Example sentences of "[adv] they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man like that can always replace his front-line troops , so to get only them would have been pointless . ’ |
| 2 | The parents were glad of a helping hand so them could have some time to themselves . |
| 3 | Furthermore they can move without the constraining presence of the very noticeable uniform and its ‘ big hat ’ . |
| 4 | As we 've seen , until the fences were raced over , no-one could do more than guess how stiff they would turn out to be . |
| 5 | Yes , better they should see the plans for a nuclear submarine than this ! |
| 6 | It could be some months yet before the pensioners know how much they 'll get , and when they 'll get it . |
| 7 | Joked about how much they might pay . |
| 8 | Further opposition came from those who , no matter how much they might desire British association with their ambitions , saw a free trade area as a retrograde step , and feared its adverse effect upon the ultimate goal of political unity . |
| 9 | Almost all modern economists , however much they might resist such classification , are drawn to one of two camps . |
| 10 | They did not know at the beginning of the week how much they would bring home at the end . |
| 11 | She stared at the car lights going by on the ceiling and thought about her Diary and wondered how much they would pay her for it . |
| 12 | He will be able to tell them about the Labour party 's opposition to discounts , but he will not be able to tell them how much they would pay under the Labour party system , because the Labour party will not say . |
| 13 | In February 1929 Irwin had written to the Secretary of State of a conversation with Gandhi that ‘ what was interesting ’ was his statement that , if Indians were at liberty to order their own future , ‘ we should be astonished by how much they would desire to leave in our hands through lack of self-confidence ’ . |
| 14 | The major opposition to the poll tax came to the fore only when people realised how much they would have to pay . |
| 15 | At the same time the British leaders , although they soon realized just how much they would have to concede in order to regain American confidence and backing , were largely unshaken in their belief that in Middle Eastern affairs they were the true experts compared with the Americans . |
| 16 | The overriding anxiety for the employees was what benefits they could claim and how much they would receive . |
| 17 | Their children have grown up , perhaps left home and , however much they may love their parents , they no longer need them in the same way . |
| 18 | Neither I nor my colleagues are afraid of the hon. Member for Carrick , Cumnock and Doon Valley ( Mr. Foulkes ) or his hon. Friends who represent Ayrshire , however much they may frighten each other . |
| 19 | How I would love to be proved wrong by any one of them but parents and boys deserve my honest opinion , however much they may hate me for it . |
| 20 | What is becoming increasingly evident is how much we have to learn from dolphins — and how much they may have to teach us . |
| 21 | Once they had established that all men were equal before God and that all men were theoretically capable of finding out , for themselves , what God demanded of them , they could not confine that principle to the religious sphere , no matter how much they may have wanted to . |
| 22 | However much they may have disliked such labels they were unavoidable as the dramatic jump in their lifestyle was to have an equally powerful , and highly visible , effect on the company . |
| 23 | Motability forwards the form to Blackpool and within 4–6 weeks will inform you how much they will pay towards the costs . |
| 24 | If you need to use them , you now have a record of how much they will cost , in advance . |
| 25 | The document does not explain how these changes will be implemented or how much they will cost . |
| 26 | SCOTTISH universities and higher education institutions discovered yesterday how much they will receive in grants next year from Scotland 's new funding body . |
| 27 | Householders will have their first indication of how much they will have to pay by late April . |
| 28 | The current contracts run out in 10 days and the generators are refusing to say how much they will buy in future . |
| 29 | How can the council tax be easy to collect if the people who are responsible for collecting it simply do not know how much they must collect from each household ? |
| 30 | Let us bear in mind how much they must have suffered to achieve such beauty . |