Example sentences of "[adv] they [modal v] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , better they should see the plans for a nuclear submarine than this ! |
| 2 | Those sort of Places made so much they could afford the luxury of high standards . |
| 3 | The allied commanders must also consider how long they can continue the air campaign without wearing out their airmen . |
| 4 | If , as reported on Page One , the funds of the town council are as much as John Bennett states , perhaps they would advance the money for us to buy a new minibus , on suitable terms of course . |
| 5 | Or perhaps they would have the sense to be washing their hair when Esquire phones to ask them out . |
| 6 | If only such offenders were punished by having a Radio One DJ surgically joined to them at the hip , perhaps they would understand the crime of incongruous and pig-ugly extensions . |
| 7 | So perhaps they 'll use the tiny radio transmitters that cyclists have begun to put in their helmets . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps they may think the sport is in a period of relative driving mediocrity , ’ answered Jackie . |
| 9 | Owen wondered whether the contras should change their name to the Revolutionary Contras or the New Revolutionaries ; perhaps they could change the name of the cause , too , to ‘ Revolutionary Counter-Communism ’ , and the leaders of it ( same old leaders ) could give a press conference in Philadelphia , in front of the Liberty Bell . |
| 10 | Perhaps they will pick the wild flowers growing in the lush grasses , cornflower , poppy , clover , eglantine and the frail vetch . |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps they should put the effort involved in devising wild excuses into their normal work routine , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 12 | Well the a there 's the Barbican Centre for the exercise perhaps they should encourage the tourists there then . |
| 13 | If only they would avoid the root positions of the usual three chords , they would begin to discover what resources are available , especially if they realize that chords can often comprise four different notes ( at least ) instead of the usual three . |
| 14 | Intelligence experts suggested that only they would have the equipment and technical expertise to intercept and re-broadcast high quality recordings of mobile phone calls . |
| 15 | Intelligence experts suggested that only they would have the equipment and technical expertise to intercept and re-broadcast high quality recordings of mobile phone calls . |
| 16 | If the complainant remains unhappy about the conclusion , the file must be referred to the Investigation Committee , since in these circumstances only they can conclude the investigation . |
| 17 | Notwithstanding that threat , I am confident in backing our miners , because only they can offer the generators long-term contracts which guarantee falling prices , paid for in sterling and free from exchange rate fluctuations . |
| 18 | So — if only they can overcome the obvious difficulties , inter-tidal creatures find rich pickings . |
| 19 | Only they could provide the extra products and services — software , peripheral hardware , maintenance , consultancy — which turned the dumb lump of beige metal into something useful . |
| 20 | Besant was an earnest Victorian , with equally earnest friends and associates , all of them convinced that human nature , the universe and everything were perfectible , if only they could find the right answer . |
| 21 | So whenever anyone came in they would see the icons . |
| 22 | Now they were in midstream they could see the new bridge more clearly . |
| 23 | So they 'll have the run of the place then and then they 'll be able to , be able to go in and out once they please I suppose . |
| 24 | It 's so they can open the door behind them , the passengers getting in on that side of the road . |
| 25 | Well no so they can identify the people , is n't it . |
| 26 | Erm but er going back to again , erm because er they 're analyzing now erm all benefits so they can reduce the . |
| 27 | So they can enjoy the present like anyone else — exercising , going on an outing , eating their favourite food , having a bath , watching television . |
| 28 | So they can enter the secondary schools and they 're selling it to these young kids that just do n't know any better . |
| 29 | So they will take the glass and they will pay us recycling credits for that . |
| 30 | And thirdly there 's a meeting at Stansted Airport of the Committee tomorrow and I wrote and said so to the Committee and said could we discuss this with the Committee tomorrow and again I asked for information to be available to the public and particularly to local Councils so they could alter the situation . |