Example sentences of "they [vb base] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them give a great deal of importance to using weak forms , but do not stress the importance of also knowing when to use the strong forms , something which I feel is very important . |
| 2 | Many of them maintain a fixed parity between their own currencies and the French franc . |
| 3 | But sometimes , on the darkest nights , when the waves pounded the shingle like bursts of distant gunfire , both the science and the symbol would seem to him as transitory as those drowned lives and he would find himself wondering if this great hulk would one day yield to the sea , like the wave-smashed concrete from the last war defences , and like them become a broken symbol of man 's long history on this desolate coast . |
| 4 | I have here a petition with about 22,000 signatures , principally of visitors and the staff of the royal parks who are concerned about the proposed privatisation of those parks because they fear a consequent fall from the high standards established in them . |
| 5 | In this way they are seen by others as having authority and they gain a new measure of confidence in dealing with matters on your behalf . |
| 6 | Compacts should strongly recommend that trade unionists should be released on full pay to work with teachers and students so that they gain a balanced understanding of how industry works . |
| 7 | They 've announced a new sports car to be built at Cowley and they launch a new model in April . |
| 8 | ‘ Travel firms are right on target when they launch a huge range of discounts , ’ said an Abta spokesman . |
| 9 | Many essays suffer from exactly this problem : they lack a clear sense of what the main issues are which are being addressed . |
| 10 | Corbetts are not inferior mountains because they lack a little bit in height . |
| 11 | Despite the problems with groups they remain a major fact of life in all organizations . |
| 12 | Until that day arrives they remain a useful way of detecting the desktop publishing bore ! |
| 13 | All signals are thus essentially selective rather than instructive since they bring a minimal amount of new information to the cell , and only select from the possible responses open to the cell . |
| 14 | A feature of their new show is a hilarious This Is Your Life , where they ad-lib a potted biography of a victim in the audience to a few hints given by the subject 's so-called friends , and the Christmas Story enacted in a series of styles chosen by those there on the night-Joseph and Mary as a double glazing sales force , for example , sounds tasteless but it 's all surprisingly inoffensive and very funny . |
| 15 | Dogs , too , prey on the marine iguanas , but they eat a wide range of other animals including the rare Galapagos penguin . |
| 16 | They eat a tremendous amount in the weeks running up the race and she cooks everything fresh . |
| 17 | Though pandas ' ancestors were carnivores , they eat a high proportion of vegetable matter including bamboo and various roots , shoots , fruits and fungi ; and in the park they will sometimes be seen grazing grass . |
| 18 | Well British Steel adopted a somewhat more subtler tactic er they make a strong point of the fact that no money has ever been removed from the scheme despite the presence of a six hundred surplus . |
| 19 | The estimates from twins are very high , but since the standard errors are large they make a limited contribution to the overall picture . |
| 20 | They play a large part in the provision of welfare services , especially in running clubs and recreational activities and helping with the provision of meals , and they make a substantial contribution to the demand for residential care . |
| 21 | Embedded in his initial instructions to Joshua concerning the actions the people are to take on the seventh day we find the clause , ‘ … when they make a long blast with the ram 's horn ’ . |
| 22 | Tonight Nick Clark follows the RAF Falcons as they make a spectacular descent into an American Football stadium in San Diego , where sixty five thousand people are waiting to greet them . |
| 23 | With low levels of lighting around the room in the evening , they make a spectacular display for your favourite dried flower arrangement or special ornament . |
| 24 | Clinging to one another , they make a living nest from their bodies , complete with passageways along which the queen moves and chambers where the pupae are deposited . |
| 25 | They make a major contribution to the life of the University , providing it with a breadth of outlook , experience and sympathy which is greatly valued . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But when they make a black film , they make a black film for black people to sit and watch . |
| 28 | Added to a simple white sauce , they make a good accompaniment to plain meats such as boiled bacon . |
| 29 | ‘ And your conclusions are far from worthless , they make a good deal of sense to me . |
| 30 | Their expenses ’ are paid and they make a magnificent contribution to the service , enabling group tutors to increase the flexibility of their classes and ensuring individual help whenever it is needed . |