Example sentences of "they [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What good is an educational system which fools youngsters into thinking they are much cleverer than they really are and lets them loose on the working world ( not that there 's much work there ) with worthless qualifications ? |
| 2 | There is considerable ( ? deliberate ) confusion about the figures , but it seems that general practice and community services will receive about 4% extra revenue next year to help them prepare for the extra workload . |
| 3 | Now what I 'm wondering is this : instead of thinking that staying put is natural , and then having to introduce a force of gravity — which then mysteriously pulls on everything to make them behave in the same way — why not start out by saying that falling is the natural thing to do ! |
| 4 | Two external consultants helped them focus on the key issues . |
| 5 | so that modifications could be introduced in the physical , social or educational environments of these children which would help them achieve at the same level of conceptual development as is found in children from western societies . |
| 6 | Eight of their first 10 concerts were in Leeds but a rare excursion saw them appear at the Old Bell pub in Derby . |
| 7 | The central position which the Communists occupied in these campaigns was a result of their international connections , which made them appear as the principal opponents of Fascism . |
| 8 | I do n't want to ‘ politicize ’ the homeless in a way that makes them look like the front-line infantry fighting a barbaric government , which is a line some people have taken , simply because when you 're out there , it just is n't like that . |
| 9 | This makes them look like the controlling force , the spider in the middle of the web . |
| 10 | The great public buildings were stuccoed with gypsum to make them dazzle in the bright sea-light . |
| 11 | With this in mind , she had taken Charles with her when she went to see them perform for the first time . |
| 12 | When world oil prices plunged in the 1980s , their leaders did little to help them adjust to the inevitable decline in living standards . |
| 13 | Novell 's network products are mostly for PCs , but the next few years will see them move into the traditional minicomputer market with support for a number of minicomputer systems , thus re-enforcing their dominance . |
| 14 | ‘ He refused to let them return in the New Year to London , ’ she said . |
| 15 | It takes them back into the past and helps them relax at the same time . |
| 16 | What themes emerged in public argument against the slave trade and how do they relate to the basic concern with good order and the imperative of action to achieve it ? |
| 17 | How , that is , do they relate to the particular things which are instances of them , and to our minds when we think of those things as men , or as triangles ? |
| 18 | They 've got their fall-out shelters under moulded hills , their neutral army , their numbered bank accounts — what do they want with the European butter market and Albanian refugees hanging from boats ? |
| 19 | What do they think of the latest wave of censorship , particularly the Judas Priest case and the hunt for ‘ backward masked ’ massages ? |
| 20 | What do they think of the latest wave of censorship , particularly the Judas Priest case and the hunt for ‘ backward masked ’ massages ? |
| 21 | Do they behave in the same way syntactically , or , to put it more accurately , do topics , like themes , have no syntax ? |
| 22 | ‘ Did they know of the deep place in the pond ? |
| 23 | Do they know about the 11th Night , New Year 's Eve , and things like that ? |
| 24 | And how can they know about the dreadful events surrounding Burghgesh 's death ? ’ |
| 25 | Do these words refer to the actual expense incurred by the school in providing the benefit or do they refer to the hypothetical expense incurred by the school arrived at by the formula of dividing the total cost of running the school by the number of pupils attending it or to put it more shortly do they refer to the additional or the average cost of the provision of the benefit . |
| 26 | None of them mentioned Richard or Hubert Molland ; nor did they refer to the last time they had all had tea together . |
| 27 | What wo what would they do without the eternal triangle ? |
| 28 | They will still pay the universal business rate , but what will they contribute to the new council tax ? |
| 29 | So successfully did they break into the English market that they soon put the native vineyards out of business . |
| 30 | Did n't they look at the real man ? ’ |