Example sentences of "they [vb base] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally , knowing that all but two fieldsmen must patrol the area within the 30-yard circle centred around the stumps at each end , they chip the ball over their heads into the ‘ no-mans 's land ’ beyond them . |
| 2 | No doubt theorists are up to the challenge presented by the new results and will come back in time with new estimates , before they declare the proton stable . |
| 3 | They fear the deterioration of the value of the pound against the dollar may mean Mr Outhwaite is poised to demand another £60 million in cash from them — cash calls totalling £168 million have already been paid . |
| 4 | They fear the assembly will in effect be Christian , and derpive Jewish pupils of knowledge about Judaic faith , practices , history and ethics . |
| 5 | They fear the power of the example he set by completing a world record 87 marathons , in 13 different nations in the year to March 15 . |
| 6 | Instinctively they fear the strength of the emotional ties with their mother , which could prevent them from becoming mature and independent men . |
| 7 | They fear the weapons may be used to arm terrorist cells in Europe , and not just Iranian . ’ |
| 8 | They have no idea what 's out there ( the top shelf of Smiths defines their sexual horizons ) but they fear the worst — they 're the kind of people who see a Cronenberg film and think it 's a snuff movie . |
| 9 | They resent the disclosure of inconvenient truths , but above all they fear the disclosure that things need not be the way they are . |
| 10 | Most of all , they fear the Israelis . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The Met have now provided him with round-the-clock protection as they fear the filofax could fall into the hands of the IRA , ’ said the source . |
| 12 | They fear the rises will lead to more cases of hypothermia among pensioners and an increase in illness among children in lower-income families . |
| 13 | Residents in the area say they fear the man could strike again . |
| 14 | Student leaders say they fear the organisation could brainwash young people . |
| 15 | With frontier restrictions coming down all over Europe in 1992 , they fear the sort of epidemic that has been sweeping the rest of the continent . |
| 16 | Carers say they fear the impact of VAT on fuel as many are already struggling to survive . |
| 17 | They fear the proposed withdrawal from 17 May of some stops by ScotRail and InterCity will cause further deterioration in the service . |
| 18 | When something goes wrong , I find the quickest way to make matters worse is to launch in with my own fury , or insist that they repair the damage MY way . |
| 19 | If they repair the car maybe in the next hour or so how long will they take , Bobby ? |
| 20 | And they dispute the claim that Kuwait has lost $1 billion in Spain , alleging in their turn that $1.5 billion was spirited back to Kuwait through a network of offshore funds held by Kuwaiti citizens . |
| 21 | Either they dispute the sceptic 's right to assert the conclusion , or to assert it as a conclusion ; or they suggest directly that the conclusion can not be true , and that hence they are excused from considering any suggested reason for believing it . |
| 22 | They dispute the economic argument , saying the economy would be strengthened by improving energy efficiency . |
| 23 | They dispute the stereotype of the ageing lecher , popularised in Malcolm Bradbury 's The History Man . |
| 24 | And they kill from spite : they despise the colour of another 's skin and resent the way another worships God . |
| 25 | They despise the received good taste of garish Italianate fashion and its social connotations : too flashy and cashy . |
| 26 | Krashen 's ( 1981 ) views are particularly relevant to the study of BSL , not only because they lay the base for a fundamental re-examination of teaching methods ( see appendix 2 ) but because they allow us to understand more clearly the language learning problems of BSL acquirers . |
| 27 | They lay the child with his head down and slap his chest to help drain the lungs . |
| 28 | ‘ The Miletti family have made a statement in which they lay the blame for the murder squarely on the shoulders of the police , ’ the woman began . |
| 29 | The tools are designed to provide developers with a superset of features from the varied operating systems , so that they gain the value of unique operating system characteristics , yet still deliver portable applications — for example , a common programming interface set enables a programmer to write a single application that supports the Macintosh , OSF/Motif , Presentation Manager , Windows , or future graphical user interfaces . |
| 30 | The tools are designed to provide developers with a superset of features from the varied operating systems , so that they gain the value of unique operating system characteristics , yet still deliver portable applications — for example , a common programming interface set enables a programmer to write a single application that supports the Macintosh , OSF/Motif , Presentation Manager , Windows , or future graphical user interfaces . |