Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students study three subjects in the first year , after which they may continue with one of these subjects for an honours degree . |
| 2 | Many patients attribute their symptoms to an antecedent event ( eg , post-partum faecal incontinence associated with a perineal tear ) or they may present with chronic symptoms that have recently progressed ( eg , stress urinary incontinence or chronic constipation ) . |
| 3 | Sometimes they may end with one side going extinct , in which case the other side presumably stops evolving in that particular progressive direction , and indeed it will probably even ‘ regress ’ for economic reasons soon to be discussed . |
| 4 | They may start with closed questions about , for example , age or marital status , and move on to more open-ended questions as the interview progresses . |
| 5 | Put more simply , sociologists themselves often disagree in explaining society and social behaviour because they may start with different ‘ background assumptions ’ . |
| 6 | They may disagree with each other profoundly , and compete to outdo each other relentlessly , but they share the same notion of the contest and adhere , more or less , to the same rules . |
| 7 | They may fight with other children , be difficult for their parents and teachers to control , or steal . |
| 8 | If the ‘ night forces ’ are given no safe outlet , no proper channelling , they may erupt with disastrous effect . |
| 9 | If , therefore , an old person at this stage moves a distance into the son or daughter 's home , they may not only lose a lifetime of familiar associations but they must struggle with complex adjustments within the family . |
| 10 | And they must join with other parents who 've got a similar difficulty , so that we can fight this very wide cause . |
| 11 | And if subjects or parts of subjects are to be taught discretely , they must dovetail with other aspects of the curriculum , avoiding a piecemeal and bitty example . |
| 12 | From an insurance point of view , maybe they were ‘ responsible ’ — and they must deal with that . |
| 13 | They began following its twisting route , keeping close to the cover of the trees in case they should meet with any oncoming sect vehicle going to relieve or check up on their outside patrol . |
| 14 | Mutationes , which provided a change of horses but no accommodation , have proved much more difficult to identify , even though they should occur with greater frequency and at closer intervals than mansiones . |
| 15 | The Wheatley Commission was concerned to establish regions that would conform to four criteria : they should be large enough to carry out their functions effectively ; they should correspond with genuine communities ; they should form distinctive parts of Scotland ; and finally , there should be a ‘ certain balance ’ between the various regions ( Wheatley 1969:176 ) . |
| 16 | Experienced volunteers thought that they should help with in-bureau tutoring ; among the few who knew what social policy work was , there were some who wanted to take more part in it and others who wanted more time to read in order to keep up to date . |
| 17 | I reckon they 'll come with 9 or 10 behind the ball at all times and hope to catch Leeds out with a long punt or from a set piece . |
| 18 | What they might manage with hot dark matter is not clear . |
| 19 | For example , they might negotiate with other organizations in society , or with other states to routinize what was previously uncertain , Sixth , a more internal response is to develop ‘ programmes ’ , ‘ repertoires ’ , and standing operating procedures , all of which are devices to enable organizations to embody their past experiences of problems ( organizational learning ) . |
| 20 | They also have group activities when they learn about pregnancy and parenthood , do practical work , and discuss relevant issues and problems and how they might deal with these , if and when they may arise . |
| 21 | Thus it was hoped that they would seize any opportunity of increasing awareness and understanding of mental frailty in old age , among professionals , lay carers and local people in such a way as to increase people 's sympathy and confidence in any contacts they might have with elderly mentally frail people . |
| 22 | WHAT THEY COULD DO WITH ONE BILLION POUNDS |
| 23 | One wonders what they could do with five loaves and two fishes … |
| 24 | The poor devils looked as though they could do with some refreshment . |
| 25 | Mr Stant of course , used to knock the goals in for Hereford and they could do with some of his sharpshooting right now . |
| 26 | In particular they could do with some more women . |
| 27 | When better-off Britons were enjoying the tax cuts of the 1980s , they could cope with such hefty increases . |
| 28 | And they 're , they could cope with any situation , but is n't that a little part we all have to play ? |
| 29 | Anyway erm I think we totally support the thrust of what you 're asking about and I was asked to make a special appeal to County Council to see whether they could assist with this recently established Rural Options Land Bank , the purpose of which is rather extraordinary , but I mean it is defined landowners who have a philanthropic bent to provide the land to do something about the very problem you 've raised . |
| 30 | All over Europe sailors had been accustomed to drawing a meridian through a point in their own country or through the furthest point to the west out in the Atlantic that they could determine with any certainty , and English sailors had usually taken their fixed meridian from a point west of the Lizard ( the last promontory of land they could see as they left the English Channel ) . |