Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] they the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These new measurements were counted in two series of twelve with their poles at noon and midnight , and to differentiate between them the terms ante meridiem and post meridiem ( ‘ am ’ and ‘ pm ’ ) were coined . |
| 2 | A hundred years of missionary effort had failed utterly ; its only effect had been to confirm the Abyssinians in their attachment to their ancient faith and to sow in them the seeds of xenophobia . |
| 3 | But in the nature of things … " and here he twisted his red lips to signal and to share with them the perspectives of this operation " certain approaches have to be tentative and even apparently , ad hoc . |
| 4 | Beforehand he met a number of local farmers and discussed with them the problems that CAP , GATT and subsidies pose for agriculture in this country . |
| 5 | Only " estates and interests " in land are property , and carry with them the rights to exclusive use of the land and to transfer it . |
| 6 | It enables them to find a suitable assistant and agree with them the hours , times and tasks required . |