Example sentences of "they [vb mod] in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claims may not include mesne profits as they may in the High Court , but are confined to claims for non-payment of rent . |
| 2 | As a result of Section 89 of the Companies Act 1985 , if the Directors wish to allot the unissued shares for cash ( other than pursuant to an employee share scheme ) , they must in the first instance offer them to existing shareholders in proportion to their holdings . |
| 3 | The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State , Mrs Virginia Bottomley , reiterated the familiar British line that while the government was ‘ already considering the scope of agricultural restrictions , ’ it ‘ believes that wherever possible , they should in the first event be on a voluntary basis , with compulsory powers being retained as a fall-back . ’ |
| 4 | If in a potentially life threatening situation or one in which irreparable damage to the patient 's health is to be anticipated , doctors or hospital authorities are faced with a refusal by an adult patient to accept essential treatment and they have real doubts as to the validity of that refusal , they should in the public interest , not to mention that of their patient , at once seek a declaration from the courts as to whether the proposed treatment would or would not be lawful . |
| 5 | The issue never addressed is the level to which interest rates should be reduced to enable British industry to compete effectively , let alone give it an edge over the rest of the industrialised world — probably because they have not reached such a level for decades ; nor is there reason to hope they might in the foreseeable future . . |
| 6 | Both men started to dress , taking it in turns to wash as best they could in the small sink perched on the cell wall . |
| 7 | Yet I repeat , as from April , as a result of the Government 's own legislation , they will in the overwhelming majority of these cases no longer possess the powers of constables and thus be able to follow through their investigations . |
| 8 | Women are doing what they can in the controlled zones — this means anything from making tortillas and looking after the kids to political and military work . |