Example sentences of "they [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To understand what the issue is really about , we must look more carefully at the premises they bring to bear on the discussion of reduction ; for this debate functions as a strait-jacket , stifling the very assumptions and aspirations which lie at the heart of the dispute . |
| 2 | Other protestors , including the Cleveland-based Neon , also gave details of the evidence they intend to give at the inquiry . |
| 3 | The begetters of the whole event are artist Chris Garratt and writer Mick Kidd , who will be running a practical workshop in the Dovecot tomorrow , when they intend to work to a deadline to produce a complete comic strip . |
| 4 | Caremore Council believe that Paul has been sexually abusing Jane and they intend to apply for a care order . |
| 5 | ‘ When clients have gone to a firm and believe that they have been treated badly , they tend to complain against the firm , not the engagement partner , and are surprised when the Institute tells them that they can not do so , ’ said Elwyn Eilledge , head of the working party . |
| 6 | However , paper labels should not be used for those sections destined for use in cathodoluminescence and scanning electron microscopes or microprobe , as they tend to char in the beam and may interfere with conductive coatings . |
| 7 | 1p. 61 ) That is , they tend to move between a claim as to how we do in fact conceive of causation and a recommendation as to how we ought to conceive of it . |
| 8 | On the contrary they tend to move from a state of relative disorder to one of greater order . |
| 9 | Frayed laces make tying very difficult ( and they tend to get into a knot ) , so put a little nail varnish or some tape on the ends or buy some new , novelty laces ! |
| 10 | In the more seasonal forests , hummingbirds may be migratory , but in all forests they tend to breed at the time when the flowers on which they depend are most abundant , though as with the thrips and the Shorea species , there is some staggering of flowering times and avoidance of competition for pollinators between plants . |
| 11 | Local authority loans for house purchase are more likely to be made to manual groups and they tend to concentrate on the purchase of older dwellings . |
| 12 | ‘ They live , or they 're supposed to live , in the paddock between the Rectory and the House , but the fencing needs seeing to , so they tend to wander round the Rectory when they want . |
| 13 | Because police procedurals , though they tend to have from the nature of their subject matter rather more social content than the straight murder puzzle , are still books written primarily as entertainment . |
| 14 | They tend to communicate in a form of shorthand based on this common database and can to some extent predict each other 's reactions to normal situations . |
| 15 | They want to talk about the AOL , of course . |
| 16 | They want to vote for the party which makes them better off . |
| 17 | The mixture will leave young cricket-lovers wondering whether they want to ascend to the spotlight or make do safely with their humdrum jobs . |
| 18 | Tory vice-chairman Andrew Mitchell has written to all candidates asking if they want to remain on the list and requesting a new CV . |
| 19 | The majority of potential users of desktop publishing systems have a definite idea of what they want to do with the system ; publish a newsletter , produce catalogues , spruce up company reports , etc . |
| 20 | So the time for meals should be determined by when people get up , when they go to bed and other things that they want to do during the day . ’ |
| 21 | The erm he said soon they want to do for the room in the porch there . |
| 22 | Have they got any ideas about what they want to do in the future ? |
| 23 | well no , but not on , to town , but there might be somewhere they want to go on the way |
| 24 | Yeah , well it 's just different directors have different things they want to emphasise in a play and if they want to bring something home or they think that using a certain well like say the way the people are dressed and everything will will have more of an impact , you know will |
| 25 | Yeah , well it 's just different directors have different things they want to emphasise in a play and if they want to bring something home or they think that using a certain well like say the way the people are dressed and everything will will have more of an impact , you know will |
| 26 | Many of those attending the doctor 's surgery with physical symptoms , such as headache or diarrhoea , actually have serious emotional , sexual or family problems that they want to discuss with the doctor , but find it difficult to start on such sensitive topics . |
| 27 | On BBC TV 's Crimewatch programme on Thursday night , police named the man they want to question about a robbery at the National Provincial Building Society in Bondgate as Alan Stephen Wild , 38 . |
| 28 | GAMBIAN police have named a man they want to question about the murder of a British conservation worker who was killed in a game reserve in December . |
| 29 | Some do it because they want to belong to a group where sniffing happens to be part of the group 's activities . |
| 30 | They want to get through the canal in the one day . |