Example sentences of "they [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The high strength of thin fibres may be due in part to the fact that such fibres are very easily bent and it is therefore easier to bend them than to scratch them . |
| 2 | It 's easy here , Hilary , Monica and Yvonne are more like your mates than your mum , it 's easier to talk to them than to talk to my mum . |
| 3 | And what more practical way of repaying them than to ensure that their own little seedling of bonheur had time to sprout and shoot , to root and burgeon ? |
| 4 | By Nov. 1 1943 the German C-in-C Southeast had concluded ‘ that Tito 's forces had to be treated as a full military threat and not merely as insurgents and that it was more important to defeat them than to prepare against the less likely threat of an Allied landing ’ . |
| 5 | It is far better to think through the principles in advance and to act consistently with them than to improvise . |
| 6 | However , children who are doing badly tend to expect failure and criticism , since it may have little effect on them except to confirm their worst beliefs about themselves and reduce their efforts . |
| 7 | But it is important not to become so mesmerized by them as to lose sight of the underlying social processes . |
| 8 | But if we listen to them carefully , it is evident that they parade their doubts not so much to resolve them as to evoke public sympathy and to gain that sense of identity which comes from subconsciously defining themselves by their problems . |
| 9 | Will teachers have sufficient respect for them as to make their judgements acceptable ? |