Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , very large firms which have secured a degree of market dominance will often prefer independence or , where they do retain formal employers ' association membership , may have ‘ nonconforming ’ status whereby they are not required to follow the terms of a national agreement and disputes procedure ( such as a number of firms in the Chemical Industries Association in Britain , including ICI and Glaxo ) . |
| 2 | Magistrates are not trained lawyers , although they do have available the advice of legally trained clerks , and are appointed with a specific political criterion in mind . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Others , however , would rather maintain that these charges have sometimes been exaggerated , but that they do highlight genuine dangers of which one ought to be aware in reading Barth : dangers which lie partly in what he actually says , but also partly in what he can very easily be taken to be saying when his real meaning is subtly but significantly different . |
| 6 | Once they do become free swimming you can begin to feed them . |
| 7 | Yeah when I went in the ladies loo there was one woman in there and they did look nice |
| 8 | There is , in fact , a ferret corner with animals on display at most country fairs and they do attract wide interest . |
| 9 | And they do go wrong sometimes — you switch on and nothing happens , or the picture starts breaking up , or you ca n't get any sound . |
| 10 | Consultancies are an integral part of the PR industry and they do possess certain advantages of experience , independence and specialist skills that may not be evident internally . |
| 11 | They do enjoy them and they do make good use of them . |
| 12 | They do enjoy them and they do make good use of them . |
| 13 | and they do have different standards , but I say they are different classes of the gy |
| 14 | But we 're big boys and they do say big boys do n't cry ’ |
| 15 | And they do include new assurances . |
| 16 | And they do include new assurances . |
| 17 | You would n't think men could die of br die of breast cancer , but they do because men have residual nipples and they do produce small amounts of oestrogen . |
| 18 | NO one seems to take forebodings seriously , but they do happen , and they do come true , although how they work and from where they come it is hard to say . |
| 19 | Since most employment rights are dependent upon the possession of a record of continuous service with a single employer , most casual workers would fail to qualify for most of these rights even if they did have dependent employee status . |
| 20 | I do n't quite know why , but anyhow if they do feel old at 75 , then they ought to be shaken up a bit . |
| 21 | The greenhouse is popular with children , even if they do get lost in what could be an Amazonian rainforest . |
| 22 | They do not necessarily have a lot of money but they do expect good value and a broad service . |
| 23 | But they do make sociolinguistic assumptions : in context it is clear that they also assume the early development of a socially elite variety , and we can see from the first sentence of the quotation that ‘ carefulness ’ is probably also involved . |
| 24 | ‘ They may not be the future , but they do craft good songs . ’ |
| 25 | Usually Guppies are hardy fish and adapt to most water conditions , but they do prefer alkaline water . |
| 26 | They are n't heavy eaters so do not need constant feeding , but they do prefer well-drained , humus-rich soil . |
| 27 | Two-stroke units for microlights develop more power from less weight and are generally cheaper to replace than their four- stroke equivalents , but they do demand careful attention . |
| 28 | Customers are n't aware of your global strategy but they do notice little details like a badly typed letter , or a receptionist who 's poorly dressed , or filthy ashtrays in the office , or torn packaging . |
| 29 | Training schemes do not guarantee a job , but they do provide necessary skills . ’ |
| 30 | Compendia of information can not solve all the problems associated with mapping out one 's life , but they do provide basic and practical information . |