cent of their assets are held as balances with the Bank of England . |
21 | If things are as bad as the hon. Gentleman says , will my right hon. Friend ask the business men why the west midlands has managed to attract so much investment in manufacturing from abroad , why foreign countries have chosen to locate in the United Kingdom and whether they believe that those people would stay if they had to experience the burden of heavy taxation , job losses and days lost in strikes that would occur with the return of a Labour Government ? |
22 | They believe that any newcomer would take months to come to grips with what has gone wrong at Ferranti and would as a consequence be worse placed to negotiate a rescue for the group . |
23 | They have taken this position not because they are resistant to change , but because they believe that these proposals will politicise the British Police Service and they are in my view entirely right to have that view . |
24 | This is because a very common thing among people with mental illness , which is not properly understood , is the way they feel that other people can read their mind . |
25 | Most companies , although indicating a preference for locally manufactured equipment , have made extensive use of suppliers from outside Wales , generally because they feel that local suppliers can not meet their needs . |
26 | They decided that packed lunches should be standard-rated from 1 July . |
27 | They suppose that collective responsibility can be assigned only through something like the first method we noticed in the accident example . |
28 | They demanded that special consideration should be given to new OECD states , such as those in Eastern Europe , to ensure that these did not become a future dumping ground for EC waste . |
29 | They wanted to stay in Croatia , but they felt that continued conflict would only threaten their own personal security and future . |
30 | It was a private lair , and though they 'd often wished to have a fire they 'd never done so — not because they feared for the dry wood of the spinney but because they knew that rising smoke would sooner or later be investigated . |