Example sentences of "[vb base] them [adj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the idea that crime and deviance have positive qualities and consequences that make them necessary for the healthy functioning of society . |
| 2 | ‘ I would envisage a process of discovery , so each party would list documents in their possession and make them available to the other parties . ’ |
| 3 | Lévi-Strauss accepted the traditional role of anthropology to ‘ explain' the differences of alien cultures in ways that make them recognisable as the same ‘ underneath ’ . |
| 4 | The citation does however leave unexamined one further consideration ; that there might within the range of manufacturing and service industries be some which , for whatever reason , whether of the nature or of the size of the business , make them unsuited to the industrial co-operative form of organisation . |
| 5 | Someone once told him that horse manure in his wellington boots would make him grow taller , but the boys at school had made fun of him and Mr Sunderland , the headmaster , had called him a stupid gullible boy and made him scrape his boots and wash them clean in the outside drain and scrub his feet in hot water and carbolic soap . |
| 6 | You ca n't and keep them open at the same time . |
| 7 | I deal with children all the time erm many of my I 've been there eight years now and so lots of children have passed through my hands who in particular have lots of educational problems and need special help , and I suppose somebody though erm that although the rage now is to have Governors who are working in industry , and that 's perfectly proper , that it would n't be a bad idea to have somebody who is supposed to have some knowledge and background of the way children behave and what children need , so erm although I do have some politics , you know , Bill , I erm largely keep them quiet in the governing body . |
| 8 | ‘ But they won through in a dour encounter and I wish them well in the next round . |
| 9 | Otherwise they 're going to have another sleepless night , and we need them fresh for the next stage . ’ |