Example sentences of "they [vb base] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They may not be the future , but they do craft good songs . ’ |
| 2 | They do not necessarily have a lot of money but they do expect good value and a broad service . |
| 3 | Therefore , very large firms which have secured a degree of market dominance will often prefer independence or , where they do retain formal employers ' association membership , may have ‘ nonconforming ’ status whereby they are not required to follow the terms of a national agreement and disputes procedure ( such as a number of firms in the Chemical Industries Association in Britain , including ICI and Glaxo ) . |
| 4 | They do love sweet stuff such as honey , jam , chocolate , and biscuits , and some people even prepare special badger cakes to proffer to their local clan . |
| 5 | The organisers of Telethon say they do consult disabled people about the event and feel such an opinion is a minority one . |
| 6 | Consultancies are an integral part of the PR industry and they do possess certain advantages of experience , independence and specialist skills that may not be evident internally . |
| 7 | There is still ample talent for England , given sensible selection , to demonstrate that they do possess organised strength in depth and that the national structure , so precarious in other years , has a substantial base . |
| 8 | There is , in fact , a ferret corner with animals on display at most country fairs and they do attract wide interest . |
| 9 | The new act picks up the Warnock comments that really the majority of children can probably be erm accommodated in ordinary schools , but there will always be a need for special schools , and in fact they do mention some proportions . |
| 10 | My point here is simply that they do go some way to explaining why patterns of co-residence fluctuate over time . |
| 11 | Martin 's an architect and and it actually probably would be you know it might be a good thing to actually sort of provoke a question with architects because they do specify these things and they 're the ones who actually say you know right we 'll specify hardwood . |
| 12 | Usually Guppies are hardy fish and adapt to most water conditions , but they do prefer alkaline water . |
| 13 | This mistake is commonly made , especially in the case of Black Mollies ( remember they do prefer saline conditions ) and commonly also with Blackmoors in which case protozoal parasites or skin flukes are usually the culprits . |
| 14 | Nevertheless they do represent different ways in which psychotic vulnerability can manifest itself and reference to them helps to provide some clues as to which of its aspects might mediate any association that exists with creativity . |
| 15 | Despite the fact that neither the Model Code nor the Take-over Code have the force of law , they do represent important statements of commercial morality and at times breach of them may have legal consequences . |
| 16 | ‘ Maybe I 'll make it a condition that they do marry each other , the two of them . |
| 17 | It is interesting to note that when they do discover some titbit amongst the bottom debris , they very rarely charge off with it as they normally do when picking up our hookbaits . |
| 18 | They do discharge some radioactivity , in cooling gas or water , but tests show the levels are n't dangeous . |
| 19 | They do enjoy them and they do make good use of them . |
| 20 | They do enjoy them and they do make good use of them . |
| 21 | But they do make sociolinguistic assumptions : in context it is clear that they also assume the early development of a socially elite variety , and we can see from the first sentence of the quotation that ‘ carefulness ’ is probably also involved . |
| 22 | They do make heavy demands on the resources of the hospital service , so steady efforts are being made to improve the preventive aspects of geriatric care . |
| 23 | They do demand hard work , but can provide real business and personal development . |
| 24 | Two-stroke units for microlights develop more power from less weight and are generally cheaper to replace than their four- stroke equivalents , but they do demand careful attention . |
| 25 | Babysitting circles are a good way of making sure you can get a babysitter when you want one , but they do involve some effort on your part — you 'll have to do babysitting in exchange ! |
| 26 | The official statistics , therefore , can only be used as indicators , rather than accurate statements , but they do offer some guides to the occupational picture . |
| 27 | I would go further Chairman , in terms of the version we reach now , I would be very surprised if they do reach those figures , and , er , why I would expect them to be substantially less , because the policy which is being proposed at this stage is one of using joint finance monies as a one hundred percent grant , one-off grants for one or two years in support of schemes , rather than in , as a tapering item . |
| 28 | Dangerous circumstances as in these two examples are often easier for parents to understand and realize that in fact they do exert effective control at some times . |
| 29 | Compared to overtly authoritarian regimes , British governments make relatively little use of suppression and censorship , though they do suppress some information and they do sometimes censor the media , especially on defence and security matters . |
| 30 | We 'll have ha we will have been an irrel irrelevant to them for so long that when they do find another job or even a first job , then we will have a major task to convince them of the value of trade union membership . |