Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , models differ as to the nature of the specialization which they postulate to occur for the two hemispheres . |
| 2 | ‘ They tend to head for the middle-of-the-road establishments — still quite cheap but a cut above the red-flock wallpaper places . ’ |
| 3 | The car 's hydraulics soughed as they tried to compensate for the sudden shift of the bubble but against that gale they were all but useless , and the bubble-canopy clanged on the car 's shell . |
| 4 | If investors require an expected return of 8 per cent p.a. , what prices would they expect to pay for the following : |
| 5 | If the expected return rises to 15 per cent what would they expect to pay for the above shares ? |
| 6 | On the edge of the runway Greg brought the ambulance to a halt and while they prepared to wait for the incoming aircraft , David maintained radio contact with the control tower . |
| 7 | The Audit Commission review which was published in 1986 identified five main obstacles which they thought accounted for the slow and fragmented way that community care had developed in England and Wales . |
| 8 | They [ theoretical differences ] are not resolved really ; they continue as quite big arguments ; and there are quite big camps really of those who believe in theory and those who believe in scholarship , I suppose ; and we pretend that you can just muddle along and it does n't matter , but the crunch comes at things like marking exam papers , because if you 've got a student who 's heavily into theory , writing for a marker who 's heavily not into theory , then they tend to say things like ‘ oh , he 's just read Terry Eagleton , so blah blah blah ’ or ‘ she 's just read Cate Belsey and regurgitated that ’ so someone can get a bad mark because they 've written for the wrong person . |
| 9 | They 've called for the gradual introduction of tax increases balanced by a reduction in interest rates . |
| 10 | Mums-to-be only have the right to return to their job if they 've worked for the same company for at least two years . |
| 11 | And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer . |
| 12 | They had invested for the long term , if not in imperial unity ( and significantly , nothing was said at Worms about emperorship or empire ) , then in the coexistence of Lothar and Charles in the regnum francorum . |
| 13 | They had to hassle for the best part of the day to get the machine out of the factory because , like most of these auctions , the auctioneers wanted the place cleared immediately . |
| 14 | As it turned out , the studio ‘ was n't up to much any more and half the equipment was broken ’ , but , according to Mondays ' manager Nathan McGough , ‘ a little light went on as soon as I met Chris and Tina , so I phoned them to ask what they thought of the band and what they had planned for the next couple of months ’ . |
| 15 | The CDU parliamentary group had accused Gies ( who had headed the CDU list but had not won a direct seat in the October 1990 Landtag election ) of obliging three other CDU delegates to resign after that election by alleging that they had worked for the former East German " Stasi " security police . |
| 16 | Often parents bring their children with them when they come to visit for the first time . |
| 17 | Nothing guarantees that the Americans and Russians will go on supplying it as they have done for the past couple of years . |
| 18 | People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past . |
| 19 | They tend , as they have done for the past fifty years , to respond to the events of the day without projecting forward the effects of their policies for the necessary 18–24 months . |
| 20 | Mr Diplexcito , his wife and three daughters have fought a rearguard action for the past two years to stop their cottage at Spittalburn , where they have lived for the past 17 years , being buried by earthworks . |
| 21 | Teachers need to take children 's ideas seriously , and avoid making them feel that they have to search for the right answer , hidden somewhere in the teacher 's head . |
| 22 | Here they have to prepare for the unexpected . |
| 23 | Here they have to prepare for the unexpected . |
| 24 | At present , women only qualify for leave if they have worked for the same employer for two years ; five years for women who work less than 16 hours per week . |
| 25 | For the thirty or so recruits of Calais Platoon , part of the Adult Training Company , today is the day towards which they have worked for the past five months . |
| 26 | Paul and Sarah Davison retained the junior doubles title they have won for the last two years . |
| 27 | before hand there were the same designated police officer of the same specialized suites , things have changed and they have changed for the better . |
| 28 | It is suggested that they have changed for the better , while we have not . |
| 29 | Here 's Lawrence , bowls and that 's a full length again , but it 's down the leg side , glances it very delicately , it 's a good throw from Tufnell , well a quick throw from Tufnell , it lands in the middle of the pitch in actual fact , but they have to hurry for the two runs now , one hundred and eighteen for three wickets now and is six , DaSilva eighteen . |
| 30 | They have to pay for the four officials , the clubs 's own lawyers and witnesses for the hearing in Geneva . |