Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rhee hoped the United States and Britain would recognise his provisional government ; a British Foreign Office minute from March 1945 reads , ‘ These people can not in any true sense be said to represent Korea and Anglo-US recognition of them might well lead to those [ problems ] we have experienced over the ‘ London Poles ’ . |
| 2 | But he had grown to understand that none of them could even pretend to these things . |
| 3 | Sensibly avoided , a sex session with them would probably lead to repentant tears and an under-age sex charge . |
| 4 | It went on to warn against any general attack on fiscal incentives ( or , as ICAS says the report negatively and unhelpfully refers to them , ‘ fiscal degradation ’ ) : there is no level playing field in the EC and so less successful economies have to offer incentives to compete , ICAS said , and any attempt to eliminate them would only lead to governments using non-tax ones which will be harder for others to identify . |
| 5 | In an organization , they may rarely come to the attention of a predominantly male management in ways that give them power and encouragement . |
| 6 | They may even point to Nazmu Virani . |
| 7 | Instead , fearing a depreciation of sterling , they may well switch to holding other currencies . |
| 8 | Even while authoritative actions reflect the subjects ' reasons , indeed in order that they should do so , they may well lead to different outcomes on particular occasions , and that without being in any way wrong or mistaken on those occasions . |
| 9 | The truth of this creed would then become accepted as axiomatic and be regarded as an article of faith , although , to those who closely examine the propositions they may well appear to be self-evidently true . |
| 10 | Most people have absorbed the idea that there is some sort of accountability at the end of life and that they may well need to be preparing to ‘ meet their maker ’ . |
| 11 | Stereolab always look tonight as if they 've got a few more tricks up their sleeve than anyone else around at the moment , and in an age where recycling the past to create a spurious version of the future is the order of the day , they may well prove to be a benchmark of quality for their times . |
| 12 | They may also refer to the relation between structures and the coast , in which case the primary division is usually between longitudinal and transverse coasts . |
| 13 | One major objective of the programmes is to strengthen cultural identity and traditions , and they may also lead to small-scale income-earning projects and ultimately to self-sufficiency . |
| 14 | They may also appeal to Whitehall for more money . |
| 15 | They may also prove to be useful when it comes to breeding , a point that will be covered later in the series . |
| 16 | Excitable children can have a similar effect , and so they may also have to be shown how to behave towards a puppy . |
| 17 | Since they may only return to earth by replacing one of their number with a living child , mothers warn their off-spring never to follow the lights . |
| 18 | Mock solemnity of this kind may seem rather tiresome , just as practical jokes are often not funny to those on whom they are played ( they may often appear to be lightly camouflaged forms of aggression ) , but such jokes were characteristic of the society in which he now moved : it is difficult to imagine him playing tricks on Pound or Lewis , for example . |
| 19 | They may therefore need to be read to or to listen to ‘ talking book ’ cassettes . |
| 20 | While cleaning staff are busy working on one floor , they may suddenly need to be directed to another room . |
| 21 | They must also continue to be so for a reasonable time after delivery . |
| 22 | They must instead stick to a range of sensible prices reflecting the value of the target business to them . |
| 23 | On the other hand , if parties use their own politicized technocrats to get more of a grip on some sectors of public policy , they must still defer to technocratic interests , and co-ordination across sectors is difficult to achieve . |
| 24 | They must always refer to PREFERRED , LATEST or SELECTED versions of the referenced module . |
| 25 | They must always refer to PREFERRED , LATEST or SELECTED versions of the referenced module . |
| 26 | I shall be happy to receive them in any form in which the hon. Gentleman cares to send them — but they should probably go to the independent regulator , as he well knows . |
| 27 | If servos are connected to the outputs , they should immediately drive to the neutral position . |
| 28 | The signs are a good thing because they remind drivers that they should always keep to the speed limit . |
| 29 | He said that even if voters did not want to help any candidate , they should still go to the polling station to register their grievances . |
| 30 | And then they 'll , they 'll completely return to their normal way on Monday morning . |