Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [verb] they in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maximum fees that companies can charge for inspection or copies are now prescribed by regulations ( the former practice of stating them in the primary legislation did not work well in an inflationary climate ) and these regulations clarify the obligations of companies regarding inspection and copies . |
| 2 | The theory is that if the players can not be persuaded to give the public value for money , they must be forced into a slow trot by hitting them in the most vulnerable area — their back pockets . |
| 3 | It 's a bonus to have your papers delivered , but my newspaper boy , like all others , had perfected the art of cramming them in the letter box so that they were shredded as you pulled them inside . |
| 4 | I used the privacy to make some calls on the house phone without logging them in the red exercise book Mr Goodson had drawing-pinned to the wall . |
| 5 | It may seem obvious to you that coffee cups belong in the top cupboard , but if people get into the habit of leaving them in the sink and you allow them to do that ( even when it irritates you ) it will be difficult to get them to change . |
| 6 | There were a lot more long balls down the middle of the field than usual , simply because Beeny was putting them there whereas Lukic had got into the habit of putting them in the stand . |
| 7 | As long as you 're not holding needles , it does n't matter which position these levers are in , though I try to make a habit of having them in the knit position . |
| 8 | Up to five hundred Soviets arrive every day , and it 's the Israeli government 's policy of settling them in the occupied territories of the West Bank that cause most Arab hostility . |
| 9 | Future Perfect aims to help people approaching or over the age of 50 deal with the transition from their main career by pointing them in the direction of new opportunities . |
| 10 | Though it is impossible to date the provisions with any confidence , in favour of dating them in the reign of Mehmed II is the fact that Sultan Murad III ( 982–1003/1574–95 ) , in a firman sent to his Grand Vezir in 985/1577 in connection with reform of the learned profession , speaks of " the ancient law ( kanun ) of Sultan Mehmed Gazi " : it thus seems likely that Mehmed II promulgated some legislation concerning the learned profession , if not these actual provisions . |
| 11 | As Hill ( 1983 , p. 124 ) observes , the ‘ attacks on Quangos have obscured , rather than illuminated , the serious issue of how ministerial patronage might be replaced by alternative selection procedures , and how these bodies might be made more accountable , without losing that very semi-independence which was a major reason for establishing them in the first place ’ . |
| 12 | Severe overcrowding in the urban areas was usually cited as the reason for keeping them in the countryside , but there were probably underlying political motives . |
| 13 | Having established the skills aimed at in project work , a possible systematic way of approaching them in the classroom will now be discussed . |
| 14 | The Museum also has two General Electric 1–16 engines ( one reportedly restored to operational status ) and , at one time , was exploring the possibility of remounting them in the aircraft in order to make some taxi runs . |
| 15 | Giving reasons , therefore , raises our thoughts and actions from the here and now and from their singularity by placing them in the context of a wider perspective or tradition . |
| 16 | Several people mentioned that fellow students had learned a great deal about many aspects of disability through having them in the peer group . |
| 17 | If the user has the authority to do so , modules may be entered into LIFESPAN after including them in the module header of a package and instructing LIFESPAN to enter them . |
| 18 | This project develops potentially superior demand systems with a view to incorporating them in the model . |
| 19 | These should be used to prove the technology , with a view to introducing them in the other gardens between 1995 and 1997 . |