Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb base] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They find accommodation where they set up a nursery , then sit back and wait for the right opportunity to arise . |
| 2 | The children , their father Jim and other members of the first UK medical expedition to Everest , were on Aonach Mor , near Fort William , yesterday where they set up an imitation base camp for the benefit of the press and potential sponsors . |
| 3 | Although they spread along the bank and searched the turbulence anxiously , there was no sign of the groom , either dead or alive . |
| 4 | The sun 's rays have to travel through more of the Earth 's absorbent atmosphere to reach these areas than they do when the sun is overhead , resulting in a drop in temperature as winter approaches . |
| 5 | The non-crystalline , that is the amorphous cellulose , has no mechanism for protecting its hydroxyls from moisture , since most of them are not firmly attached to their neighbours , and so they pick up a shell , round each hydroxyl , of any water molecules which are available . |
| 6 | If they draw out an enemy charge they 've probably served their purpose . |
| 7 | Employees approach their manager to discuss the possibility of a break and if they take up the option they are kept in touch with progress via magazines , company literature etc . |
| 8 | If they hand in an idea , by mail or in the suggestion box , they do so anonymously and the idea is a joke or an impertinence . |
| 9 | Brazil will fill Wembley next March and if they show just a fraction more ambition near goal it will be a night to remember . |
| 10 | If you open you 've got gangs of young lads patrolling the town , even with whips and if they get over the door you 've had it . |
| 11 | If you open you 've got gangs of young lads patrolling the town , even with whips and if they get over the door you 've had it . |
| 12 | Machines that are considered ‘ out of the way ’ in a corner of the room will be relatively more unsociable if they block off a doorway or interrupt television viewing . |
| 13 | If they mine there the whole of Tomduff is going to be reduced to one big ugly hole with no plant or bird life ’ . |
| 14 | But they 're worried that if they turn down the property they may not get another . |
| 15 | It 's got the pedigree to do it , if they sort out the marketing . |
| 16 | If they send out a document that weighs a kilo for tapes and they sent that one , they 're losing twenty |
| 17 | Erm then you know that would be something whereas if they say well the recession 's so bad we have n't taken anybody for the last five years and your researches ca n't unearth anybody who seems to be prepared to er give you even half a chance then I mean |
| 18 | Non-League Woking 's reward , if they see off the challenge of Brighton in a replay , will be a home tie against another south coast team — Portsmouth . |
| 19 | If they do not the court may hold a rule invalid . |
| 20 | Which may not rank the outsiders in the eyes of the Ladbrokes odds-maker , but if they look over the fence they will certainly be able to see the outsiders from where they have been placed . |
| 21 | One looks firstly to see whether irrelevant considerations have been taken into account ; if they have not the decision may still be struck down if it is unreasonable in the substantive sense . |
| 22 | ‘ Defence has been perfected to a remarkable degree , ’ he said , ‘ and I have heard it suggested that through its further development football may be brought to a state of stalemate … it will be a sorry reflection on forwards if they have not the intelligence , the inventiveness to devise means by which they can carry their attack to a successful end . ’ |
| 23 | And thanks to a smart directory — a custom-designed programme by Richard himself — senders can track down the person they want even if they have only the recipient 's first name , or just the vaguest idea of their title or where they work . |
| 24 | Drug-users sharing needles contaminated with HIV are likely to be infected within less than five years if they inject once a week , and within three months if injecting 20 times a week . |
| 25 | Even those who dissent are required to act as if they agree once a course of action has been decided upon , and if there is blame , it is shared by all . ’ |
| 26 | Cos they spend quite a lot of time , they spend their holidays in France . |
| 27 | They investigate , interrogate , sift every scrap of evidence until they narrow down the field . |
| 28 | The biters are usually the easiest to detect because they eat away the foliage . |
| 29 | That is another way of saying he wants his team to win , because they remain only a point clear , although after tonight they will still have a match in hand . |
| 30 | Undoubtedly some will be unable to cope with this emphasis on self-management because they lack either the intelligence or perhaps , more importantly , the motivation to do so . |