Example sentences of "they [vb base] move [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | On the contrary they tend to move from a state of relative disorder to one of greater order . |
| 3 | To obtain this information , one measures their geometrical ‘ parallax ’ , the tiny distance by which they appear to move against the background of the farthest stars during the six months that the Earth takes to move to the opposite side of the Sun . |
| 4 | 4 to 5 is relatively easy and if someone starts off at 5 they do n't need any persuading at all ( attempts to persuade them may irritate them so much that they start to move to the left ! ) . |
| 5 | Here , they 've moved into a ventilation brick . |
| 6 | They have moved through the moors , burning all they can find , and are spreading north and west through all the passes , leaving no living object behind them . |
| 7 | Most of those leaving the cities have done so through the commercial market and they have moved for a variety of reasons ( Kennett and Hall , 1981 ) : more freely-available , cheaper , owner-occupied housing might be found beyond the cities in environmentally-attractive locations ; households are more mobile — car-ownership rates doubled between 1961 and 1981 and the electrification of some InterCity lines has encouraged a marked decentralization of people away from London to areas such as Peterborough , Stamford ( Lincs. ) and even Newark ( Notts. ) ; many move out of cities on retirement ; and for the economically active in the south of England , movement out of London becomes ever more attractive as many commercial activities leave the capital . |
| 8 | These results relate to data available at April 1987 , by which time about 65% of sucjects were no longer under observation , mainly because they have moved from the recruiting doctors ' practice . |
| 9 | If they refuse to move with the firm , the company will have a difficult task on its hands in trying to find suitable replacements . |
| 10 | Alec and Sandra of Leeds , both 38 , are planning ahead for their retirement , when they plan to move to a cottage in the Yorkshire Dales . |