Example sentences of "[pron] they [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Females of several parasitic species of wasp sting weevil larvae , beside which they lay a single egg . |
| 2 | In their third year , students take a special topic on which they prepare a substantial piece of work . |
| 3 | In the third year , students choose a special subject which they study in depth and on which they prepare a substantial dissertation . |
| 4 | In Scotland they become territorial on an area of estuary mud from which they filter the small invertebrates that make up their diet . |
| 5 | He states that ‘ it is especially intriguing to discover very little activity in the form of theses about theses ’ , and this remains true today , despite the growth in their numbers , and the extent to which they form an integral part of the scientific communication process . |
| 6 | With the breakup of the U.S.S.R. , it is the latter part of the feat that will be difficult to duplicate , for as Christoph Vitali , Director of the Schirn Kunsthalle , mentioned in his opening speech , the State and the Ministry of Culture of the U.S.S.R. with which they signed the initial protocol for the show no longer exist , and several cities from which the art has travelled have changed names . |
| 7 | But the club 's liabilities on Dec 31 were £1,162,306 , of which they owed the Inland Revenue £126,368 . |
| 8 | Late in January news bulletins mentioned the Anzio landing in which they knew the Irish Guards were taking part and in February the dreaded news came that Joe had been wounded . |
| 9 | Breakaway orthodox delegates to the founding conference held a new conference at which they formed the Russian Party of Communists . |
| 10 | The greatest fear of American motorists is car-jacking , the latest fad among the country 's enterprising villains in which they steal an occupied vehicle , all too often shooting the driver first . |
| 11 | Over-exploitation of rattan does not indicate a high ‘ conservation of resources ’ sense , nor does their attitude to animals , of which they keep a wide range of pets from rats to tigers . |
| 12 | They then formed a limited company of which they became the sole directors and shareholders and sold the business to the company . |
| 13 | Many various-sized painted plaster images are on sale and quite a number with large pieces broken off are being brought back in torn imitation plastic leather bags , only to have it explained that the purchasers probably have not been confessing enough and absolution is only granted by their completing a 13-page questionnaire through which they get a special adhesive that breaks all mends . |
| 14 | He measured the rate at which they pecked the different models , and confirmed that the red spot on the tip of the bill acts as a signal to the chick to peck , in order to beg for food . |
| 15 | Yet as Comecon 's major source of hydrocarbons the countries have felt in recent years the strain of cutbacks in Soviet oil exports as well as what they consider to be unfair trading terms caused by rising costs which they lack the economic freedom to renegotiate . |
| 16 | Mrs Whitehouse wrote on behalf of the NVALA to the then Home Secretary , Roy Jenkins , asking if he would declare Thorsen an ‘ undesirable alien ’ , to which they received a negative reply . |
| 17 | Watchers were then encouraged to get in touch with her via her publishers , after which they received a personalised mailshot . |
| 18 | The subscription was 5/- a year if paid in one sum or 1/6 a quarter but all persons under 20 years of age one shilling quarterly , for which they received a signed ticket of admission and also had the privilege of introducing a lady to the free lectures , the members themselves were admitted ( at half price ) to lectures where a charge was made . |
| 19 | On Saturday afternoon the RAF Presentation Team , which normally attends one of the Area Conferences each year , gave their presentation to Conference for which they received the grateful thanks and applause of those present . |
| 20 | Club members can provide help with Front of House , Bar and Foyer duties in return for which they receive a free ticket to the show . |
| 21 | The world communist movement , meanwhile , had virtually collapsed as an organised force , and individual parties had lost ground in nearly all the countries in which they had a legal existence ( some had simply disappeared ) . |
| 22 | Given that the majority was aligned on grounds which had nothing to do with policy , it was difficult for strangers to vote so publicly and at the same time to hold aloof from an alignment in which they had no personal interest , and which might even have damaged their commercial interests . |
| 23 | However , while the advisory team 's views had the undoubted consequence of making many Leeds primary classrooms seem busier and more attractive , the beneficial consequences for children 's learning were less clear ; and for some teachers , the claim of ‘ flexibility ’ had exactly the opposite effect , strait-jacketing them into practices to which they had no real commitment and which they had difficulty in managing . |
| 24 | Branson 's readiness to delegate responsibility and encourage people in tasks for which they had no particular qualification had been important in determining the mood of the company . |
| 25 | The report was bitterly criticised by the British Society for Allergy and Environmental Medicine which accused the authors of ‘ many inaccuracies ’ in describing treatments of which they had no first-hand experience . |
| 26 | As though their own countryside let them down compared to that of Italy , the wealthy English had with them when travelling a Claude Glass through which they viewed the passing landscape from their carriages . |
| 27 | Mr Clarke said social services departments would ‘ use their own , voluntary or private provision , according to which they judge the best way of providing the best quality service ’ . |
| 28 | Each member of the group , based in Woodbridge , has an area in which they take a special interest . |
| 29 | Throughout , he is quiet and well mannered , but eventually he walks out on them , at which they make a big scene . |
| 30 | Like the Howie Committee 's proposed SCOTCERT qualification , to which they bear a close resemblance , general SVQs offer a broadly-based general education with a vocational thrust . |