Example sentences of "they [vb base] [vb pp] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | this was on , in the morning , in the afternoon they said his leg would deteriorate , they 've got to take the whole leg off so he said we 'll give it another go and see what happens , course by this time he said the operation has n't |
| 2 | In the period between albums , they 've managed to harness the raw power and aggression of their songs to greater effect live . |
| 3 | Now , it seems , they have decided to mix the two . |
| 4 | The main difference between the design of Labov 's neighbourhood studies and the Belfast community studies is probably the extent to which they have endeavoured to adopt the major principle of this method — that the observer should be part of the setting being studied . |
| 5 | To help fashion the ‘ whole child ’ they have needed to know the whole child . |
| 6 | The result suggests that Florida scrub jays may indeed avoid mimics after they have learned to avoid the sickening model . |
| 7 | ‘ It is a major disappointment that they have failed to take the necessary initiatives . ’ |
| 8 | They have failed to endorse the Australian move and are refusing to contribute to the compensation fund . |
| 9 | Is not it a sad reflection on the Government that after 12 years they have failed to provide the necessary skills training for our work force to make our industries competitive in world markets ? |
| 10 | They feel that the new aid has failed , or that they have failed to find the magic touch in using it . |
| 11 | They have got to let the Black people in South Africa have better conditions , but some of the Dutch people in the country are very determined . |
| 12 | Clearly these are important categories in that they have come to define the narrative expectations on which genres play , but it is important to recognize their limitations . |
| 13 | While exhorting the judiciary to use custodial sentences only for the really wicked , who commit serious offences , they have refused to compromise the supposed independence of the judiciary by interfering directly in the judicial process . |
| 14 | Another problem that has beset the RMCs is that , instead of being financed from special , earmarked central or regional funds , they have had to derive the necessary resources from the parent institutions . |
| 15 | Other occupations have adopted the professional rhetoric and even if they have done so in order to enhance their status and monopoly or guild power , they have had to accept the concomitant constraints on self-interested behaviour . |
| 16 | The greater the length of time that they have had to consider the full implications of what was proposed at Maastricht , the stronger have been their reservations . |