Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] they [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If mothers receive a benefit which they are expected and indeed do spend to service the needs of their families , then this re-confirms them as the day-to-day managers of household finances , which for millions of women is not only a chore but also a source of considerable anxiety ( McClelland , 1982 ) . |
| 2 | This involves them in the same difficulties as those faced , or evaded , by psychologists . |
| 3 | The prosecution alleges this links them with the 3 lorry attacks . |
| 4 | Children here do n't lack any sort of ability it 's because th they English is n't their first language so they need support in learning English to help them with the everyday necessities of the national curriculum . |
| 5 | This puts them on the same footing as European growers after earlier anger and allegations that Ministry of Agriculture officials had agreed terms that disadvantaged UK grain growers . |
| 6 | This puts them in the international master category , with the equivalent of a fide rating of 2000 . |
| 7 | This left them in the ludicrous position of having to claim that , out of loyalty to their sovereign lady , they were embattled against their sovereign lady 's mother . |
| 8 | I hunted buffalo in the swamps at Bilen ; it was exciting following them through the dense reed beds . |
| 9 | I do not therefore mind leaving these matters in the safe hands of the Germans , just as many nations before 1914 were content to leave them in the safe hands of the British . |
| 10 | It is easy to dismiss them as the strategic outpourings of a new recruit trying to impress the party machine . |
| 11 | This year , by some freak of fate , the Mendozas had drawn the O'Briens in the first round , and were due to play them at the latter 's new polo club forty miles away on the first Saturday in December . |
| 12 | Within the next , er month or so a national consultation is being held within the URC to consider the advice of producing a programme of training for eldership which will be used throughout the call of the church and if there are any suggestions or any proposal that anyone would like to make I shall be very glad to receive them within the next month . |
| 13 | Are you supposed to press them at the same time ? |
| 14 | I would be glad to exchange them for the same face value as the increasingly worthless and derisory folding stuff . |
| 15 | We live in a technological age , and there are going to be major changes without a doubt , we 've all seen them over the past few decades , and into the future there are going to be many major changes . |
| 16 | All languages have systems but they do not all use them for the same purposes ; what is an essential distinction in one language may be quite disregarded in another . |
| 17 | Each of these in isolation produces a form of curriculum which embodies its own emphases ; but it is surely better to consider them as the three necessary dimensions of any truly general education ( Squires 1987a ) . |
| 18 | And ‘ first ’ is a word that suits them , for many recognise them as the finest original instrument group among baroque performers of the present day . |
| 19 | For their part , trade unions showed little or no interest in the new community-based movements that emerged from the late 1960s , and saw little to interest them in the educational work that developed around community struggles . |
| 20 | This food was also an invaluable help to passage migrants such as the finches and buntings , helping them put on a few extra grammes of fat to carry them through the next leg of their long journey to winter quarters . |
| 21 | We are unable to hear the ultrasonic radar signals of bats , let alone interpret them with the intelligible rapidity which they can . |
| 22 | Timing is also of the essence — flowers can be sent to you through the post as soon as the special event is over , but the best option is to be able to press them on the very day that they are used . |
| 23 | You will then be able to soak them in the medicated solution for maximum effectiveness . |
| 24 | This is not to say , however , that in certain applications , the use of ‘ normal ’ in-rack sprinkler systems is not perfectly satisfactory where the arrangement of sprinklers can be such that a number of them can be brought in early against the fire , or where the nature of the goods stored is such that flames are unlikely to damage them within the first few moments of fire development . |
| 25 | The female when on heat was obviously erotically inclined herself , and could soon arouse the male , but , once aroused , the sexual drive of both animals seemed unable to direct them towards the exact behaviour demanded by the situation . |
| 26 | Are we gon na be able to get them into the right place ? |
| 27 | However , it seemed a shame to be able to design the forms using the computer and not be able to complete them on the same machine at a later point . |
| 28 | However , it seemed a shame to be able to design the forms using the computer and not be able to complete them on the same machine at a later point . |
| 29 | In deciding whether to begin or continue litigation , one major factor is whether a party will have to pay the costs or be able to recover them from the other party . |
| 30 | The staff were amazed at how quickly she grasped the various issues and was able to slot them into the incredible filing system of her memory . |