Example sentences of "they [verb] that [det] [noun pl] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say that such towers stand in Alice Springs , in Cove , Oregon , in Timbuktu and Petra and downtown Samarkand . |
| 2 | They show that those tests have nothing to do with the amount spent per pupil in individual authority areas — some of the biggest spenders were right down at the bottom . |
| 3 | Although they accept that these numbers include practising Christians unable — or unwilling — to pay the tax , they believe that most are people who have long drifted away from the church . |
| 4 | They know that some things happen after other things . |
| 5 | They maintain that these factors require markets to be backed by a set of institutional and cultural frameworks to correct for the inadequacies of the market , in particular the need for non-market based contracts and arrangements between economic agents . |
| 6 | They assume that people know where their own best interests lie ; they assume that people will automatically participate in politics if their interests are threatened ; and they assume that all interests possess the " potential " to organise and be influential in politics . |
| 7 | While certainly not denying the potential influence of certain characteristics of cities ( though they would dispute some , and point to others as being more effects than causes of urban decline ) , they argue that these factors have to be considered in the light of what is happening to industry itself . |
| 8 | They argue that these men have suffered bad childhood experiences which have prevented their normal development . |