Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The function of government intervention is less to tell people what they ought to like than to allow them better to achieve what they already like . |
| 2 | The hard core of helpers worked on through the week of almost continuous sunshine and good fortune , and were supported by the essential ‘ reliefs ’ who came whenever they could to sell and to carry . |
| 3 | Also , as the claim of executive privilege involved constitutional issues , Greene ordered Poindexter 's lawyers to disclose their defence strategy for the forthcoming trial to Reagan and the Justice Department so that they could decide whether to proceed with their objections . |
| 4 | If mothers had money of their own earmarked for childcare , they could choose whether to use it to ‘ pay ’ themselves or pay someone else — workers in day-care centres , for instance . |
| 5 | Once fund managers see the sequence of events leading to the share price collapse , they will decide whether to sue . |
| 6 | If the room is shared , a member of staff should always remain in the room until the body is removed and warn the other occupants so that they can decide whether to pay their respects or to stay away until the body is removed . |
| 7 | They can choose whether to enter data themselves or to use the data preparation service in the computer centre ; to enter data using real-time screen-based record editors or to use a monolithic batch mode multifile update system . |