Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] they [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She envisioned the admiring glances of guests as they noted the sculptural perfection of the two McKintosh chairs poised in the foyer . |
| 32 | The important thing is to get the relationship right between the horizontal and vertical colours as they produce the third colour when they cross . |
| 33 | ‘ COMPTON BEAUCHAMP house is a gem privily set in a bosky lap of the bare chalk downs where they meet the fertile flats of the White Horse Vale . |
| 34 | The two former East Germans were the butt of jokes when they entered the tiny 594cc car in one of the toughest tests for both man and machine . |
| 35 | He continued walking , past a queue of people filing aboard a sight-seeing bus , jostling for the best positions as they reached the open upper deck . |
| 36 | One solution is to assume that , since all men are in their most basic attributes ultimately alike and use similar mental processes , then they must mean the same things when they employ the same symbols and metaphors . |
| 37 | Everywhere he found the same thing : elderly employees , attempting to run things as they thought the old baron would have wanted , out of touch with new ideas , fearful of taking any decision on their own , and consequently stalling , allowing problems to build up . |
| 38 | There is no simple answer but it is generally advisable to describe the disappointments in broad terms as they affect the whole school ( ‘ the LEA has been unable to grant our request for extra welfare assistance ’ ) and present the successes individually but anonymously ( ‘ through the efforts of the governors a reading aid has been provided for a partially sighted pupil ’ ) . |
| 39 | One way this is done is to project the internal situation into current real situations when they symbolise the internal situation . |
| 40 | WESTERN nations will have older and dwindling populations as they enter the next century , and their fluctuating birth rates will also pose problems , a conference on future trends heard yesterday . |
| 41 | Attfield and Duck ( 1982 ) found that they could reject the rational expectations theory of the term structure of interest rates when they applied the above model to three-monthly , five-yearly and ten-yearly rates of interest in the UK . |
| 42 | This section focuses on solicitors since they remain the initial point of contact for those seeking legal services from the profession . |
| 43 | She was so proud of herself for getting that out , grinning wildly at the other woman , that Ruth could n't subject her to more and left them for the tennis courts while they unpacked the dusty Seat that seemed to be packed to the gunnels with baskets of clothes and packages . |
| 44 | They have not won away for 24 games since they clinched the 1992 title , and there was never any prospect of them doing so yesterday once Ian Rush had struck after 24 minutes . |
| 45 | Which was , say , when they 'd started the the roll of bacon , there always used to be some little bits before they got the full rashers , well , you could n't sell those , you could n't s I mean even though things were tight in those days , you could n't sell any sort of bacon , you either sold best back , or you sold belly bacon . |
| 46 | Traditionally such a media filters out loose particles before they reach the main biological area . |
| 47 | He 'd have to wait two or three hours while Customs ran it across the road to me so I could make a quick video dub for Hurley or his spook friends before they returned the original and let the guy on through to Nicosia . |
| 48 | At Southway School yesterday the mountain of flowers outside the gates continued to grow and a number of pupils shed tears as they read the many messages of sympathy . |
| 49 | The 158s will revolutionise the trans-Pennine routes when they push the 156s away on to other lines . |
| 50 | The spectre of warfare fought through the mind looms up before the Doctor and his friends as they swap the bright illumination of the TARDIS for the dark , claustrophobic interior of an orbiting space rocket . |
| 51 | The family laugh , jostle and shout good-natured insults as they enjoy the meagre food . |
| 52 | The vital role of the parents is to do all they can to ensure that the loss or diminution of love and friendship , will be the worst thing that can happen to their children if they transgress the legal and moral codes that control the society in which they will be living . |
| 53 | Once locked on to a heartbeat pattern , they would whizz around like fireflies until they found the precise biosignal that would allow them to explode . |
| 54 | Hitch , Morton and McCann stood over the other three men while they transferred the precious cargo , guns trained on them at all times . |
| 55 | Sri Lanka ended up needing 140 to record their first Test win over England and only their fourth success in 43 Tests since they joined the big league in 1982 . |
| 56 | A state of complete submissiveness can thus be established in all children before they reach the fifth or sixth year of life … |
| 57 | Now they restrict cattle to the 14-hectare hillside plot which they 've had since 1979 — and from which they used to scrape a living of maize and beans before they invaded the valley-bottom land at La Colorada . |
| 58 | The study of English in S1 and S2 is presented in as flexible and varied a way as possible , in order to encourage and challenge the pupils as they explore the exciting world of language and literature . |
| 59 | Among their routines as they trip the light fantastic at the Dolphin Centre in Darlington are the old time and modern dances . |
| 60 | Walking back through the park , and carefully holding the children 's hands as they crossed the busy road , Laura found it almost impossible to ignore her friend 's sly suggestion . |