Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] they [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether we ignore the inner planets , or assume they add a tiny contribution to the overall effect , the key dates that come out of the analysis are the same — and I should have made that clear in the article . |
| 2 | Or do they do a public service by tilting government towards more openness and accountability ? |
| 3 | Could they be introduced as token , surface changes or do they necessitate a fundamental reorganization of the way the school operates ? |
| 4 | Or do they exhibit a regular alternation , recalling the systematic mosaics seen in some non-mammalian species ? |
| 5 | Or do they need a mass literacy programme ? |
| 6 | Do you get results quickly and often , or do they take a long time to come through ? |
| 7 | Have they moved in search of the preferred food or have they accepted a second choice ? |
| 8 | Nor do they contain a sound historical analysis , for Beatrice 's personal life is set in a matrix of ill-digested sources that show no knowledge of recent 19th-century gender studies , while the minor errors make the reader wince . |
| 9 | Nor did they want a vast editorial board . |
| 10 | They write of " Moille of Keann-outh , or Mull of Oe " and say they found a cheerful and commodious hotel at Port Askaig " nestled securely among well-grown trees . " |
| 11 | They write of " Moille of Keann-outh , or Mull of Oe " and say they found a cheerful and commodious hotel at Port Askaig " nestled securely among well-grown trees . " |
| 12 | Laws are needed to protect women 's rates of pay and ensure they get a fair day 's pay for a fair day 's work . |
| 13 | I went to Grenoble and discovered they had a small project on the outskirts , which had been a piece of wasteland ; they ploughed it all down , replanned it , had a complete new housing estate , hotel , the lot , in less than five years , where the City Council would be thinking about which bit of land to use , what to put there , how to do it , and ten years later they might think about producing a plan , and ten years after that ( that 's twenty years on ) something would appear . |
| 14 | Julie now owns several different types of crystals and finds they have a comforting and calming influence whenever she feels stressed . |
| 15 | Villa are at White Hart Lane this afternoon with Livermore saying : ‘ We have watched them closely and think they have a great chance of winning the League . |