Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] they [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of plants is recommended as they help settle the catfish down and provide spawning sites . |
| 2 | But during a series of lawsuits against Johns-Manville , Pittsburgh Corning , and other asbestos manufacturers , it was revealed that they did know directly from their own scientific researchers whose implicatory findings were sup-pressed ( Ermann and Lundman 1982 : 68–9 ) . |
| 3 | In fairness , it must be said that they do point to other influential factors as well — to the need to raise the status and public worth of the teaching profession , to improve leadership skills among school principals , to restructure the curriculum , and so on . |
| 4 | They amount to an inducement to encourage employees to accept overseas postings although it can be argued that they do offset the additional costs which may be incurred through unfamiliarity with customs , language and general way of life . |
| 5 | Not me , no the drivers and conductors and inspectors , they had a uniform and it was seen that they did wear it . |
| 6 | Dr. Glasser 's Control Theory holds that people can be shown that they do have the choice of control over their thoughts and actions even though awareness of that choice may initially elude them . |
| 7 | The Government should halt the issue of licences to build further gas-powered stations until it has been demonstrated that they do produce cheaper electricity . |
| 8 | They would n't need them because of the , this technology and that that 's but nevertheless they do ha they would be conscripted because they do have to have the ground troops of |
| 9 | But some tablets were kindly provided and they did alleviate the problem . |
| 10 | While recognising the relative vulnerability of certain groups to poverty , it must be emphasised that they do share one crucial common feature , their social class position . |
| 11 | They were charged that they did contrive , design and plot to murder MOIR NcILCHENICH widow of Ellister for mere avarice and covetousness to attain to her money which they supposed she had lying by her in her house and in pursuance of this plot did upon some day of April 1698 in dead time of night murder her by strangling her with her own belt and thereafter threw her body over a rock into the sea so that the deed was not discovered for some time . |
| 12 | Well when when if if the Labour party criticised and they do criticise |
| 13 | Counselling skills can be learned but they do require practice and Burnard warns that counselling techniques should not be overused or they may indeed impede listening and communication . |
| 14 | ‘ Make sure they 've not left the oven on and the back door unlocked like they did last time . ’ |
| 15 | Probably because they had n't re-used they got there by two or three or four years time when they came on to the next level of management the junior management erm we did this with them again and you would begin to find certain skills had evolved and certain certain team strengths had arisen because they do change over the years . |
| 16 | But you know they they really need to watch how much part time work they are doing because it could mean that their pension will be suspended if they did work too much . |