Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The actuals remain of importance but in these kinds of organizations they take an equal place alongside the budget . |
| 2 | On T1 weighted images tumours have a low signal intensity , appearing dark ; on T2 weighted images they have a higher signal and look bright . |
| 3 | But at the end of the day they are n't in that league cos most thieves are opportunists they seize a common opportunity that is presented to them by or it could be they 've actually just watched her go out and more of a chance . |
| 4 | Together with the Activity Books they provide an invaluable teaching resource which will save teachers hours of time which would otherwise be spent recording or researching materials . |
| 5 | Thirty-one of my trial team had never previously attempted to slim yet 25 of them said they lost inches from areas they considered a real problem and particularly wanted to reduce . |
| 6 | Widely used in gardens they impart a predictable flavour — like bottled sauce in a cheap restaurant . |
| 7 | By producing trend and level analyses they suggest a positive correlation between publication rates of research groups and their output . |
| 8 | Previously , " the classics " ( or some of them ) were a possession of the educated classes in general and for those classes they constituted a natural part of experience , forming a continuum with modern literatures and ideas . |
| 9 | Across the 15 domains they show a standard deviation of 9.95% , as compared to 5.95% for the general dictionary . |
| 10 | Like Kant 's Ideas they have a regulative function , guiding our actions and our cognitive efforts in a certain direction . |
| 11 | These men and the general merchants needed capital to keep going ; as borrowers and lenders they formed a powerful nucleus in the life of the small provincial town . |
| 12 | Outside the north these rarely constituted a coherent connection , but as individuals they provided a necessary point of contact with the area concerned , through which the duke could take action . |
| 13 | Outside the north these rarely constituted a coherent connection , but as individuals they provided a necessary point of contact with the area concerned , through which the duke could take action . |
| 14 | At traffic lights they throw a live rat on to the lap of a woman driver . |
| 15 | As universal gods they formed a higher order of nature and society , and the meaning of man 's life and death . |
| 16 | Be careful with soilless composts they have a nasty tendency to become bone-dry in the middle , while the surface remains moist and apparently well watered . |
| 17 | Properties they say a few years ago are down by 25 to 30% , that with lower mortgage rates gives them a tremendous boost . |
| 18 | The relation in Lowland Amerindian societies between power , knowledge , scarce resources and social action is increasingly recognized as a key theoretical area for debate ; and for many investigators who specialize in South American studies they see a critical need for the elaboration of a theory of power ( or various of them ) that would make understandable the non-centralized authority structures of Tropical South America . |
| 19 | As they reached the trees they heard a wild burst of cheering and turned to see the first tongues of flame licking up the walls of the cainca . |
| 20 | Another important group , the retired , can place significant demands on local facilities and services , but in housing terms they form a heterogeneous group since some have capital from the sale of housing in more expensive locations while others are in competition for cheaper housing , and especially for rural local authority houses and sheltered accommodation ( Law and Warnes 1976 ; Phillips and Williams 1982a ) . |
| 21 | And when they are listening in this way to check their theories they have a real purpose in listening . |
| 22 | Ministers have told police chiefs they want a tighter control on informants following the bungled Special Branch operation at Brixton jail which was uncovered after the escape of IRA suspects Nessan Quinlivan and Pearse McCauley last summer . |
| 23 | In some cases their treaty rights specifically gave them access to them , but as passengers they underwent a steady process of rejection . |
| 24 | As up to 4() per cent of their income comes from corporate profits they have a vested interest in working for the common benefit . |
| 25 | If they are in different rooms they have a spatial barrier . |
| 26 | If they are in different rooms they have a spatial barrier . |
| 27 | It 's nice to report that virtually all these have a sound fishkeeping function built into their design — in most cases they form a nice cave or one shape or another . |
| 28 | In extreme cases they develop a real school phobia , for reasons ranging from bullying by classmates to schoolwork anxiety . |
| 29 | Beaked whales generally have only a single pair of teeth protruding from their lower jaw , and instead of teeth they use a ribbed palate to get a firm grasp on their prey . |
| 30 | We been in Cowley nick so many times they keep a special room for us and inside it 's got Eddie and Rich written on the walls — and they do n't bother to clean it off 'cos they know we 'll be back and write it up again … |