Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] they [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Life was faster , demands changed more quickly , and people were included because they met a particular need at a particular time . |
| 2 | Lands officers in the Road Service division objected because they claimed the one foot high flower beds could restrict a driver 's vision . |
| 3 | It could also well be the case that to allege that sponsorship and consultancy are permitted because they offer a lucrative source of additional income would be a contempt . |
| 4 | The ALP finished with 0.2 per cent less of the two-party preferred vote than did the opposition coalition , and in at least 10 instances the ALP won because they received the second preference votes of supporters of the Greens . |
| 5 | In the early stages of careers mobility is higher in Japan because part of the workforce is discharged before they reach the higher paid section of the profile to be replaced by younger and cheaper labour . |
| 6 | As the provisions are framed , they are not quite defences ; the section merely says that the offences can not be committed when they represent a fair and accurate report . |
| 7 | Last year the police inquiry into Suzy 's disappearance was briefly reopened when they searched a disused Army camp near Worcester . |
| 8 | Great efforts have been made to restore the salmon runs on rivers in the American north-east , only for 70-90 per cent of the fish to be caught when they reach the rich feeding grounds off the west coast of Greenland . |
| 9 | Axis Fighters ( No 2 ) and Axis Bombers ( No 4 ) are particularly recommended as they show the expected types and such interesting aircraft as the Arado Ar 234 jet bomber , Heinkel He 177 bomber and Heinkel He 280 jet fighter . |
| 10 | The law still says that men accused of rape can be bailed unless they have a severe psycopathic or psychiatric disorder . |
| 11 | On Series 11 this is easily done as they have a separate filler and level plug . |
| 12 | Leonora snatched her hand away , her eyes hunted as they scanned the large , square hall . |
| 13 | Sorry to those who send in sensible scores but people like Gaz Hutchinson should be shot as they spoil the whole thing . |
| 14 | Obviously we will be guided by our consultants but this er er view of is er er meeting with er er great success in the villages because obviously er we feel that if there is a public inquiry then we stand a better chance of British Coal sticking to the promises made when they had the original planning application and removing all waste by train to suitable sites and there 's one at Welbeck which is waiting for the material . |
| 15 | Boro could be punished if they adopt an all-out attacking policy at home . |
| 16 | Does it make a difference from where staff are supplied if they do a good job ? |
| 17 | A draw at Fratton Park has increased Middlesbrough 's fixture pile-up , especially as the Cambridge United home match will be postponed if they reach the sixth round . |
| 18 | We agree that everyone should be told if they have a mortal disease . |
| 19 | Also chlorine liberating agents should be avoided as they have a similar effect . |
| 20 | ( One possible exception to this was Mexico , where the Communists were more or less tolerated until they made a misjudged and Comintern-inspired attempt to exploit an abortive right-wing coup against the portes Gil government in 1929 — see pages 39–40 . |
| 21 | ‘ There are some types of actress who are employed because they have a specific personality useful for one type of performance . |
| 22 | The clearing banks are so called because they operate a central clearing house in London . |
| 23 | Many small species do so — knife fish in South America , elephant fish in West Africa , so called because they have an elongated lip like a small probing trunk . |
| 24 | The presence of its members was normally tolerated because they supported the industrial action of the TUC , 1,200 of them being arrested during the dispute , and because some of its leading figures , such as Robin Page Arnot who did sterling work in organizing the councils of action in the North East , were active in the dispute . |
| 25 | They may fail to understand or to make themselves understood because they lack the social knowledge which enables them to make text into discourse in the language they are learning . |
| 26 | She compromised on the kitchen garden with prayers , which seemed to be heard because they reached the stable unobserved . |
| 27 | The stunning bell-shaped flowers of the Brazilian or the florist 's gloxinia are often beautifully marked so they make a real splash of vibrant colour in your home . |
| 28 | Teenage children , admitted by almost all teachers as the most difficult to teach , may become better motivated and better behaved if they have a short-term goal , passing the next grade on the ladder , and if they are working alongside people who are both older and younger than themselves . |
| 29 | Here the two sentences are linked because they follow the grammatical pattern , definite article + proper noun + copula + complement , a link whose purely formal nature is revealed by the fact that it does not really survive translation into English , where the definite articles are not needed and an indefinite one is . |
| 30 | One might even extend the idea and talk of semantic parallelism where two sentences are linked because they mean the same thing . |