Example sentences of "[verb] that they [vb base] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm now erm a number of people erm , getting on t back on to the handout for a moment , er a number of people who 've reported being b abused as children also report that they do try and tell people , either at the time or shortly afterwards , and this business of not being believed is quite a common report from survivors , not being believed at first . |
| 2 | The police say that they do monitor car boot sales , but they believe the vast majority of people using car boot sales are honest . |
| 3 | If we say that they do have something in common with other things that look white we must remember that their having something in common simply is their looking white . |
| 4 | There might be occasions when we feel that we 'd like MPs to take a particular line , in fact there are occasions when I 'd like to see MPs take a particular line , but we can only ask them , we can not in fact insist that they do take a particular line . |
| 5 | For example , research has shown that performance on these tests is unrelated to intelligence , at least above a certain minimum level of IQ , suggesting that they do tap something different . |
| 6 | Two symbols are therefore used , S indicating a specialist technical contribution and E identifying the person responsible for seeing that they do get together . |
| 7 | Ask them to confirm that they do mean we 've got to bridge as opposed to ferrying . ’ |
| 8 | In fairness , it must be said that they do point to other influential factors as well — to the need to raise the status and public worth of the teaching profession , to improve leadership skills among school principals , to restructure the curriculum , and so on . |
| 9 | They amount to an inducement to encourage employees to accept overseas postings although it can be argued that they do offset the additional costs which may be incurred through unfamiliarity with customs , language and general way of life . |
| 10 | Indeed most providers would now claim that they do take account of the wider population . |
| 11 | Nonetheless , very considerable experience of using groups for this kind of research shows that they do tend to produce very consistent results , even where different researchers cover the same problem . |
| 12 | Dr. Glasser 's Control Theory holds that people can be shown that they do have the choice of control over their thoughts and actions even though awareness of that choice may initially elude them . |
| 13 | I know that they do have computer science courses at both O level and A level , do you think these will be the basis of the future courses , or are we looking for an entirely new development , something quite new and quite different , that stands as a subject in his own right ? |
| 14 | The Government should halt the issue of licences to build further gas-powered stations until it has been demonstrated that they do produce cheaper electricity . |
| 15 | Humanity will insist that individuals must accept their personal obligations by acknowledging that they do have within them impulses and appetites which are a legacy from millions of years of ruthless evolution , and that the time has come when they must introduce into their lives the concept of a high standard of self-discipline to control those impulses and appetites . |
| 16 | Humanity will insist that individuals must accept their personal obligations by acknowledging that they do have within them impulses and appetites which are a legacy from millions of years of ruthless evolution , and that the time has come when they must introduce into their lives the concept of a high standard of self discipline to control those impulses and appetites . |
| 17 | Although they face daily and substantial fluctuations in demand for their output , they wish to ensure that they do have sufficient staff available to help them satisfy this demand . |
| 18 | In all Compacts , the Partnership will also need to monitor the jobs on offer to ensure that they do provide " added-value " as a reward for rising standards . |
| 19 | The old chestnut of fire safety came up again and I understand that they do talk about treatment standards but I do n't know what they say about them . |
| 20 | Some find that they do slow down somewhat , and this is no bad thing — after all , what is the point of continuing to play a game of ‘ Beat the Clock ’ from morning till night ? |
| 21 | But even now , having gone through that process , they would not see men as the enemy , they feel that they do have a lot in common , for example , with maybe the conception of women organising in National Liberation struggles that was mentioned earlier . |
| 22 | While recognising the relative vulnerability of certain groups to poverty , it must be emphasised that they do share one crucial common feature , their social class position . |
| 23 | There is still ample talent for England , given sensible selection , to demonstrate that they do possess organised strength in depth and that the national structure , so precarious in other years , has a substantial base . |
| 24 | Yes , I think there is a fair point there but er I do n't know whether you listeners appreciate that nobody at all , whether disabled or not will have to repay the student loan after they 've graduated if their income is below 85% of the national average wage , which is currently 11,500 pounds , er we are recognising that they do face some additional costs er when they 've graduated and that should be taken into account and that will be one of the things in our concession . |
| 25 | Miss and Tony you have to kinda pretend that they do like each other so that erm the mother does n't suspect her of liking Hastings . |
| 26 | The general election was an opportunity for voters to say that they do care about the future . |
| 27 | Even in notation , the differences in musical language between orally transmitted ‘ folk ’ song , printed bourgeois song and recorded rock song come through : they hardly need comment , except to say that they do fit many of the stereotypes of the neo-McLuhanite model ( see Ex. 3.1 ) . |
| 28 | Moreover , the Wolof may retort that they do have ways of expressing multiple points of view and that we should attempt to understand these before dismissing them en bloc . |