Example sentences of "they [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " 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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They tend to sleep in the afternoons . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Er not so much on Street because they tend to stand near the flats . |
| 11 | They want to talk about the AOL , of course . |
| 12 | They want to vote for the party which makes them better off . |
| 13 | The mixture will leave young cricket-lovers wondering whether they want to ascend to the spotlight or make do safely with their humdrum jobs . |
| 14 | Tory vice-chairman Andrew Mitchell has written to all candidates asking if they want to remain on the list and requesting a new CV . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | The erm he said soon they want to do for the room in the porch there . |
| 18 | Have they got any ideas about what they want to do in the future ? |
| 19 | well no , but not on , to town , but there might be somewhere they want to go on the way |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It would then be up to the US and Canada to decide whether they want to face towards the Atlantic or Pacific — or be caught between two great trading oceans . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They want to get through the canal in the one day . |
| 24 | He says they want to get into the market and this is the only way and it will benefit the customer . |
| 25 | Getting the couple to write down targets , stating what they want to change in the marriage and negotiating these targets , can be an effective way of improving the situation Likewise , the therapeutic techniques for overcoming sexual problems often involve a graded series of targets towards improving performance and technique one stage at a time . |
| 26 | They want to build on the land . ’ |
| 27 | Now they want to build on the site , but the local council say it should be restored as part of the countryside . |
| 28 | This course , which is the only one of its type in Northern Ireland , is designed to cater for students who wish to study accounting and other related subjects before deciding whether they want to embark on the study of professional accountancy , or who wish to acquire sufficient knowledge of accounting before taking up employment . |
| 29 | They want to read between the lines , to worm their way into the subtext and assumptions behind the presented image , and to discover the practices that are accidentally or deliberately hidden to view . |
| 30 | Some 300 companies have moved their headquarters from Osaka to Tokyo each year because they want to plug into the capital 's networks . |