Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] them [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , two other cases involving individuals seeking asylum in foreign embassies were resolved by the authorities allowing them to leave the country . |
| 2 | Before presenting the subjects with the lists for the second time , the researchers asked them to recall the words . |
| 3 | The government is now devising methods to enable them to use the welfare state to control people and make them tow the line . |
| 4 | It is the document which can be viewed by our existing and prospective clients to enable them to gain an insight into our quality system . |
| 5 | I wrote to the editors of all the major newspapers and television channels asking them to cover the anniversary . |
| 6 | For instance , the Pacific islanders use them to decorate the prows of their canoes and Malaysian fishermen attach cowries to their nets . |
| 7 | In 1981 the brigade received a second hand fire engine from the local fire department and in 1989 public donations allowed them to buy a second reconditioned engine . |
| 8 | Both sides were now preparing for war , but Norfolk and Rent made another attempt at mediation in mid-December when they wrote to all the prelates asking them to attend an assembly in London to discuss the king 's failure to abide by his coronation oath and Magna Carta . |
| 9 | Many urban tradesmen , especially those connected with the building industry , seem to have invested in a small way in housing for rent , but there can be little doubt that the special facilities in raising capital conferred by acts of parliament on turnpike trusts and canal companies enabled them to become the recipients of a flow of capital from sources which would not otherwise have been drawn so directly towards economic improvements . |
| 10 | It was further agreed that Joe McGhee be asked to write to the association of Chaplains to invite them to send a representative . |
| 11 | The variety of television news ( and current affairs ) programmes allowed them to choose the degree of depth and detail they wanted , but not the political viewpoints expressed . |
| 12 | This figure is reminiscent of the Palaeolithic hunters of Western Europe , who dressed in untreated animal skins and wore antlers to enable them to approach the animals they were hunting ( see p. 131 and fig. 14.13 ) . |
| 13 | However , it was a shaky start for the Lions today with four sparkling tries from threequarters helping them to salvage a victory . |
| 14 | Shortly afterwards the rebels asked for US troops to help them to defend the routes to the military headquarters they had seized . |
| 15 | Will he , as a matter of urgency , issue a directive or circular to all local authorities requiring them to appoint an officer as a matter of urgency and not simply to wait until the end of the inquiry before making such an appointment ? |
| 16 | Does the Minister realise that many small primary schools are now under enormous pressure in terms of delivering the full curriculum because they do not have the additional resources to enable them to employ the staff to teach it ? |
| 17 | It calls for the granting of property rights to poor farmers to encourage them to have a stake in the land 's long term health and invest in soil conservation . |
| 18 | In June 1312 , Guichard d'Albret , non-resident archdeacon of Canterbury , and Amanieu VII 's nephew Guillaume de Brutails both received provisions and dispensations enabling them to draw the fruits of their benefices . |
| 19 | I keep sending memos urging them to make a decision now regarding the next one in four year 's time and asking that BBC2 be set aside on the appointed dates for Ryder Cup coverage . |
| 20 | Some death-penalty supporters advance the argument that it is unfair on taxpayers to expect them to finance a convict 's imprisonment for life . |
| 21 | Finch points out that the job description of some Scottish police officers requires them to enlist the co-operation of at least one person in every street who is willing and able to pass on useful information . |
| 22 | Members are urged to write a polite reply to the National Commission for Human Rights asking them to take every step necessary to bring the perpetrators of Jose Ramon 's ‘ disappearance ’ to justice . |
| 23 | This work is grounded in the view that this kind of awareness on the part of children as writers enables them to gain a degree of control over their imagination ( see Rowland , The Enquiring Classroom , 1984 and ‘ Responding to Children 's Interests ’ , 1986 ) . |
| 24 | But deteriorating internal conditions forced them to increase the subsidy in 1985 to 20 per cent , and to promise prompt payment ( Kenya , 1986 , p. 96 ) . |
| 25 | A better alternative is for the trust to borrow from an external source , with a guarantee provided by Newco , and Newco then makes tax-deductible payments to the trustees to enable them to meet the instalments on their borrowings . |
| 26 | Neighbours told them to ring the hospital . |
| 27 | Somerset tried to placate colonists ' feelings by persuading Xhosa chiefs to allow them to follow the spoor of stolen cattle across the frontier and exact compensation . |
| 28 | We must now consider the role of the ‘ demagogues ’ , and the way their rhetorical and other skills enabled them to manipulate the Assembly and so detract from its sovereignty . |
| 29 | The Americans got them to debate the League of Nations . |
| 30 | They have now called on councillors to meet them to discuss the future of the maisonettes and will present a petition to them today . |