Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By then , however , such was the devastation of churches and church lands that although the York clergy granted a tenth , which was to be collected in two instalments during 1317 ( a delay eloquent of their difficulties ) , they successfully insisted on a revised valuation of their livings : instead of the tenth being levied on the 1291 valor , compiled before the Scottish war began , it was to be calculated according to the true current valuation of livings , a reduced level which endured for the rest of the Middle Ages . |
| 2 | So powerful did the Association feel itself to be that it declined to amalgamate into a nationally representative Shipping Federation which came into being in September 1890 , though it allowed its individual members to join if they wished and developed a working arrangement with it.Indeed the separatism of the Mersey shipowners lasted until 1967 when they eventually merged into a British Shipping Federation , though not under the title " Employers ' Labour Association " . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They only appeal to a few , and some people are repelled by them . |
| 5 | Seeds may be collected but be quick as they only float for a short time . |
| 6 | They sensibly asked for a new kettle but were told that they could not have one because cuts meant that no new equipment or furniture of any kind was available . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They generally believe in a cosmic memory ( known officially as psychometry ) . |
| 10 | They thus called for a managerial policy to facilitate promotion earlier in life , linked to flexible retirement wherever possible . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They finally halted in a rough copse of thorn that had lopsided boulders scattered about it and was sheltered from the wind by the long shoulder of a hill . |
| 14 | Okay , one or two of them are a little contrived , but they still make for a cracking package — all in one load too ! |
| 15 | The company 's 5,750 British workers had been braced for cuts all week but they still came as a devastating blow . |
| 16 | Heaven help us if they ever get on a winning streak . |
| 17 | Heaven help us if they ever get on a winning streak . |
| 18 | I know people who do make money from their knitting and they usually concentrate on a particular line . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | They also went to a running stream at midnight . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | They also point to a hung parliament . |
| 23 | — a fertile womb ( they also ask for a barren womb sometimes ) . |
| 24 | They also agreed to a near doubling of aid to the Third World , but failed to reach a common position on the period of time over which the increase would be phased in . |
| 25 | It is beyond dispute that they also account for a large number of tiny rabbits that are born in breeding chambers within burrow systems . |
| 26 | Foxes became much more wide-ranging in their search for food , since they also depended to a large extent upon rabbits . |
| 27 | They also depended for a large part of their work on clawing money out of the social security system and on getting alongside other centrally funded bodies such as housing associations . |
| 28 | They also contributed to a growing consciousness of the value of collectivism and of alliances among sections of the lesbian and gay trade movement . |
| 29 | ‘ They also broke into a similar car but appear to have lost interest in it when they realised it was a used model . |
| 30 | They also work against a high value being placed upon the creation of peaceful everyday relationships . |