Example sentences of "they [verb] that [adj] [noun] could " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Most parents dreamed of their offspring becoming lawyers , doctors , teachers — professions they thought that good schooling could provide . |