Example sentences of "a [noun] they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By such a route they might escape from the niches of their birth , and gain access to something better — to better weapons , possibly to some real food different from synthcake and synthgruel . |
| 2 | like a G they will join up in exactly the same way next time he does it , even to the same letter |
| 3 | They were without hot water and numerous other comforts but they had a base they could call their own . |
| 4 | I can see that in such a case they might make a gift of paintings or other works of art for tax reasons , for example , and would n't care if they were sold or not . |
| 5 | To compel a referendum they would have needed a minimum of 581,069 votes ( a quarter of the electorate ) , but only 458,818 people actually voted . |
| 6 | Even if a board retire to consider a decision they must vote in public : Najafian v. Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1987 S.C.L.R. 679 . |
| 7 | I was saying , ‘ If anyone wants a refund they can go right to the door and they 'll give it to you . ’ |
| 8 | Just a description they 'll get from the people who run this place . |
| 9 | If these definitions were put through a computer they would list five kinds of jumps , twenty-three pas de bourrée , seven glissades and so on . |
| 10 | ' … if the prosecution wish to rely on a document produced by a computer they must comply with s.69 in all cases . ’ |
| 11 | If he was normally quite a kind person who 'd taken up robbing banks because he was short of cash they could put jam on his bread and vodka in his water , and if he was a horror they could empty the potato peelings over him whenever they felt like it . ’ |
| 12 | Most would have tackled problems related to sheep on their own , but in dealing with a cow they would seek help and then assist in any way they could . |
| 13 | Having heard that , and secondly due to your patience er through your patience getting clarification that it the borough could if it wished allocate its sixty hectares under this structure plan policy outside the town centres and that things that then took place in town centres would be extra , it 's not something they have to do but it 's a freedom they would have in their local plan , having heard those two things , the concern I 've got that even at sixty hectares , Harrogate 's allocation was too small erm really recedes very quickly sir , and would completely disappear and here Mr Allenby and I are at one , |
| 14 | No , what they mean is they if it 's put in on a Thursday so it 's there so when they , whatever they get in on a Friday they can pay out then but if it 's paid in on a Friday then |
| 15 | The Minoans were also adept at sculpting human figures from ivory , a practice they may have taken over from Egypt , where sensitive carvings of rulers had been a feature of Old Kingdom art.14 The ivory figure of a Minoan deity grasping two snakes made of gold ( fig. 6 ) is of interest as an essay in chryselephantine work combining the crafts of ivory carving and gold smithing . |
| 16 | Almost as a bonus they might have gained a very cheap solution to an expensive problem . |
| 17 | Where there is a Compact they will direct you immediately to the appropriate contact . |
| 18 | As a result they would accord the lower orders some respect and the arrogance which high status tends to encourage would be tempered with a degree of humility . |
| 19 | As a result they may become demoralized since , as Young states , ‘ Men who have lost their self-respect are liable to lose their inner vitality ’ . |
| 20 | But , as I said , some hinds will have , er some er stags will have no hinds at all , they wo n't manage any matings , and as a result they 'll have no reproduction success . |
| 21 | As a result they will end up speaking both languages poorly . |
| 22 | I wanted them to have a programme they could say they watched simply because they liked and enjoyed it . ’ |
| 23 | But if you are a shareholder they can sack you . |
| 24 | Now if we are going to say that this rolling programme , we we do n't mean this rolling programme because it it 's all going back to committees again to be to be looked at then we are putting our at a disadvantage they will disband and the cost to us for refurbishment will increase . |
| 25 | Women will want a cut that they can cope with , a cut they can dress and re-style easily . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't know where this Doctor had this idea from but I do n't know how many years ago , but I remember I had my Co-op news every week and , and he said that he could see us going a full circle and I 'm just wondering when he 's gon if I 'll be alive when it comes round again because I , I do n't think that these big mass stores erm as I say they 're all right you see , people with plenty of money with a car they could fill the freezer up . |
| 27 | They did n't say , as the teds did , I can only wear a drape They 'd mix it a bit , getting into biker stuff and cap-sleeved T-shirts . |
| 28 | Oh on Mondays and Saturdays two or three times a week and it was er available for anyone that want to hold a dance they could rent it there was no jitterbugging it was just the waltz or foxtrot and two step and then we got er one they used to kick their legs about |
| 29 | It was a pity they would have to cross the car off . |
| 30 | I mean the way we look at it really is to group villages together so perhaps they 'll have more cover if they 've got two or three specials who work different hours if they have a vehicle they can have access to , provide the cover there . |