Example sentences of "they [verb] [that] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | They fear that such schemes could lead to disciplinary action against sub-standard teachers and to the beginnings of a merit pay system . |
2 | They argued that such gifts could influence the buyer 's objectivity , and that they should be restricted to such nominal items as calendars , diaries , pens , etc . |
3 | They argued that these sections of the law were intended to hinder the organization of opposition parties . |
4 | They argued that these conditions were not satisfied and , therefore , that there was no legal difficulty in remedying adverse effects in the UK . |
5 | They argued that some groups can consciously or unconsciously put up barriers to the public discussion of issues . |
6 | Deception was inadvertently assisted by the British Standards Institution in 1960 , when they recommended that all records with a vertical element in the groove modulation should have the word ‘ Stereo ’ on the label . |
7 | They insist that all talks are now off . |
8 | They proposed that these anomalies , which seemed to be arranged symmetrically on either side of , and roughly parallel with , the ridge crest , were not a result of variations in the intensity of magnetization , as earlier suggested , but rather a consequence of the direction of magnetization . |
9 | One must ask whether the University is aware that such a thing is possible , or do they know that such contacts are sought in order that a class should appear without any justification . |
10 | Furthermore , they suggest that some researchers who have reported correlations between emotional support and health in the absence of life events might in fact be picking up a correlation between chronic strain and support . |
11 | Some emphasise fibrosis as the dominant feature , but Goulston and McGovern indicate that contraction and hypertrophy of the muscularis mucosae are the essential features of stricture formation , and they suggest that these lesions are reversible . |
12 | From a local survey they found that many girls of this age were very frightened in labour , which made it worse , and that they had little idea about coping with a tiny baby . |
13 | Under assault by Muslim Arabs , they found that these pinnacles provided their only protection and they clung on there , up amid the remains of the ancient cedar forests . |
14 | To their surprise , they found that some schools had grown in number from one week to the next . |
15 | They found that most parents opposed closure and gave educational reasons for their attitudes . |
16 | They reported that all parts of the country were threatened with epidemics as a result of severe shortages of medicines and drinking water and lack of sanitation . |
17 | They say that such towers stand in Alice Springs , in Cove , Oregon , in Timbuktu and Petra and downtown Samarkand . |
18 | they say that some guys got skin heads , |
19 | I 've talked to some of my son 's teachers about bullying in schools and they say that these children whom no one has ever laid a finger on can not imagine the pain they inflict on others . |
20 | They say that these trades taught there are no longer needed . |
21 | on the one hand the transport federation and the confederation support the demands of the railway sector at the negotiating table , and on the other hand , let us say , they also call for prudence and moderation when they realise that these demands may not be achievable , and rather than lead people over the precipice and into more strikes that will not have positive outcomes , they recommend the adoption of an approach based on increased dialogue and the moderation of demands . |
22 | They conclude that these difficulties are less important than Foucauldian analyses ' ability to address psychology in new ways . |
23 | They show that those tests have nothing to do with the amount spent per pupil in individual authority areas — some of the biggest spenders were right down at the bottom . |
24 | The problems were , was that the schools , since they were doing this , they assumed that all schools did this , therefore they did n't need to talk about it , they did n't need to tell them about it . |
25 | Although they accept that these numbers include practising Christians unable — or unwilling — to pay the tax , they believe that most are people who have long drifted away from the church . |
26 | Since they accept that some types of nuclear weapons can be used in this way , the argument is designed to legitimise the development and deployment of tactical or ‘ counterforce ’ nuclear weapons and other weaponry associated with a shift away from Mutual Assured Destruction towards Nuclear Utilisation Target Selection ( MAD versus NUTS : see Keeny and Panofsky , 1981 ) . |
27 | They showed that such models could start with a big bang , even though the galaxies were no longer always moving directly away from each other , but they claimed that this was still only possible in certain exceptional models in which the galaxies were all moving in just the right way . |
28 | ‘ By changing the specification they ensure that those garments are made specially for them . |
29 | Where the reformers did start to understand , they perceived that those aspirations were to something much more even than that complete political democracy which required no property qualification ; and they did not like the perception . |
30 | They know that some things happen after other things . |