Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] they [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they are in different departments they must be brought together physically , whatever departmental objections are raised at first . |
| 2 | If they are in different departments they must be brought together physically , whatever departmental objections are raised at first . |
| 3 | Usually these are seen as bushes , perhaps 5 ft or 6 ft high , but in old gardens they might be 15 ft , always with several branches arching from the base . |
| 4 | ‘ In Victorian times they used to be about 35 inches wide ; now they can be as narrow as 30 inches . |
| 5 | Unlike the others who appear and disappear as fashion and progress dictate , children occupy a permanent place in the list partly because of their continuing presence as a potential sub-class , partly because they have never protested and mainly because it is assumed that in favourable circumstances they will become men and therefore require attention . |
| 6 | These peoples can not allow themselves much investment in fixed assets they would need to defend , but just as importantly they can not allow themselves much investment in social ties to specific others . |
| 7 | Certainly by the end of the sixteenth century some had been broken up ; in wooded districts they might not only be small , but also bear scant resemblance to the ‘ classic ’ manor of arable farming areas . |
| 8 | You do not have to be getting income support to apply and in exceptional circumstances they may be given for fuel costs . |
| 9 | In exceptional cases they may be able to continue for 300 yards , but beyond this they quickly become exhausted and give up . |
| 10 | High priority can not be given to presubmission enquiries ; in urgent cases they can be made in the form of a one-page fax . |
| 11 | In extreme cases they can suffer brain damage or die . |
| 12 | The argument , which was accepted by the Democrats , reasoned that as the territories ' representatives were permitted to vote in legislative committees they should , therefore , be entitled to vote in the committee of the whole . |
| 13 | ‘ In mature areas they can affect the fiscal terms under which we operate . |
| 14 | In small groups they can decide in advance on the questions they want to ask . |
| 15 | The radial shields are about twice as long as broad ; in small specimens they may be contiguous along their whole length , in larger specimen they become separated by a single triangular plate or by a wedge of plates . |
| 16 | In occasional cases they may live for over 40 years . |
| 17 | By comparing growth in various conditions they can see the circumstances in which they grow , and those in which they do not . |
| 18 | First , because markets are imperfect in various ways they will tolerate serious levels of inefficiency . |
| 19 | The statement of the relevant facts and evidence are commonly set out at the beginning of the judgment , but in appellate courts they may be incorporated by reference to the judgments of lower courts and may be in the middle of the report of the case if that is where the principal judgment appears . |
| 20 | A motion went before the police conference saying that if Mr Clarke persisted in his plans to treat police like those in other professions they must press for officers to be treated as employees ‘ with all the trade union rights associated with such a change in status . ’ |
| 21 | Such cats may be at a disadvantage when hunting , because their sense of directional sound will be poor , but in other respects they can lead normal lives and make good mothers . |
| 22 | In other words they would think I was a slag . |
| 23 | They should n't be programmed for a pattern during these exercises , in other words they would be turned off , or they too will respond to the pattern and show a different needle movement . |
| 24 | The departmental systems maybe mission critical in other words they may be important to them you know they may be necessary to doing business to getting out orders or what have you . |
| 25 | In other words they ca n't tell price because they measure up and all things |
| 26 | In other words they must get their act together and sell the R.L.P.O. to their loyal audience . |
| 27 | The cable will be based either on conventional coaxial links made from copper or the newer optical fibres that have much higher ‘ bandwidth ’ — in other words they can carry higher volumes of the signals that represent communications traffic . |
| 28 | In other words they could overcome the debilitating impact of high unemployment and the government 's attempts it deflation which had clearly weakened the trade union movement 's powers of resistance during the early 1920s . |
| 29 | Indeed the curriculum designer , the program designer and the teacher developers all need to be , as far as possible , ‘ computer literate ’ , ‘ observer literate ’ , ‘ subject literate ’ , in other words they should be able to communicate clearly about all aspects of the work . |
| 30 | So in other words they should be paid the salaries they would have been got getting in whatever their other line of work would have been , rather than special rates of the job of an M P . |