Example sentences of "they [verb] [to-vb] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each knows the weaknesses in its own and in the other approaches and therefore debates between them tend to result in predictable discussions within a well-trodden terrain . |
| 2 | Conversely , they tend to converge in higher-status speech on a much narrower phonetic area , but are less responsive to environmental constraints . |
| 3 | Mothers and babies are suitable cases for treatment because they tend to stay in one place , there are only two subjects at a time , and their behaviour together is relatively stereotyped and uncomplicated . |
| 4 | They tend to come in large groups , but there are singletons and couples as well . |
| 5 | They want to share in big-match atmosphere . ’ |
| 6 | They trained to land in various numbers , although in later years some nine men made up the team in a powered dory . |
| 7 | This balance is important , since , for example , some accounts whose critical focus is the rise of the individual , private , property-owning self , almost appear to conspire with that reification of the self which they seek to criticize in contemporary culture , by isolating and concentrating on this single factor . |
| 8 | The Ekeko 's fair is where dreams and wishes are sold , where even the city 's poorest inhabitants can buy , in miniature , what they hope to obtain in real life during the course of the coming year . |
| 9 | In addition , at the level of somatic cell hybrid and FISH mapping , they seem to cluster in certain regions of the genome , and one such cluster was proposed for human chromosome 10 ( 12 ) in the pericentromeric region ( 5 ) . |
| 10 | The rocks beneath the castle , on account of the form they seem to have in high seas and foam , are called Macleod 's Maidens . |
| 11 | Where insects are preserved they seem to occur in large numbers and in variety , so that a few famous localities have yielded a disproportionate number of the fossil species . |
| 12 | In their more usual homes they like to live in huge colonies around cracks in the ocean floor where hot mineral rich larva or oil and gas leak from the sea bed . |
| 13 | If the sale is of part only of the land affected by the notice of deposit , a simple letter of consent to the transaction from the bank or other person protected by the notice , addressed to the Chief Land Registrar , is sufficient ; but some banks have their own form , which they like to use in such cases . |
| 14 | They began to meet in private houses where they read sermons and prayed together . |
| 15 | Brusilov 's attack broke through his enemy 's line on a front of nearly 320km/ 200mls , throwing the Austro-Hungarian Army into bewildered retreat , and they began to surrender in large numbers . |
| 16 | Bannen leaned attentively towards the Doctor and they began to speak in low voices . |
| 17 | They returned to live in rented accommodation , without support from the husband , and lived in straitened circumstances , relying on welfare payments and charitable support . |
| 18 | Is he aware that one head teacher recently told me that not only do they have to teach in unsavoury conditions , but they are now having to teach in unsafe conditions ? |
| 19 | They continue to languish in legal limbo . |
| 20 | One lot of As holds that not only do girls succeed in primary school , they continue to succeed in secondary school . |
| 21 | Is not it disgraceful that the Government are destroying living standards , yet they claim to believe in human values ? |
| 22 | It is very characteristic of the Romans that they chose to display in public parades those objects considered particularly suited to the context in which they were won — gods and heroes were explicitly linked to the glory of battle . |
| 23 | If they have been accustomed to carrying a baby on the hip , they start to curve in that direction without realising it . |
| 24 | It was very important that they start to succeed in some way . |
| 25 | No matter how busy headteachers are in shifting the paper work disaster looms if they fail to keep in daily contact with teaching and children 's learning . |
| 26 | sole practitioners should bear the cost of increased controls as they choose to practise in this way . |
| 27 | They continued to watch in stunned silence as Guy ran up the stairs and disappeared through the doorway , then turned to look at each other . |
| 28 | Since they wish to live in this country , they should study and understand the situation and support the Scottish people 's national aspirations . |
| 29 | Farmers , too , will need a licence from the ministry if they wish to interfere in any way with a badger sett . |
| 30 | ‘ They can learn the ropes for a season or two — and they wo n't get the stick they have to take in other leagues . ’ |