Example sentences of "they a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He treated his established artists as professional associates , entering into legal contracts and paying them a regular income in advance against sales . |
| 2 | The Act was welcomed by many old people because it gave them a regular income free from the taint of poor relief ; though many , rightly , criticized it for giving ‘ too little too late in life ’ , that little was more than had been given before . |
| 3 | There 's no harm in using highly processed foods occasionally but it 's best not to make them a regular part of the family 's diet . |
| 4 | All you need is to give them a regular supply of food and water . |
| 5 | ‘ Most of the big clubs with three and four goalkeepers find it difficult to give them a regular game . |
| 6 | Ahead of them a burly figure was emerging into the street . |
| 7 | Our endorsement of Tory macro-economic policy , and acceptance that it should aim for no more than monetary stability , meant we were unable to offer them a convincing route to full employment or economic recovery . |
| 8 | The words were out before Isabel could stop them , despair and bitterness giving them a stark finality that was absolute . |
| 9 | During the second world war Burmese and Indonesian nationalists allied themselves with the Japanese , finding them a useful lever against the colonial power and in some ways preferable to it . |
| 10 | A group of young teenage girls once admitted to me that although they frequently complained because their parents insisted that they should be home by a certain time , they recognized that the deadline gave them a useful excuse for not getting out of their depth . |
| 11 | These attractive little bagrid are active during the day making them a useful addition to the mature , well-established and maintained planted community tank . |
| 12 | These are not intended to be prescriptive but centres may find them a useful resource in the delivery of the module . |
| 13 | These are not intended to be prescriptive but centres might find them a useful resource in the delivery of the modules . |
| 14 | His technique was to win women 's confidence with his charm , and to offer them a spiked drink . |
| 15 | Their strictures on the ‘ maximalism ’ of the Bolsheviks , on the ‘ premature ’ nature of the October revolution , and on the backwardness of Russia gave them a broad area of common ground with the liberal view . |
| 16 | Somewhat later came the present owner , John Matta , who now takes great pleasure in greeting Citalia guests and welcomes them on arrival with a gift of the wonderful Chianti Classico from his excellent cellars and offers them a typical Tuscan dinner at a reasonable price , which is taken most weeks in the castle 's impressive banqueting hall . |
| 17 | We sat and had a relaxing drink before we cooked them a typical English dinner of baked cod with new potatoes and vegetables , followed by rhubarb fool and cognac . |
| 18 | lies in the fact that ‘ the offspring behave like wolves and look like dogs … this ‘ camouflage ’ gives them a tremendous competitive advantage because , as ‘ dogs ’ , they can approach garbage dumps in populated areas or herds of sheep without anyone taking special notice , much less reaching for a rifle ’ . |
| 19 | Properties they say a few years ago are down by 25 to 30% , that with lower mortgage rates gives them a tremendous boost . |
| 20 | Would you give them a key position of accountability in your team ? |
| 21 | Of course , this makes fishing for them a challenging business and it is one that absorbs a great many specialist anglers . |
| 22 | The funding was running down , clumps of weed had pushed up between the paving slabs , and whole layers of rendering were falling off the façades of the buildings , giving them a seedy , leprous aspect . |
| 23 | But give them a solid economic recovery and they 'll forget it ever happened . ’ |
| 24 | You call them a communist party ? |
| 25 | Following this they release blood into their eyes which turns them a dull red colour . |
| 26 | In another study George Bokert increased the degree of thirst in his subjects by not only depriving them of water for twenty-four hours , but also giving them a salty meal before going to bed . |
| 27 | I do n't give them a welcoming smile . |
| 28 | The durability of these cars makes them a prime target for clockers and is another reason to insist on up-to-date service schedules . |
| 29 | Their light weight and longevity , as well as their attractive appearance , makes them a prime contender for a cladding material in the appropriate setting . |
| 30 | Only Swansea looked likely to offer them a serious test . |