Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] them [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The organisers of the conference had amassed the hundreds of rights suggested under 17 different principles , hoping eventually to amalgamate them into a single-page charter and a declaration similar to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights .
2 One may wish to study the statistics of word usage or word order with a view to understanding a text better , to catch nuances of meaning and perhaps to render them into a different language .
3 These are waters which do not , as a rule , produce big bream , for with so many mouths to share the available food there is only enough to maintain them at a low body weight .
4 The Chelonians milled about confusedly in the sudden darkness , their optical aids realigning frantically to provide them with a coherent picture of their environment .
5 Thus ethnographic interviewing describes an open ended unstructured approach designed to encourage informants not only to describe individual infant care practices but also to locate them within a broader ideology .
6 I prefer to rinse the olives well if they have been bottled in brine and then to toss them in a little olive oil and leave for an hour or two before serving .
7 The Sheikh spoke quietly to his chauffeur , then stepped forward to acknowledge them with a courteous inclination of the head .
8 When asked to hold themselves accountable to their residents , local authorities chose instead to clobber them with a 30 per cent .
9 ‘ None the less , ’ he said , turning again to face them with a calm and decided countenance , ‘ I think it indeed needful that this march should come into the justiciar 's hands rather than Earl Richard 's .
10 Kant then goes on to describe how Leibniz ( 1646–1716 ) , the great polymath , carried out field observations of caterpillars and similar creatures , being careful afterwards to return them to a suitable leaf out of harm 's way , ‘ so that it should not come to harm through any act of his .
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