Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , to whom belongs the credit for this near miraculous escape from falling victim yet again to socialist ideology and dogma , which is in decline and disrepute everywhere , except for a few Third World countries ? |
| 2 | One of them involves the observation of events as they actually occur , and the other involves experimentation which causes events to take place . |
| 3 | ‘ Neither of them fits the picture of a proper mother . ’ |
| 4 | So water for me represents the ordinariness of life which Jesus can take and make very special . |
| 5 | Now , everyone confronts the same challenge , and Mr Lang is looking for consensus . |
| 6 | Everyone agrees the camera loves her ’ |
| 7 | Everyone agrees the republics need all the parctical help they can get to stop them tearing themselves apart . |
| 8 | Everyone agrees the safety of 500 pupils is paramount . |
| 9 | ‘ One of them plays the piano most beautifully . |
| 10 | The article also quotes a source at the Ministry of Industry as saying that the government wants the spin-off , with corporate outside investors for the new entity , adding that , although the government is not opening up France Telecom 's capital to outside investors , ‘ nothing prohibits the privatisation of its subsidiaries . ’ |
| 11 | Nothing slows the work of |
| 12 | Following the first leg little or nothing separates the two teams . |
| 13 | Everyone understands the common language of money . |
| 14 | The pragmatist might suggest that precision is fine only so long as everyone understands the term : in fact , Pulex irritans is less obviously a flea , than ‘ flea ’ . |
| 15 | Ms Li dismisses any suggestion that anyone will feel like a second-class citizen : ‘ Everyone understands the changes our country is going through . |
| 16 | Herein lies a big problem for managers who must take steps to ensure that everyone understands the need for involvement — To this end a series of seminars and talks should be arranged in order to explain the issue , seek ideas and the commitment of everyone to meeting the challenge . |
| 17 | In case you find that potential recruits feel that the Park Society offers a marginally cheaper way of supporting the Welsh countryside , I think it is important that everyone understands the difference between us . |
| 18 | But , internally , you need to make sure that your auditors and your , and everyone understands the same thing . |
| 19 | First , it makes good sense because everyone understands the language of money as a common denominator which goes across all boundaries . |
| 20 | When the Tories briefly took control of the council , they implemented current Conservative philosophy — to sell council homes and encourage what for them represents the truest democracy , a property-owning democracy , which is less about one-man-one-vote than every man a home-owner . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been talking to people about this , 'cos everyone thinks the video is so sexy , you know . |
| 22 | Certainly there should be an academic library committee on which the librarian sits to discuss its operational use and stocking , but for the mechanical organisation of a busy library it is absolutely essential that there should be a qualified librarian off the teaching establishment in every major secondary school … and I 'm sure everyone thinks the same . |
| 23 | ‘ Everyone thinks the Amaranth Line was enormously wealthy , but so much of it went in the Sorcery Wars — dear me , I intended no discourtesy , sir . |
| 24 | Everyone thinks the implicit extension includes one or the other of these latter propositions , but they disagree which , because they disagree which solution best interprets the abstract goal on which they agree of equality of opportunity in court . |
| 25 | Today everyone receives the same basic personal allowance , regardless of whether they are male , female , married or single ; and regardless of whether any income they have comes from earnings , an investment , their pension or other source . |
| 26 | Nothing illustrates the blatant inequalities in society better than the fact that Durham County Council is having to close several old people 's homes . |
| 27 | And behind all of them lies the archetypal opposition between good and evil , light and darkness , creation and destruction , God and the Devil . |
| 28 | Everyone has a right to first-rate care and everyone has the right to complain if they 're not satisfied . |
| 29 | Everyone has the right to a church funeral , and for the body to be taken to the church , but it is not necessary to have a service at a funeral whether it is a burial or a cremation . |
| 30 | It 's a free country and everyone has the right to be mind-numbingly stupid if they want , and subsequently I suppose it 's better if they can avoid killing themselves as a direct result . |