Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] they [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rabbit 's breeding chamber is some 4 or 5 feet ( 1.25 – 1.5 metres ) long and the young are born in a nest of hair where they stay for a month . |
| 2 | Doug reaches intermittently into his crisp packet and feeds them into his mouth where they blend into a rubbery combination of mixed mash . |
| 3 | We suggest that there is considerable evidence in the data that they present for a downward pressure on referral rates , most noticeably in women ( perhaps particularly in elderly women ) and to the specialty of general medicine . |
| 4 | They are hard up , you know , heavens they 're run they drive a crapped out , clapped out old car and they live in a ghastly little bungalow in the middle of nowhere . |
| 5 | Nursing staff on some of those areas that we would pick out — those would be the intensive care units , the children 's units , the delivery suites and special care baby units — the nursing staff actually have control of permits which they can issue to relatives who are going to be here for a great length of time , and if they so feel that these relatives should n't be charged , they give them a permit and they park in a staff area at no charge whatsoever . |
| 6 | It 's to provide , to provide people with the opportunity use the wipes if they require as a safety precaution . |
| 7 | TSB invite readers to attend Saturday 's local County finals , which take place at the Bebington Oval , to cheer on Merseyside 's budding Christies and Gunnells as they fight for a place in the Merseyside team . |
| 8 | It will take a matter of minutes once they get into a routine . |
| 9 | Enterprise Projects are currently running in departments throughout the University , developing the curriculum and teaching methods to assist students in acquiring skills so they graduate with a degree PLUS . |
| 10 | I agree with my hon. Friend that in the past the weakness when farmers have got together has been the quality of marketing and management that they bring to a project . |
| 11 | Other birds of prey may also arouse strong responses if they sit in a conspicuous position during the daylight hours . |
| 12 | At home we have an impressive library of books , carefully selected to give our children the widest possible view of life : black families , single fathers , working mothers , girls rescuing the western world single-handed and boys moping in corners because they long for a doll . |
| 13 | The man counts the money and they argue for a while , Tod saying nine hundred , the man saying seven , then the man saying six while Tod holds out for a thou , and so on . |
| 14 | Ombudsman : Third parties — neighbours et al — can not appeal to the DoE if they disagree with a planning decision . |
| 15 | Moreover , Stevenson 's theory , and the attitudinism sketched above , are at their most convincing in their treatment of value charged descriptive words , among which indeed even such words as ‘ good ’ can be counted when we are concerned with the meaning that they have in a homogeneous society . |
| 16 | How on earth can the Government ensure that tenant participation takes place if they force through a tendering process which will not necessarily guarantee the tenant involvement we want ? |
| 17 | Similarly , stickers or any other obstruction son the windscreen ( except mirrors , sun visors , tax discs and smaller discs ) will cause failure if they intrude to a similar extent . |
| 18 | They are very happy places and they make for a lot of happiness with parents too I think . |
| 19 | There may be as many as 150,000 individuals and they cluster in a vast ball between the roots of a tree or beneath an overhanging stone . |
| 20 | It 's the twenty third , I said that 's on Saturday , he said oh we have got these dates wrong now , I said er what you 've cancelled is my personal booking but they ask for a work number you see . |
| 21 | In this context Foucault argues that whereas economics , sociology , demography and other mathematicized ( statistical ) social studies are , - despite their limitations , " sciences " , in the sense envisaged , psycho-analysis , ethnology and linguistics should be regarded as counter-sciences since they lead to a dissolution of man considered as an objective entity . |
| 22 | He could be granted a free transfer by FIFA when they adjudicate within a fortnight . |
| 23 | The approach that involved marking individual plants or seedlings in the field , tracing the fate of individual leaves as they are pulled down earthworm burrows , the behaviour of tendrils as they touch a support , the fate of insects as they land on a Drosera leaf , or recording the number of seeds at the bottom of an earthworm burrow , represented a reductionist level of concentrated observation that contrasted with the geographical view of vegetation with which Warming and others set the early direction of plant ecology . |
| 24 | When working with couples , the therapist 's role is to help the partners identify the problems that they face as a couple and then to encourage them to tackle those that appear soluble using the approach that has already been described . |
| 25 | ‘ We know from Sweden that they play with a lot of spirit and determination but that they play fair as well . ’ |
| 26 | And when they go on holiday with Ann and the old man they used to get through a hundred pounds a day and they go for a week . |
| 27 | Proceedings within paragraphs ( ii ) ( iii ) ( vi ) and ( vii ) above may also be brought in a county court care centre or the High Court if they arise from a s37 investigation made in the course of family proceedings in either court ( APO , art 3(2) ) . |
| 28 | Signor Banterle is an architect and they live in a beautiful villa which overlooks all Verona . |
| 29 | They mean an easy , phonetic ( or rather phonemic ) system such as alphabetic literacy and they think of a ‘ literate society ’ as one in which such a script is widely assumed in public life , as they claim it was in sixth century Greece . |
| 30 | Care proceedings must be commenced in the family proceedings court unless they arise from a s37 investigation made in the course of family proceedings in a High Court or county court or there are other proceedings under Parts IV or V of the Act pending in the higher courts ( APO , art 3 ) . |