Example sentences of "they [verb] [noun] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , states are often under pressure to act because they fear history will turn against them if they do not . |
| 2 | They fear patients will suffer if new arrangements under consideration are introduced in any shape or form . |
| 3 | They fear Taiwan will become like Hong Kong , whose stock exchange oscillates every time Beijing clears its throat . |
| 4 | SAFETY watchdogs have banned a toy which they fear children could mistake for a sweet and choke on . |
| 5 | Then they realized Quinn must have changed vehicle again . |
| 6 | They were making for the angle between the shore and the base of the headland and as they approached Wycliffe could see tall , black rocks rising out of the sea like the truncated and eroded pillars of some giant temple . |
| 7 | Production staff must be conscious that how they build products may affect its EMC performance ; service engineers , likewise , must be sure that they do not compromise EMC once products are in the field ; the purchasing department must be aware that EMC constraints placed on suppliers may make a component more expensive to buy , but will probably save money when the end product is tested as a whole ; and the marketing and sales department must plan to sell the advantage which EMC brings to a product . |
| 8 | Do you know , they say Dad might become some sort of classic ? ’ |
| 9 | British rowing officials are not known for making sweeping changes and for the time being they say Henley will stay as it is … |
| 10 | Like they say thunder can curdle milk ; ions or something . ’ |
| 11 | They say belts would have prevented any injuries in wales … |
| 12 | They say Westcote will remain a centre of excellence for research , design , development and production of liquid engines , but solid fuel powered motors will be moved to Summerfield near Kidderminster , while the Waltham Abbey plant will close . |
| 13 | They say loading should start around 9.00 am . |
| 14 | They say repairs could cost between £20,000 and £60,000 if it had to be rebuilt . |
| 15 | They hope families will succumb to the traditional last-minute dash to buy gifts . |
| 16 | Knowing what they have left behind they hope things will improve where they 're going . |
| 17 | Staff in infant school A have listed the concepts that they hope children will learn . |
| 18 | They hope people will come forward with information about the boy who vanished in one of the town 's parks over a week ago . |
| 19 | They believed success could win over the students and other intellectuals . |
| 20 | But in a recent annual survey of 150 top UK advertisers , conducted by sponsorship consultants Granard Rowland , part of Saatchis , 50 per cent of marketing directors said they believed sponsors should influence programme content . |
| 21 | If people know that a new rule will be applied retrospectively they will behave in accordance with whatever rules they imagine courts would think in the general interest , and this will provide a great part of the advantage of such rules without the need actually to enact or adjudicate them . |
| 22 | Social adjustment ( adaptation ) begins to take hold when children try to restrain their impulses because they know others will disapprove . |
| 23 | They believe Britain should pull out of the project and find another weapon to fill the same role . |
| 24 | They believe MPs could make a killing as they will know the likely outcome before the vote . |
| 25 | They talk about Satan being particularly active towards the ‘ end times ’ — that 's the time when they believe Christ will return . |
| 26 | They reckon investors should hang on to shares in both National Power and Powergen . |
| 27 | ‘ They reckon sales will increase as new readers like the product they see , ’ said media analyst Lorna Tilbian of brokers SG Warburg . |
| 28 | Last night , as detectives waited to continue their questioning , they said they feared Joanna could have blotted important details of her ordeal from her mind . |
| 29 | They voted the local taxes for the governors ' salaries which might be as high as £2,000 a year ( a hundred times a labourer 's wage , and 40 per cent of the prime Minister 's salary ) , and sometimes they felt governors should earn their salaries by letting the assembly have its own way . |
| 30 | This strategy is not the whole solution ; for example , external reviewers may be reluctant to identify under-resourcing as a serious quality problem , when they know that additional resources are not available , just as juries would not convict for lamb-stealing in eighteenth-century England when they knew conviction would lead to death . |