Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb base] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Most lampreys are filter-feeders as young and ectoparasitic blood-suckers as adults , whereas hagfishes are predators or they rasp away the flesh of dead or moribund fishes . |
2 | The value of such studies is that they show plainly the ubiquity of popular political action , which may be diffuse , episodic , lacking any clearly formulated doctrine , or expressing itself mainly in religious or cultural terms , but always provides a matrix from which political organizations can emerge in favourable circumstances . |
3 | Processes which govern the ability of the terminal to respond during sustained activity , such as the synthesis of transmitter , the transport and filling of vesicles and their release from the cytoskeletal cage , will contribute to LTP only to the extent that they influence either the probability of fusion , or the amount of transmitter packed into vesicles . |
4 | That one 's a bit later date , and you can see that they 've double the track here . |
5 | All men refuse to take responsibility for their actions at some time or other during their lives , and some men so consistently shirk their duty that they present more the appearance of overgrown children than of adults . |
6 | But in chapter 16 Dathan and Abiram make clear that they see only the prospect of eventual death in the wilderness if Moses continues as their leader , and in chapter 14 death in battle seems only too imminent . |
7 | The chemicals have to be carefully selected so that they affect only the tin oxide and nothing else . |
8 | The reason for putting the onus of proof on the firms is that they have both the incentive to make the case , and access to the detailed information on which the case is to be based . |
9 | Camcorder viewfinders are , in effect , miniature television screens , and they show both the scene as received by the camcorder lens and also the recorded picture when the machine is switched to playback . |
10 | What we witness here is something resembling the Freudian proposition that the repressed returns via the very images , structures , and mechanisms of repression itself : the words which consummate the renewal of man , his salvation , these words return to signify the opposite of salvation which is damnation , and they signify also the desire which only damnation can acknowledge and which salvation must repress . |
11 | Even when market buildings are plain fare in architectural terms , simple cleaning and bright , fresh paint can quickly make them attractive and eyecatching ; and they offer just the type of premises that appeal to many young and growing businesses . |
12 | If they mine there the whole of Tomduff is going to be reduced to one big ugly hole with no plant or bird life ’ . |
13 | Erm then you know that would be something whereas if they say well the recession 's so bad we have n't taken anybody for the last five years and your researches ca n't unearth anybody who seems to be prepared to er give you even half a chance then I mean |
14 | And thanks to a smart directory — a custom-designed programme by Richard himself — senders can track down the person they want even if they have only the recipient 's first name , or just the vaguest idea of their title or where they work . |
15 | But they raise again the issue of how one assesses the importance of different forms of organization within an economy and society , and especially in what sense , and when , it is possible to say that a particular form of organization dominates a system . |
16 | But they have instead the filth that gathers in stagnant water and its evil smell on many a lawn . ’ |
17 | They do look at the statistics the government statistics for fertility and mortality , but they have then the ability to amend , to adjust to local erm to match up with local information . |
18 | The humiliations may show us the strength of the opposition which the world , temporal and spiritual , sets up against him , but they promise too the kind of imaginative and moral strength which will raise him about it . |
19 | The biters are usually the easiest to detect because they eat away the foliage . |
20 | Undoubtedly some will be unable to cope with this emphasis on self-management because they lack either the intelligence or perhaps , more importantly , the motivation to do so . |
21 | These readings have been selected in part because they illustrate well the convergence of research evidence and policy-making . |
22 | Similarly economic policy-makers in the UK and the USA choose policies which satisfy their aspiration levels ; they can not ‘ fine tune ’ the economy because they have neither the information nor the theory to do so ( Mosely , 1984 ) . |
23 | For example , using a good etymological dictionary , try looking up the origins and spelling changes in words like : ache delight ghost guest health ( and whole , hale ) island thought Changes in place names are particularly interesting , because they demonstrate clearly the way in which spelling does not determine pronunciation , but so often limps along behind . |
24 | These packages are cheaper than the basic time cost , since they take away the advertiser 's control over when the ad is to appear . |
25 | But if the expenses in question are payable out of income to which the beneficiary has already become entitled , the expenses are not a proper deduction from the beneficiary 's total income , since they represent simply the mode in which he applies his income after he has become entitled to it . |
26 | When they cut away the paper at the back of the frame it proved to be a Böcklin , but a print cut from a magazine , the original being in Budapest . |
27 | When they get there the china cabinet is still in one piece but the budgie is dead . |
28 | Interviews with doctors who practise euthanasia have shown that they resort to LAWER when they have neither the courage nor cruelty to talk openly with patients , relatives , or colleagues . |
29 | What is actually happening of course we know in that case what is actually happening , because nerves erm er neurones in , in the base of the brain are actually sampling the blood flow as it goes through with sugar level and when the sugar level drops to a critical point , some of those neurones start to fire and as they fire gradually the message is passed on up to the higher brain centres and eventually you get the feeling you 're hungry . |
30 | Although we can not honestly say that those who unsuccessfully oppose a particular decision or policy consent to that decision or policy when it is carried out despite their opposition , we can say that they are nevertheless bound by that decision in so far as they accept both the principle of majority decisions and the fairness of the procedures through which the decision is reached or the policy made . |