Example sentences of "in what they [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legal and natural persons are denied access to most international fora ; exclusionary rules prevent them from being parties , interveners , or even witnesses in what they may see as their own claims . |
| 2 | Piers asked Alyssia pleasantly , and she again felt as though they were both making an enormous effort to include her in what they would have preferred to be an intimate tête-à-tête . |
| 3 | ‘ That is something we asked for years ago which has not been implemented , particularly because Dublin is not prepared to co-operate with London in what they would see as interning Irish citizens on Irish soil . |
| 4 | They are only interested in what they can make out of it . ’ |
| 5 | The aim is to test children both in what they know and in what they can do . |
| 6 | ‘ I can see I shall have to tell you more about Brownies before you believe in what they can do and do do . |
| 7 | Individually , workers may feel that they are severely limited , even powerless , in what they can do . |
| 8 | So although agencies can now see what sort of approach they should be making in women 's development policy , and are looking at their lives in their entirety — not just as baby machines , the agencies are restricted by the IMF and World Bank conditions in what they can do . |
| 9 | Many people today only believe in what they can see and touch and so they do n't believe in spirits , demons , angels or even God ! |
| 10 | ‘ The problem with all these stars , ’ said Peter Fairley , ‘ was that the moment they started to know that we were interested in what they could do , and we started to investigate how they did things , it just went . |
| 11 | ‘ They had a wonderful pioneering style and pride both in what they had achieved and in what they could teach you . |