Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] they [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children here do n't lack any sort of ability it 's because th they English is n't their first language so they need support in learning English to help them with the everyday necessities of the national curriculum . |
| 2 | I do not therefore mind leaving these matters in the safe hands of the Germans , just as many nations before 1914 were content to leave them in the safe hands of the British . |
| 3 | It is easy to dismiss them as the strategic outpourings of a new recruit trying to impress the party machine . |
| 4 | This year , by some freak of fate , the Mendozas had drawn the O'Briens in the first round , and were due to play them at the latter 's new polo club forty miles away on the first Saturday in December . |
| 5 | Within the next , er month or so a national consultation is being held within the URC to consider the advice of producing a programme of training for eldership which will be used throughout the call of the church and if there are any suggestions or any proposal that anyone would like to make I shall be very glad to receive them within the next month . |
| 6 | Are you supposed to press them at the same time ? |
| 7 | I would be glad to exchange them for the same face value as the increasingly worthless and derisory folding stuff . |
| 8 | This food was also an invaluable help to passage migrants such as the finches and buntings , helping them put on a few extra grammes of fat to carry them through the next leg of their long journey to winter quarters . |
| 9 | Timing is also of the essence — flowers can be sent to you through the post as soon as the special event is over , but the best option is to be able to press them on the very day that they are used . |
| 10 | You will then be able to soak them in the medicated solution for maximum effectiveness . |
| 11 | This is not to say , however , that in certain applications , the use of ‘ normal ’ in-rack sprinkler systems is not perfectly satisfactory where the arrangement of sprinklers can be such that a number of them can be brought in early against the fire , or where the nature of the goods stored is such that flames are unlikely to damage them within the first few moments of fire development . |
| 12 | The female when on heat was obviously erotically inclined herself , and could soon arouse the male , but , once aroused , the sexual drive of both animals seemed unable to direct them towards the exact behaviour demanded by the situation . |
| 13 | Are we gon na be able to get them into the right place ? |
| 14 | However , it seemed a shame to be able to design the forms using the computer and not be able to complete them on the same machine at a later point . |
| 15 | However , it seemed a shame to be able to design the forms using the computer and not be able to complete them on the same machine at a later point . |
| 16 | In deciding whether to begin or continue litigation , one major factor is whether a party will have to pay the costs or be able to recover them from the other party . |
| 17 | The staff were amazed at how quickly she grasped the various issues and was able to slot them into the incredible filing system of her memory . |
| 18 | He will be able to tell them about the Labour party 's opposition to discounts , but he will not be able to tell them how much they would pay under the Labour party system , because the Labour party will not say . |
| 19 | The colours are bright and are called fluorescent to distinguish them from the normal opaque colours in the usual felt-tip pens . |
| 20 | The champions have tremendous belief in their own ability , and while it 's premature to compare them with the great Kilkenny sides they look well enough equipped to retain their title . |
| 21 | Over here , it 's MCA who have shown themselves more than keen to clutch them to the corporate breast , and have consequently raised the stakes uncomfortably high for a band who readily confess to their ignorance of this caper 's day-by-day dealings . |
| 22 | It is possible to scan them with the existing equipment and incorporate their digitised image directly into the page design but the quality is still rather poor . |
| 23 | If the examiner has exercised his fancy by using fictitious names , like Tomkins , you are perfectly entitled to abbreviate them to the initial letter — unless , of course , two parties in the same problem have the same initial letter . |