Example sentences of "[verb] them [prep] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Have you ever thought of knitting them on a larger scale ?
2 The rest clambered into their saddles , and followed him unquestioningly as he led them at a canter downslope to where the hills opened out and patches of ground could be seen where the snow was melting .
3 and change them to a bigger size
4 The families along the river were closely related and inter-marriage had fused them into a larger unit .
5 So it seemed sensible to move into this area , take advantage of that for ourselves , and provide them with a better service .
6 Even if an ineffective treatment does not in itself cause damage it may harm patients by raising false expectations or by deflecting them from a better treatment , so this criterion would leave virtually all unproved treatment open to investigation .
7 which is burnt off when the whole thing gets fired in the kiln , so what will have to happen is the , your pots you 've done so far , once they 're thoroughly dried and go into the kiln , they 're fired at a high temperature and then they 'll come out this bit fired you 'll then separate them with oxide pastes , dip them into glaze , which I 'll explain in a minute , and re-fire them at a higher temperature , the glazed would
8 Quite simply , such an additional demand for the currencies concerned would help keep them at a higher level , with a consequent reduction in their export surpluses .
9 to show his students the ways by which great art creates its effects , leading them to a finer appreciation and fuller response , and to help them appreciate more fully the authors ' insights , so often deeper than our own [ sic ] , contribute towards our understanding of ourselves , our community , and life itself .
10 Though — at the earliest — the registers will not be available before 1994 , the property industry sees them as a further blow to a sector already reeling from recession .
11 It is much better to attempt to prevent fears arising , rather than having to rectify them at a later stage .
12 Many modernisation theorists argued that industrialisation would open up opportunities for women , providing them with a greater variety of possible roles and increasing chances of social mobility and a less subservient existence .
13 A second interpretation of the developments of the 1980s would set them in a longer context , dating back to the late 1960s .
14 Firstly , although Wessel ( 1797 ) and Argand ( 1806 ) had tried to make complex numbers a little more respectable by showing how to interpret them , their addition and multiplication geometrically , there remained , possibly because of doubts concerning the intuitive use of geometrical arguments , the desire to put them on a firmer basis .
15 ‘ It has provided them with a stronger sense of purpose and mission , ’ he says .
16 Will my right hon. Friend confirm that he has listened to hon. Members and representatives of people with disabilities who are worried that the additional room or larger property that they need to accommodate their disabilities might take them into a higher band and that he has decided that any such people should fall within one band lower than would otherwise be the case ?
17 However , although the UK government and others have a variety of policies designed to encourage and stimulate innovation , rather little has been done to assess the effectiveness of these measures , or to consider them in a broader context of structural change and adjustment in a mature industrial economy .
18 He has also pointed to the way in which metaphor joins dissimilar experiences by finding a symbol or image that unites them at a deeper level of meaning ( ibid , p. 63 ) .
19 Whatever the division among teachers about aspects of the new curriculum , most found that it has brought them into a closer relationship with the school library :
20 Although these children were potentially a lot more intelligent than the rest of society , they still feared something and this is what suppressed them for a longer period of time .
21 They remarked on the personal service , from the same senior consultant whom they had first met , comparing them with a larger firm who had acted in a heavy-handed way towards them and who had subsequently sent a junior consultant actually to handle the work , after they had dealt with the most senior partner at the beginning .
22 It is much better to step in and help people firmly rather than having to punish them at a later stage .
23 That would leave them in a worse position than they began , because all the T'ang can offer them is money .
24 Silverfish are an awesome experience , and purely on that basis EMF should be applauded for introducing them to a wider audience .
25 At the first sign of new leaves , give them more water and move them to a warmer place ( about 10–16°C , 50–60°F ) .
26 Definitely , yes , I would say like I 've spoke to Brian Horton on Sunday and he more or less said that it 's er Oxford United , fourth position in the league , let's hope so like you know , they are like , and I 've come here maybe to help get them in a better position .
27 N brief , I suggest that we can best understand the form of modern doctrines by situating them in a broader dialogue within liberal political philosophy concerning the relation between the citizen and the state .
28 However , in view of the importance of the issues raised , we said that we would put our reasons into writing and deliver them at a later date .
29 Thus ethnographic interviewing describes an open ended unstructured approach designed to encourage informants not only to describe individual infant care practices but also to locate them within a broader ideology .
30 Their high delinquency level also puts them at a further distance .
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