Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb base] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vital task facing trade unions at the present time is to sell trade unionism — to convince trade union members that they belong to a beneficial , positive and essential organisation . |
| 2 | Critics it that time excluded authors inconvenient for their picture of a general return to tradition : Todd himself has little to say about authors such as B. S. Johnson and Christine Brooke-Rose , mostly on the grounds that they belong to a counter-cultural avant-garde never identified with the mainstream of British writing . |
| 3 | At five they are then pushed into an environment where the language is new , the rules incomprehensible and where , unless it is a predominantly Asian area , they are made to realise that they belong to a special category — Asian . |
| 4 | The majority of the 850 former workers were asked for their opinions after a suggestion that they revert to a festive dinner — the original idea when the tradition was established in 1963 . |
| 5 | Similarly , stickers or any other obstruction son the windscreen ( except mirrors , sun visors , tax discs and smaller discs ) will cause failure if they intrude to a similar extent . |
| 6 | They should chat until they come to a realistic agreement about a style that will suit her hair and lifestyle . |
| 7 | Presumably perhaps they 're just saving it up until they get to a certain certain age and they 're gon na say right that 's it let's just go . |
| 8 | They have made it their business to gain real knowledge in the political sphere , because they belong to a great consumers ' organisation with the definite purpose in view of production for use rather than for profit , and of the development of a higher and nobler system of society . |
| 9 | It must therefore help learners when they listen to a foreign language if they can see as well as hear what is going on . |
| 10 | They say girls go off horses when they get to a certain age . ’ |
| 11 | Former Chief Secretaries have been known to make spirited claims for additional resources when they move to a departmental job . |
| 12 | The stage is high , deterring those who see the stage as their personal Kuwait and giving the laser-lit silhouettes of the Inspirals real presence when they arrive to a pre-recorded keyboard and mooing groove . |
| 13 | These assertions are made on the basis of research in modern ethology , and the arguments will not be discussed in any detail as they belong to a different universe of discourse from that of psychoanalysis and sociology . |
| 14 | In the early stages of the inner-city study it was already evident that these rules were of historical and theoretical importance , as they lead to a regular series of alternations in derivationally related items . |