Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [noun] [verb] they [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Persia , Mesopotamia and Egypt remain more or less where Hellenistic erudition put them as the holders of barbarian wisdom . |
| 2 | Junker resistance to the abolition of serfdom , their mistrust of the new powers of industry and their blank incomprehension when faced with the idea that their estates could be run more profitably on other than feudal lines set them on a course that was to have a profound impact on German history . |
| 3 | It took the jury at Nottingham Crown Court less than three hours to convict them after a two-week trial . |
| 4 | The idea of using frames in a word processor is , perhaps , a little novel , although Ami Professional uses them for graphics and tables . |
| 5 | Although many people suspected them to be lovers , Adam still insisted on secrecy . |
| 6 | In Escape from Childhood ( 1974 ) , John Holt notes that children are , in fact , capable of a great deal more than modern society allows them to be . |
| 7 | Look out for anyone standing around on their own , and if possible try to involve them in what you are doing . |
| 8 | If possible try to frame them in a dramatic way — because this is a further pointer for the children showing how you are going to work together . |
| 9 | She kept up the desperate battle until another ambulance reached them near Hexham , Northumberland . |
| 10 | Loose eggs will hatch if vigorous aeration keeps them in constant motion . |
| 11 | They have been stuck in North Division One for three seasons and lost five of their first six matches this season until four victories put them in mid-table . |
| 12 | From time to time the press carries rumours of such enquiries , but they usually remain rumours unless legal action takes them into the public domain , because the DTI never comments or publishes the findings . |
| 13 | Because each upgrade forces them into the next software price band , software also costs more . |
| 14 | I can not describe anything , any more than you can ever describe or wish to describe a loved person , because that love strips them of possessing characteristics . |
| 15 | Drugs are expensive in primary care , not normally because of the unit cost , but because many patients take them for many years . |
| 16 | Since some people regard them as the ultimate madness and evil they deem it to be their moral right to break laws , mostly in a non-violent manner , as a form of protest . |
| 17 | Dr Reid said : ‘ I think what the children have suffered since social workers took them into care in November 1990 has been a lot worse than they had from their father . ’ |
| 18 | Plans for British police forces to test the batons were cancelled by the Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , after American police used them on Rodney King during the videotaped attack which sparked the Los Angeles riots . |
| 19 | It is just as desirable to schedule pits , tips and earthworks as it is to schedule buildings and artifacts before uncontrolled enthusiasm hides them from generations . |
| 20 | Kate 's voice was full of warm concern as though some conspiracy held them near each other . |
| 21 | The weakness of glass fibres brings us to the question of Griffith cracks and it also brings us back to Professor Inglis , whom we left in Chapter 2 worrying about why ships broke in two at sea when simple calculation showed them to be amply strong enough . |
| 22 | The Consumer Credit Act 1974 and the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 largely prevent these abuses , but it is true that , in so far as those Acts allow them to , finance companies still insist on the terms being as beneficial to themselves as possible . |
| 23 | Oxford , without the services of Mike Spracklen , whose subtle genius as finishing coach helped them to victories for the previous five races , have Pat Sweeney , a regular Oxford coach since 1988 , in charge . |
| 24 | But 78 players were unable to finish their rounds as torrential rain drove them off the course . |
| 25 | The council 's threat bewilders and frightens them , especially as other legislation requires them to ‘ destroy by fire ’ diseased waste like clubroot infections and potato haulms . |
| 26 | One parent families are not a static group and just as certain circumstances bring them into existence , so with others they may disappear . |