Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] such " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of them would trust such men a yard . |
| 2 | Inescapably , they must retain such things as overall financial control , a determination of the size of a school 's teaching and ancillary staff , and major decisions about buildings , although many conclusions on these matters are reached only after an ebb and flow of consultation and representation . |
| 3 | There 's no reason why they should think such a request odd — or even unusual . ’ |
| 4 | For most Germans it was bewildering that they should suffer such losses at the hands of a country that had not existed for over 100 years . |
| 5 | It was undoubtably a shame , he had concluded , that they should endure such a loss of dignity . |
| 6 | They must be mad that they should expect such a delicate business as his preparation of Vologsky to be speeded up as though it was a crude operation on a factory bench . |
| 7 | On the one hand a series of publications demonstrated to planners at the local level why they should adopt the approach of restraining traffic and how they should put such plans into practice ( figure 5.3 ) . |
| 8 | It 's just that they 'll make such a fuss . |
| 9 | Almost all modern economists , however much they might resist such classification , are drawn to one of two camps . |
| 10 | Nor did the fact that the defendants had a direct financial interest in securing a sale of Vertigo constitute a breach of fiduciary duty since the contract of agency envisaged that they might have such a conflict of interest . |
| 11 | The trains were not allowed to pass until the East German authorities were certain that they could prevent such attempts . |
| 12 | They could alter such a state of affairs if they wished . |
| 13 | There was a time , not long ago , when families would do all they could to suppress such information . |
| 14 | She had never imagined wearing clothes like this , or that they could make such a difference . |
| 15 | ‘ Whatever would Daisy and Edwin Pettigrew say if they could see such behaviour ! ’ |
| 16 | Retailers were confident that they could trust such customers implicitly to pay for the goods they took away or had delivered . |
| 17 | Eels are not thought to go down to the abyssal depths of the Atlantic where they could get such indications from the sea floor . |
| 18 | They could charge such a rate of interest that the poor farmer would have to sell his land to pay it . |
| 19 | I think the principle was that if the terrorists came round the corner , then they 'd make such a noise shooting us that they 'd wake up everybody inside and give them time to lock the door , and that was really our only role . |
| 20 | When asked why they would make such a move , most replied that |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't believe they would do such a thing without my permission . ’ |
| 22 | Bearing in mind recent noisy Opposition condemnation of steel plant closures , has the Opposition spokesman yet had the guts to give the people of Scotland an unequivocal assurance that , given the chance , they would prevent such closures — |
| 23 | The French and Spanish critics rarely seem to have firm convictions about matters of performance practice ( although they usually feel strongly about the character and quality of the performance ) , and we may suppose that they would regard such convictions as an impediment to the essentially journalistic nature of their enterprise . |
| 24 | Do you think they would send such a lure through such a palpably honest man ? ’ |
| 25 | Many reasons occur why it is improbable that they would take such a step which both students and professor would have cause to regret … ’ |
| 26 | He said : ‘ If they really had contemplated they would get such a sum of money a part of the plan would have been where to put the money for a temporary period . |
| 27 | Boal sought and received assurances from a number of leading Unionists that they would join such a movement but , when the Ulster Democratic Unionist party was launched on 30 October 1971 , many of those who had expressed interest were absent . |
| 28 | They have reached the crucial point at which they can save because they have discharged other liabilities , but they will find such saving difficult . |
| 29 | However , precisely because they can make such fine distinctions at the lexical level , they may well prove unstable for the purposes of recognition . |
| 30 | If so , ask them how they can justify such action . |