Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The panel will try to assess the recruit 's ability to remain impartial and courteous even under pressure and their ability to keep any strong opinions they may have from influencing the advice process . |
| 2 | We provide a full sailing programme with rescue cover at least six hours a day ; we do n't allow sailing in strong winds without rescue cover , so if level 5 sailors ( can carve gybe ) wish to sail outside normal hours they must arrange alternative rescue cover . |
| 3 | Some sufferers have been known to jog themselves literally to death , despite being told by doctors of the specific risks they would incur by taking further exercise . |
| 4 | It is sometimes argued that the additional costs of disability are offset , to some extent , by the more limited range of social activities they can engage in , which produces cost savings for them . |
| 5 | Be wary also of shops flogging any old trainers they can get their hands on . |
| 6 | When Izzie came out , hearing voices , she found them drawing tally marks in the dust , counting up the number of different roles they could play between them . |
| 7 | Experts said that if the bombs had penetrated any part of the cigar-shaped cylinders they would have gone off like a rocket , smashing into nearby homes . |
| 8 | They could both tell that in normal social circumstances they would have disliked each other . |
| 9 | Appeals will surely ensue but in the meantime we may well sympathise with those Soprintendenze who feel tempted to put all restoration work on hold in the fear that in carrying out their proper duties they may find themselves being sentenced as criminals . |
| 10 | This is not only because of the harmful effects they can have on the physical self but also because the need for them indicates a severe deficiency in the emotional self — a deficiency which needs to be helped and treated rather than disguised . |
| 11 | If she starts talking about sexual matters they may jump in hastily , saying , ‘ Do n't talk about that ’ without explaining why they are disturbed by what she has said . |
| 12 | I 've got a feeling for the number of empty sites they must have hammered the rents or the rates or something . |
| 13 | ‘ In the old days they 'd have thumped enough into him to get him through his exam . |
| 14 | Assuming that each individual has the same utility of income function and ability to gain from the public good , then with different incomes they will have different but the same marginal utility from the ( equally shared ) public good . |
| 15 | Although these cards have different colours they must have approximately the same IR reflectance . |
| 16 | When discussing the different resources they might use , they expressed an unrealistic concern as to whether Sutton pupils would be able to use the books from the school library . |
| 17 | A small number of people , mostly skilled waiters/waitresses , are attracted to " functional catering " work by the high gratuities they can earn . |
| 18 | For the next ten days they set up camp at Etaples , spending their mornings being marched over dunes , their afternoons being instructed in gas warfare and their evenings being told by Captain Trentham the different ways they could die . |
| 19 | Now 2,400 troops will have to queue with locals in freezing conditions for whatever public phones they can find . |
| 20 | From Waddingtons , priced around £13 , it contains all the raw materials they 'll need . |
| 21 | Sudjic implies this when he explains how architects of office blocks have to dress up the imperatives of mechanical engineers , and when he examines , and rejects , attempts to tie the design of tower blocks to the social ills they can contain . |
| 22 | On free afternoons they would choose quieter parts of the library and make towers , animals , castles , chairs and ski-slopes , all out of books . |
| 23 | So the old ones they 'd have taken back to that yard place would n't they ? |
| 24 | He told ugly old women they would meet handsome young men soon , he told handsome young men they would meet large sums of money soon , he told dimwitted mothers that their sons would n't be coming home in nice wooden boxes from theatres of war with a 99 per cent casualty rate , he told collectors where they could locate that elusive antique backscratcher needed to complete a set . |
| 25 | They know that the social services they will get in California are far better than those in Texas , and plan their routes accordingly . |
| 26 | When boats were travelling on improved sections they would go in pairs . |
| 27 | Floy had spent several hours in deep discussion with Snodgrass and , between them , they had made an attempt to sketch out the layout of Tara , so that they could see if there were any weak areas they might make use of . |
| 28 | Make sure you understand what you are being offered and why , and also the possible effects they may have . |
| 29 | Make sure you understand what you are being offered and why , and also the possible effects they may have . |
| 30 | There are considerable difficulties for them , like promotion — ‘ We 'd never get to be archdeacons , because we are n't priests ’ — but there are also pastoral roles they can fill that a man ca n't . |