Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb base] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some efforts at literacy work have been made by church groups and by the government , but they only deal with a tiny fraction of the problem . |
| 2 | They only appeal to a few , and some people are repelled by them . |
| 3 | Seeds may be collected but be quick as they only float for a short time . |
| 4 | Despite the fact that ‘ if only ’ implies that things could be different , they do not actually go away when the ideal conditions are achieved , they just surface in a new guise . |
| 5 | These already exist as , as obviously the speakers to the motion is , are aware , they already exist at a national level , erm if we support this motion obviously what we 're talking about here is introducing er awards at local or regional level . |
| 6 | They generally believe in a cosmic memory ( known officially as psychometry ) . |
| 7 | There was good reason for this : when Government ministers want to test opinion in a particular sector , they normally turn to a single trade body , such as the National Farmers Union , the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders , or the Retail Consortium . |
| 8 | The voting-oriented positive approaches to redistribution , given the comments above , may seem on stronger ground in explaining policy in that they largely rely on a narrow self-interest motive to make them tick . |
| 9 | Okay , one or two of them are a little contrived , but they still make for a cracking package — all in one load too ! |
| 10 | The doctors may broadcast their scripts to a drug-hungry nation like showers of autumn leaves , but they still act as an intolerable bottle-neck between manufacturers and their clients , the latter , poor sods , often not even knowing what wondrous remedies are to hand for the asking . |
| 11 | Heaven help us if they ever get on a winning streak . |
| 12 | Heaven help us if they ever get on a winning streak . |
| 13 | I know people who do make money from their knitting and they usually concentrate on a particular line . |
| 14 | ‘ Look , ’ sniffed Mel , ‘ these guys are only trying to make a bob or two … and from what I gather they usually rake in a fair bit . ’ |
| 15 | They also act as an important catalyst for ‘ team-building ’ for Departments . |
| 16 | They also insist on a high level of quality — the fact that clothing from Benjamin Simon 's Lees factory is sold in Dior 's Paris flagship store is proof that their quality control works . |
| 17 | They also point to a hung parliament . |
| 18 | — a fertile womb ( they also ask for a barren womb sometimes ) . |
| 19 | They witness to a process of realisation of the confusion , frustration , failure and partiality at the heart of even the best of human experience , let alone the worst , which makes them essentially accessible to all ; but they also witness to an awakening understanding of the fact that these are the very means of the experience of transformation . |
| 20 | It is beyond dispute that they also account for a large number of tiny rabbits that are born in breeding chambers within burrow systems . |
| 21 | They also work against a high value being placed upon the creation of peaceful everyday relationships . |
| 22 | It might therefore seem a rather odd choice as a label , but Wimsatt and Brooks 's reason for using it is that they view these analogical or metaphorical relationships as producing effects essentially similar to those for which the word irony is more commonly used , and which they also see as an important part of poetry . |
| 23 | They , they probably come in a foul mood , and er , they , they keep up that er bickering over the whole of their stay . |
| 24 | Where once they flew in such flocks that they threw shadows over the earth , they now survive in a few straggling colonies . |
| 25 | They now worship at a new hall , but the pastor admits that many older villagers miss the little chapel . |
| 26 | They now fight on a daily basis and invariably without so much as a warning growl . |
| 27 | They got married and they now live in a beautiful flat in the centre of London . ’ |
| 28 | I think one of the things the American companies often do is that , rather than set up on a green field site , they often buy into an existing company , erm , and therefore it 's , it 's , it 's a , it 's a somewhat different form of investment to the |
| 29 | Their minds seem " triggered " by some key word(s) in the question and they immediately plunge into an uncritical and largely irrelevant answer . |
| 30 | She displays how to build living structures of pictorial importance by weaving individual dancers or groups deliberately and solemnly so that they frequently pause in a meaningful picture of distinctive shape . |