Example sentences of "[to-vb] them [conj] the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ANC conference held in Johannesburg on Dec. 14-16 ended with a commitment to continue negotiations but with a threat to suspend them if the government did not take action before April 30 , 1991 , to halt township violence , release all political prisoners , allow exiles to return , repeal remaining " repressive " legislation and halt political trials . |
| 2 | If you want to observe them as the light fades you must walk very carefully because they are very sensitive to vibrations and will shoot back into their tunnels at the slightest tremor . |
| 3 | Insp Andy Street:It was a marvellous efforts by the army personnel to resuscitate them and the ambulance arrived very quickly . |
| 4 | ‘ Sanitary towel ’ were dirty words , and I would steal two shillings from his pocket to buy them when the need arose . |
| 5 | Held , dismissing the appeals , that failure to observe the proper procedures for service was not necessarily fatal to the lawfulness of a committal order ; that the court , in exercising its discretion under section 13(3) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 , had to take into account the interests not only of the contemnor but also of those affected by the contempt and the need to maintain its authority , and that where an irregularity caused the contemnor no injustice the committal order should not be set aside ; that since , in the first appeal , there was no requirement for personal service of a committal order so that the only irregularity was that the court , rather than the local authority had served a copy of the order on the contemnor 's solicitors , the contemnor had suffered no injustice and the order would stand ; and that , in the second appeal , since the husband was fully aware of the findings of contempt and had not sought to challenge them or the sentence imposed , he had suffered no injustice and it was appropriate in the circumstances to affirm the order despite the irregularities which had occurred ( post , pp. 822B–C , F — 823B , 823C–E , 824B–D , F , 825C–D , 826D–F ) . |
| 6 | Bank analysts barely reacted , says John Thornton , Norwest 's chief financial officer , despite efforts to persuade them that the disclosures gave a better picture of his bank 's economic value . |
| 7 | Since they turned up on the first day of term wearing headscarves , their teachers , supported by the headmaster , have refused to teach them unless the girls remove the offending headgear . |
| 8 | Nobody was allowed to touch them and the place felt more like a cave than a classroom . |
| 9 | All Church assemblies should perhaps have the motto , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ inscribed above the door to remind them that the Church exists for outsiders not insiders . |
| 10 | When the Minister meets those representatives — if not before — will he be able to tell them that the Government support the amendment to the Further and Higher Education Bill , which has been promoted by the National Youth Agency and the British Youth Council and backed by hon. Members from all parties ? |
| 11 | It was harder still to restrain them when the singing started , for she had never heard anything so glorious . |