Example sentences of "they [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind must be blowing from them to you , since this not only minimises the noise you may inadvertently make but it prevents your scent blowing towards the rabbits and giving them advance warning that all 's not well . |
| 2 | ‘ I would have had no objection to telling them the position , in all honesty we could have done that and I may give them advance warning next year . ’ |
| 3 | It gives them total protection against rain and wind , without weight or bulk , while remaining breathable so that their perspiration is n't trapped inside . |
| 4 | The garden had to be shared with the bottom flat , so a dividing wall was built which gave them total privacy . |
| 5 | The social worker can give them emotional support too , strengthening any network of support that already exists from relatives , friends and neighbours , or trying to form one for them if they are in a position of isolation . |
| 6 | Some unhappy women , whose husbands are unable to offer them emotional support , quite inappropriately turn to their sons . |
| 7 | The seminar took the view that the timber trade helps preserve forests by giving them economic value . |
| 8 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 9 | For various reasons they were wrong ; but illusion of continuity was easily available because they had at least some of their kinsmen at close quarters , met them and socialized with them each day . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly they take the easy way out when food is put out for them each day . |
| 11 | I mean we could never have paid for all those tyres and when I retired the erm , they actually had a tyre fitter supplied and paid for by they were the , they took over the whole of the tyre maintenance , they had a tyre fitter down there and he used to go up to depot , change any tyres over there that were necessary , he inspected them each day and changed them over but of course he was notifying erm at the same time . |
| 12 | Mr Hall denied this and maintained his 270 new recruits had been bonded together by the ugly scenes which confronted them each day as they passed picket lines . |
| 13 | This approach recognises continuing activities as part of the School Development Plan , but forces justification of them each year . |
| 14 | ( People drive cars despite knowing that thousands die in them each year . ) |
| 15 | One of the most important of these relates to their ‘ input ’ , in terms of the number of offenders who come before them each year . |
| 16 | It was estimated that families in Easthall were paying £1 million between them each year heating the sky above Glasgow because as soon as they turned on the heat , it went straight out their windows and walls . |
| 17 | This charity does magnificent work for children , caring for over 11,000 of them each year ; today they run 200 projects , about which I have written in previous diaries . |
| 18 | One of the Trust 's most precious assets is the experience , skill and commitment of its staff ; this has its reward in the standards of upkeep and presentation of the properties , and in the enjoyment which the members and wider public , in their tens of millions , gain from them each year . |
| 19 | You will actually hold a policy review with your client , I E , you 're going to see them each year at least , but the policy reviews as regards the company are held to make sure there 's enough growth in the client 's funds to sustain all the charges . |
| 20 | Some district council 's elect all their councillors once every four years — others elect a third of them each year with a year off while the county council elections are held . |
| 21 | ‘ Time ’ had given them each other , and clearly that was as far as it was prepared to go . |
| 22 | It was the widow 's custom to leave a jug of milk for them each night after milking , she gave it as a gift in thanks , she said , for their support of an unfortunate woman on her own . |
| 23 | But the new game she had invented of punishing one or both of them each time they were beastly to her made her life more or less bearable . |
| 24 | If you need glasses or contact lenses to reach the eyesight standard , you must wear them each time you drive . |
| 25 | It also depends if you have your windows open and you 've got them each side and a bit of a wind , they 'll be flapping . |
| 26 | As you know I have been meeting every two weeks with all the staff in the Economic Development Team , and discussing with them each stage of the process . |
| 27 | A lot of mums , however , still lay out their twenty-year-old 's washed and ironed clothes on the bed for them each morning and continuously clean up after them , catering for their every need . |
| 28 | Indeed , she told me that she looked forward to practising them each evening as it formed such a peaceful interlude in her anxious life . |
| 29 | The Ultratone Facial works by stimulating the muscles and giving them concentrated exercise . |
| 30 | This will allow them unparalleled access to German and northern European markets . |