Example sentences of "[vb -s] them [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This attribute separates them from the outside world and can be shared by no non-Japanese . |
| 2 | It has been tacitly assumed that someone , somewhere in an organization collates economic facts and integrates them through a rigorous form of evaluation , so that decisions become almost self-evident provided only that the decision-makers realize that no one can make perfect predictions and that some allowance for uncertainties is needed . |
| 3 | For example , the snake uses its forked tongue to gather scent particles from the air and tastes them on a special membrane , called Jacobson 's organ , at the back of its mouth . |
| 4 | The terms of the contracts in this category are rarely negotiated ; instead , they are prepared by or for one party who effectively imposes them on the other party to the contract , saying " If you want to do business with me , you must use my terms " . |
| 5 | King 's Highway ( 17 ) : Edom 's refusal to let Israel pass along this main road involves them in a long detour south and round . |
| 6 | The completion of the exercises involves them in an active learning experience . |
| 7 | In regard Angus Brown , John McVurich are in the parish of Kilvarow the presbytery refers them till the next dyet therein . " |
| 8 | In regard Angus Brown , John McVurich are in the parish of Kilvarow the presbytery refers them till the next dyet therein . " |
| 9 | In the first place , becoming a housewife impresses them by the very openness of the role [ ? ] and by the freedom they now have from constraining supervision … |
| 10 | So massive a change of emphasis must be of fundamental significance , not only to the anthropologist and the social historian , but to the child psychologists , psychiatrists and psychotherapists whose very existence as a group depends upon the climate of opinion which regards their professional skills as valuable and necessary , and which places them on an equal footing in social esteem with the more anciently respected callings of the paediatrician and the pedagogue . |
| 11 | His description of these two conditions places them within the normal range of problems in profoundly deaf children : |
| 12 | In addition , even medium-sized plants can dominate the labour markets of small towns ( for example , in the cases of Westland at Yeovil and Clarks at Street ) , and this places them in a strong position in their dealings with the labour force ( Lever 1978 ) . |
| 13 | There is general recognition that , although social workers and their agencies can not combat the structural causes of social problems , their knowledge of the effects of poverty and other disadvantages places them in a unique position to influence social policies ( Wharf , 1985 ; Townsend et al . , |
| 14 | It therefore places them in a paradoxical relationship and leaves the believer to live with the tension of relating to the world . |
| 15 | Yet , the intimate knowledge of the sick individual often places them in an ideal position to link illness with iatrogenesis , and the better doctors will see such insight as a welcome assistance rather than interference , and make full use of it . |
| 16 | ( Hartman has shown that the average person has one or less nightmares a year ; and only one person in 500 has them on a weekly basis . ) |
| 17 | The grave , on the contrary , has them in the minimal sense of its being merely an emphatic statement of someone 's duties towards it . |
| 18 | He is carrying the map the class have made , which his " friend " has delivered ; he thanks them for the excellent job they have done . |
| 19 | The electrons may be emitted from a hot cathode maintained at a fixed temperature and then conducted through a stable arrangement of electric and magnetic fields which imparts to them a certain amount of energy and focusses them in a particular region of space . |
| 20 | The accused agrees to transfer shares to the victim but before doing so he transfers them to a third party . |
| 21 | So important is Dublin 's goal that United 's first win of the season elevates them into the top half of the table behind reigning champions Leeds in 11th place . |
| 22 | Discussion — which develops conclusions and incorporates them into the historical pattern of evolving knowledge , perhaps offering some conjectures but avoiding speculation . |
| 23 | However , their architecture — a connectionist network — limits them to a small vocabulary of 211 words . |
| 24 | In her analyses of Freud 's conception of female sexuality , she demonstrates that Freud 's view of women as lack or as absence forces them into the discursive position of the hysteric because it denies them autonomous identity and obliges them to mimic the voice of the dominant male if they wish to be heard at all ( 1974:66–71 ) . |
| 25 | Because each upgrade forces them into the next software price band , software also costs more . |
| 26 | In this sense one is neutral only if one can affect the fortunes of the parties and if one helps or hinders them to an equal degree and one does so because one believes that there are reasons for so acting which essentially depend on the fact that the action has an equal effect on the fortunes of the parties . |
| 27 | The species are ‘ christened ’ when a scientist describes them for the first time , illustrates their peculiarities and publishes the name in a scientific journal . |
| 28 | For instance , when the accountant produces the band 's first accounts , and files them with the Inland Revenue , the invoices for the band 's musical equipment may need to be produced so that the accountant may obtain tax relief for these items , although they were purchased in the first stage of a band 's life . |
| 29 | The geological availability of these is used by geographers and historians as a strong argument for why settlements are sited near them when engaged in mining them , or when a particular industry which uses them as a raw material has to be nearby . |
| 30 | Jokes that have to be explained lose nearly all their force , and no one ever laughs spontaneously at the explication of a joke ; even the terms we have at our disposal in English to discuss literature of this kind — comedy , humour , amusement , ridicule — are full of ambiguities demanding pedantic caution on the part of anyone who uses them in an analytical way . |