Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] they [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personal involvement was implicit in the tone and the procedures involved : the matters under consideration were treated as if they did matter ; epochs and makers of epochs were sharply characterized and subjected to urgent evaluation . |
| 2 | Although these examples are valid , in that they do show relations which contain redundancy and yet are in TNF and BCNF respectively , the examples are somewhat contrived . |
| 3 | ( iii ) Lastly , non-causal nomic connections are stated by numerical laws different in that they do specify how a magnitude varies with time . |
| 4 | But it was er er I mean i it 's clear that the policy was , was successful in that they do mobilize a lot of peasants and , and they |
| 5 | Foggy days are usually still days and are beneficial in that they do help you to hear what 's happening underground — but they are not so helpful from the point of view of disturbance . |
| 6 | Most agricultural response models er , are dynamic , in that they do incorporate time . |
| 7 | ( These diets could be said to have been half-right , in that they did cut out refined carbohydrates , but unfortunately without adding fibre-rich carbohydrate foods which we now know to be of such help to slimmers . ) |
| 8 | And erm , and then on the Sunday morning , it was the local tradespeople erm who were taking down the Christmas trees and things , they had to clear up , they did n't have to but they did clear up the mess , it was a disgrace . |
| 9 | For you will learn that none of these things which are admired and sought after are of any good to those who attain them — for when they do get them , the burning heat is just as bad , there is the same tossing about on the sea , the same desire for what they do not have . |