Example sentences of "[num] [noun] they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After about 30 years they would support ling and heather , then gorse would become established . |
| 2 | In 2 days they will have hatched and can be transferred to the aquarium ( containing a salt solution ) where they can be kept at room temperature like water-fleas . |
| 3 | If 2 carriers have children , there 's a one in 4 chance their child will have normal blood cells , a one in 2 chance they 'll have children who also be carriers anda one in 4 chance of them having a sickle cell sufferer . |
| 4 | During the 30 seconds they would begin together , gradually move apart and then merge together again . |
| 5 | Invited the Lord President to take soundings among Government supporters with a view to determining whether it would be possible to persuade those who were in favour of the abolition of capital punishment that in the interests of securing the passage of the Criminal Justice Bill in the 1947–48 Session they should refrain from pressing for this change in the law ; |
| 6 | If a member of staff is sick for more than 7 days they must provide a medical certificate . |
| 7 | In 100 years they would regard that as pathetic . ’ |
| 8 | N , that is not on religious grounds either that is because I just think that they work six days they should have a day off anyway . |
| 9 | to get her car back , you know what they said if she does n't pay that thirty pound within six weeks they 'll pawn it ! |
| 10 | ‘ If students wish to have a meeting or party which includes more than 10 people they must have my permission , ’ she said . |
| 11 | 10 WAYS THEY CAN HELP |
| 12 | Klondyke reckon that if a customer anywhere in the world orders 100 straps they 'll get 100 of the best quality , not 80 good ones and 20 with scars or other quality problems . |
| 13 | For three days they will act out their feelings , confront their emotions , and generally ‘ bond ’ with each other . |
| 14 | ‘ Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember , ’ said Rosalind Russell , ‘ and they 'll leave the theatre happy . ’ |
| 15 | For the next three nights they 'll have to keep their heads under pillow because it 's likely to get noisier before it eases off . |
| 16 | If you go and buy a a T V for a hundred and fifty pounds they 'd say thank you , a hundred and fifty pounds , plus VAT at a hundred per cent is another hundred and fifty to go to the government |
| 17 | Cambridge liked undergraduates reading theology to have two years over the work and believed that if they tried to do it in fourteen months they would do it superficially , or else they would be sure to hurt themselves by overwork . |
| 18 | ‘ After the tent blew down we renegotiated the situation so that for 11 performances they would receive the same fee . |
| 19 | Now we are offering young people aged 16 and 17 vouchers they can use to buy approved courses of education or training , and which will put the power of choice in their hands . |
| 20 | The statements could relate to past facts ( i. e. they could mean that those services were provided last season ) or they could relate only to the future ( i.e. that they will be provided next season ) . |
| 21 | And their nearest refuelling point would be the Azores and I 'm quite certain no fighter could fly the close on two thousand miles they 'd have to travel to get there . |
| 22 | If staff are arriving before 0800 hours and leaving before 1515 hours they should complete a manual adjustment form for Friday 11 December 1992 in the normal way excluding any starting and finishing times . |
| 23 | For the first ten weeks they will spend one hour a week on induction training with their supervisor . |
| 24 | In another ten years they can come and visit me to their hearts ' content and I wo n't object . |
| 25 | They lost by only seven runs to Yorkshire last week , and over the next ten days they will face Nottinghamshire , Northamptonshire and Glamorgan . |
| 26 | So if they kept on flat out , every ten seconds they 'd go a further so many hundred metres , for ever and ever . |
| 27 | After about five hours they could speak to each other on the radio , and Spencer asked the Islander pilot to flash his lights to establish contact . |
| 28 | Every five minutes they would cadge a Bisonte from me , or a Lucky Strike from Dana . |
| 29 | We have heard of waterless embalming , well , who in the name of goodness has ever done it ? — or is that a ploy for producers to sell more fluid or that in , for example , 16 oz they will use 3 or 4 types of fluid which interact and work as one . |
| 30 | At one stroke they will become the biggest mass-market paperback publishers after Penguin . |