Example sentences of "[noun pl] [that] they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh yeah yeah and they they keep er actually this album the reason it 's called I keep saying album we keep going back to the days of vinyl er the reason its called By Request over the last four of five years Telstar sent out a sort of feelers on different sleeves asking people if there were any songs that they might like to hear Foster and Allen sing . |
| 2 | So trained were these beautiful animals that they would trot from their stalls whenever they heard the fire alarm bell . |
| 3 | The integration of these systems followed gradually , and much later , when man learned to grow and store crops for his now domesticated animals that they might survive winter or drought at home . |
| 4 | At a recent ceremony to reward companies on export achievement , one speaker reminded manufacturers that they must look beyond the home-market to sell their goods . |
| 5 | The great advantage of having a fixed date er for these European elections on the ninth of June , a date that 's been well known for a considerable time now , should be the certainty for the electorate , that they know not only the date of that election but the geographical boundary er of the constituency in which they live er the candidates that they can choose from and of course in relation to European elections , the number of er members of the European parliament that there will be representing the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | David Newbegin , Durham County Council director of the environment , said : ‘ If we do n't put the message across to the heavy goods drivers that they must use alternative routes , the bridge will deteriorate and then no-one will be able to use it . ’ |
| 7 | The king is reported as having told the clergy that they must reproach the practice ‘ vehemently and bitterly ’ , and if this did not succeed , he would take further measures . |
| 8 | An expert would be sure to be paid only if he had included a provision in his agreement with the parties that they would pay his fees even if the reference turned out to be invalid for this or whatever reason . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal held that there was no ground for disturbing the award as the arbitrators and the umpire were all " experts " and it was evidently the intention of the parties that they should settle the value and not act as formal arbitrators . |
| 10 | But , on the other hand , where Hansard does provide the answer , it should be so clear to both parties that they will avoid the cost of litigation . |
| 11 | It was becoming increasingly clear to the Prussians that they would have great difficulty in making their eastern possessions a financial success : the only way to make the eastern marches profitable was to exploit the poor natural resources to the limit and develop industrial capacity . |
| 12 | A week afterwards fascist youths instigated the so-called ‘ Mile End Road Pogrom ’ , when despite the presence of 2,000 special constables at a nearby communist victory rally , a gang of hooligans smashed windows of Jewish shops and houses and assaulted all those designated as Jews that they could lay their hands on . |
| 13 | Well you see Egilsay and Rousay had piers that they could land at and they were never used to be in the water . |
| 14 | The ( tax free ) capital gains made by owner-occupiers generally far exceed any possible savings that they might make from their income . |
| 15 | The English were blamed , and yet Darien was one of a number of events that convinced the Lowland Scots that they should try to reach better terms with England before attempting to become independent ; in 1707 England and Scotland became united with a single government and a single Parliament , and one of the terms of the Union was that the Darien investors should be reimbursed for their losses . |
| 16 | It would be very carefully calculated and they 'd be given the right amount of the proteins that they could use to grow , because in the first years of life there 's very rapid growth and development is n't there ? |
| 17 | The leader of the Bosnian Serbs has given an assurance to the United Nations that they 'll stop firing on non-military targets in Sarajevo . |
| 18 | He imparts it so generously to his readers that they may wish to follow him themselves . |
| 19 | And it was asking too much of readers that they should insulate Eliot the editor and editorialist from Eliot the poet ; so that they should read ‘ Ash-Wednesday ’ without feeling that they were being nudged into the Roman Catholic or the Anglo-Catholic church — |
| 20 | Ever dodging the issues of principle , the Conservatives proffer only cautious protestations that they will defend the interests of women part-time workers . |
| 21 | to be able to convince c er our clients that they should come to us rather than somebody else . |
| 22 | If that opportunity is denied the search company then they will have significant problems convincing their clients that they can do a good job . |
| 23 | He moved quickly to cut short any illusions that they might have about possessing an independent authority or having de Gaulle in their debt . |
| 24 | They were under no illusions that they could do a better job from Detroit , but they had become increasingly concerned that they were getting out of touch with what was happening around the world , and that the tail was beginning to wag the dog . |
| 25 | I understand what the hon. Gentleman says about the nature of the charge laid against certain people and the roles that they may have played in particular crimes . |
| 26 | The Irish have been so busy praying for the winners that they must have forgotten to ask for the right weather . |
| 27 | May , at No. 17 with Too Much Love Will Kill You , told Radio One listeners that they would perform as a threesome under a different name . |
| 28 | For the long vacation we told institutions that they could anticipate up to 10 per cent . |
| 29 | As we said in section 3.3 , this is one of the reasons that they can manage with such a low ratio of bankers ' deposits to customer deposits . |
| 30 | Young children will be exploring the identity and simple attributes of objects that they can see and feel . |