Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foxes use the canal towing paths as routes to the centre of towns and cities where they go to scavenge for food . |
| 2 | And if you ca n't do it , er you know very often it , it , it shows itself in other ways , like people stamp their feet or they begin to shake with rage . |
| 3 | Scientists may be more slipshod than they care to admit about replication and falsification ; Broad and Wade do a good job of proving that . |
| 4 | The first requirement in getting students to adopt a serious orientation to knowledge is that they come to care about truth . |
| 5 | The Serbian Government must recognise that they should extend to the Albanians exactly the rights and privileges that they seek to secure on behalf of the Serbs in , for example , Croatia . |
| 6 | If the adventurers specifically state that they want to look for spell ingredients , or if a spellcaster makes an Int test without specifically stating this intention , they can find the following : a fire opal ( Resist Fire ) , a crystal prism ( Destroy Illusions ) , an 8-inch diameter golden hoop ( Vanish , but the hoop is red gold , so the spell will cost 9 MPs rather than 6 ) , a magnifying glass ( Banish Illusion ) , and a polished silver mirror ( Camouflage Illusion ) . |
| 7 | We bury our noblemen there , except that they have to lie at present without coffins . |
| 8 | In the absence of a minimum wage , many of our constituents earn such low wages that they have to resort to state benefits on top . |
| 9 | For too many , the lack of financial security , savings and a clear future mean that they have to live at subsistence level . |
| 10 | All this side of the road is one officer 's area that they have to cover on foot . |
| 11 | We are not going to use violence , we are not going to tell girls they ca n't go out and play in the streets , that they have to stay at home . |
| 12 | The theories are based upon individuals ' perception of what they expect out of work and recognise that individuals place different values on rewards and the effort that they have to expend in order to achieve those rewards . |
| 13 | Only er , only , they 're only paying for lunch for those that they have to pay for lunch . |
| 14 | As the fat particles become longer and thinner so they begin to come into contact with one another . |
| 15 | There is , she says , a serious shortage of nursery places which means that , if they wish to return to work , women are forced to rely on other sources of childcare . |
| 16 | I would suggest that the major item which the government has to give priority to is unemployment , especially if they wish to continue in office after three years , which I forecast could be the timing of the next general election if all goes well . |
| 17 | The Russians refer to ‘ buka ’ , the Welsh ‘ barog ’ means spiteful , while the Scots usher forward ‘ boggle-bos ’ , ‘ bucca-bos ’ , ‘ bodachs ’ and ‘ bugbears ’ as the solution for misbehaviour in very small children , especially if they refuse to go to sleep when they should . |
| 18 | Schoolcard holders can go on the bus if accompanied by no more than four adults — if they want to go by train they must have an Adult DayRover ; a Family DayRover is for two adults and three child permit holders or one adult and four child permit holders with dog . |
| 19 | RAIL passengers will have to pay more for their tickets next year if they want to travel in comfort and arrive on time . |
| 20 | They must survive on meagre pensions , but are discriminated against if they want to stay in work . |
| 21 | ‘ I think it has something to do with the word counselling ; people seem afraid of it — maybe it conjures up the wrong image — that they feel they 've failed in some way if they have to resort to counselling . |
| 22 | ‘ But they want to talk about work , Maggie , get us into a union and all that . |
| 23 | Mechanistic systems are unsuitable in conditions of change because they tend to deal with change by cumbersome methods . |
| 24 | Some requests or demands are reasonable and fair , but others certainly might not be so because they fail to take into account the child 's right to his/her needs and point of view , or because they are inappropriate to his/her level of development . |
| 25 | A clear example of the need to allow for demographic characteristics when forecasting staying-on rates is provided by Mao Qing and Mar Molinero ( 1986 ) who demonstrate that LEA forecasts of the number of school pupils aged 16–18 in Southampton are too low because they fail to take into account variations in enrolment by social class and geographic location . |
| 26 | But it 's just as sad if highly qualified and trained women lose everything they 've worked for because they have to stay at home . |
| 27 | He milks every dramatic gesture for all it is worth , extending sections such as the dolce con grazia ( 5'08 ’ ) till they seem to stretch into infinity , before sprinting away in the more volatile or highlycharged pages with an immaculate bravura and articulacy . |
| 28 | People will usually choose in a way which is consistent , but not in their own best interests since they fail to take into account all relevant information . |
| 29 | Why should it not be left to individual members of the Bar to decide whether they wish to specialise in advocacy ? |
| 30 | Next week parents are due to receive ballot papers to vote on whether they want to push for grant maintained status after years of waiting for the council to convert promises into action . |