Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | From our own experience we know that sociology , psychology , political science and anthropology have proved much richer sources of theoretical models and general concepts with which to equip students for understanding the social environment they inhabit . |
| 2 | Coventry City .. 3 Grimsby Town ... 0 ( Coventry win 4-3 on agg ) GRIMSBY played for 87 minutes of this Littlewoods Cup tie with 10 men , and their prospects of defending the two-goal lead they brought to Highfield Road disappeared with Tony Rees , who was sent off for a coward 's foul on Greg Downs . |
| 3 | They fielded a ten-man defence which for some time looked like achieving the 0–0 draw they desired . |
| 4 | That night the air in the basement room became so thick it was like inhaling the black tar they put on the road . |
| 5 | Understandably , it has appealed to teachers reacting against older traditional methods , particularly if these divorced learning to read from any kind of true reading experience , or if they involved the use of books containing as many older schemes did — unnatural and stilted language which prevented children from using the linguistic knowledge they already had . |
| 6 | CITIES targeted by the Government are each to have a minister from a team of nine headed by the Inner Cities Minister , Mr David Hunt , to advise them on regenerating the urban environment They will work with City Action Teams and Inner City Task Forces already set up , Mr Hunt yesterday told a London conference , Business in the Cities . |
| 7 | On reaching the last train they found a colleague talking to a middle-aged man dressed in a light-coloured rain coat and flat cap who was assumed to have been overcarried on the last train after going out of service at Capland Road Station . |
| 8 | ‘ Since winning the European Championship they have not won a match and have not even scored a goal . ’ |
| 9 | The perceptive Boris Chicherin spotted as early as 1858 that The Bell was " better at throwing government and society into confusion than at suggesting the precise path they should follow " . |
| 10 | When trainees are allowed to begin interviewing on their own under supervision they have already been accepted as CAB trainee advice workers , but in the GLCABS structure where candidates begin by observing the interviewing process they may not yet have formally passed the selection procedure . |
| 11 | His daughter-in-law Nancy Astor later wore it in her tiara , a piquant commentary on those who imagined that by overthrowing the ancient regime they were promoting equality . |
| 12 | If the SNP are serious about co-operation they should show willing by investing the same energy they use to attack us to attack the Conservative government . ’ |