Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] them [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will also help if the players can hit the iron shots a little higher than usual to enable them to stop the ball on the firm greens . |
| 2 | Will representations to other Governments be as strong as possible to encourage them to make the sort of contributions to the know-how fund and to know-how activity that is absolutely crucial for the developing economies in central and eastern Europe , and without which they will never develop democratic politics as well ? |
| 3 | This made them hold the glider down and often caused overspeeding or even overrunning of the cable or parachute . |
| 4 | He criticised the MPs for ‘ their absolute lack of understanding of the conflict here ’ but said he would be willing to meet them to discuss the letter and other issues . |
| 5 | If my readers still doubt this let them consider the situation as we find it among societies which have not advanced as far as we have , for instance , among the aborigines of Central Australia . |
| 6 | This leads them to see the organization as a well-defined unit and not as the heaving , changing mass with fluctuating boundaries that it really is . |
| 7 | This helps them assess the effects of changing those structures by allowing them make such changes directly through the virtual reality interface . |
| 8 | This enabled them to control the activities of people who did not expect the Navigation Acts to be taken seriously . |
| 9 | This enabled them to seize the initiative at the turn of the century and ally the zemstvos ever more closely with the broader liberal and constitutional movement . |
| 10 | This enabled them to adjust the angle . |
| 11 | This enabled them to make the choice to preserve order by containment or prevention of picketing . |
| 12 | It would be wrong to make them pay the price of justice — although this might nudge us into remembering that innocent wives and children and other dependents are made to suffer when the state imprisons thousands of working-class men for crimes which are often insignificant compared with corporate crimes . |
| 13 | This entitled them to bring a patent action against the buyers to enforce the patent . |
| 14 | More elaborate designs might use pin headers and sockets so that flying leads can be plugged into the board , making it easy to disconnect them to remove the board for servicing or repair . |
| 15 | The tall pines surrounding the lough often produced a mirror-like surface , and whilst it was easier to see rising fish , it was almost impossible to tempt them to take a fly , no matter how carefully presented . |
| 16 | It is quite clear that most Canadian and American graduates speak perfect English , and it seems rather pointless to expect them to take an examination that consists of a test of English and of basic medical knowledge that they already have . |
| 17 | It was nearly impossible to get them to accept a surrender . |
| 18 | Most of the federal judges appointed by President Reagan are so convinced the market has its own fail-safe mechanisms for everything that it is hard to imagine them upholding a challenge to any merger . |
| 19 | ‘ Ashley 's hotel is in a different part of town from where everyone else is staying and it seemed unfair to expect them to take a detour , ’ his mother explained . |
| 20 | In history and in modern times , any sporting pursuit which seriously engages blacks is sure to see them become the leaders in the field . |
| 21 | Even if Brady were able to sell one of several players who would be allowed to leave the club in response to a reasonable offer , Celtic 's bankers might be unwilling to let them use the money for the purchase of McGinlay or anybody else . |
| 22 | He 's reluctant to stop them handling the lambs altogether . |
| 23 | It was difficult to get them to see the relevance of some of the questions . ’ |
| 24 | It is even harder to picture them leaving the defence of their border with Turkey to decisions taken in a distant European capital , and to a garrison in Thrace consisting mostly of soldiers from Germany , Italy , Spain or wherever . |
| 25 | Under this scheme the Training Agency is empowered to offer individual institutions up to £1 million to enable them to give every undergraduate the opportunity to learn the skills and acquire the attitudes that he or she will need in industry and commerce . |
| 26 | She opened it wide to let them see the contents . |
| 27 | Our studies point strongly to the need of adopted children ( and all separated children in long-term arrangements ) to feel legally secure to enable them to develop a sense of belonging to their psychological family ( Triseliotis , 1983 ; Triseliotis and Russell , 1984 ; Triseliotis and Hill , 1987 ) . |
| 28 | And I popped out to the shop on Sunday the second of November and came back totally and utterly bemused to see them putting a christmas tree up and father christmas in the window and fairy lights all over the place . |
| 29 | If , instead , the tax payers had sold their shares for a larger amount , sufficient to enable them to repay the loans , they are likely to have been personally better off , because of indexation allowance to reduce the additional gain deriving from the sale of the shares , and because they would not have suffered an income tax charge under either ss421 or 160 . |
| 30 | When , as conveyancers for a buyer , you send the engrossment of the conveyance , lease or transfer to the other side for execution , it 's wise to remind them to have the plan signed ( or sealed , as the case may be ) by the seller — and even then it 's remarkable how often the requirement can be overlooked . |