Example sentences of "the [noun sg] they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the absence of particles an electrical current across the aperture remains constant , but when particles of low electrical conductivity , such as quartz , pass the aperture they cause current fluctuations , depending upon their volume . |
| 2 | Several blind people complained of the excessive concern over their inability to make eye contact with clients and the difficulty they had convincing teaching staff that they could cope . |
| 3 | On the contrary they penetrate many levels of society and enter into a wide range of transactions . |
| 4 | I will therefore be looking at the range of measures on offer to ensure that as we come out of the recession they offer unemployed people practical and effective help in getting back to work . ’ |
| 5 | The cottage they bought 38 years ago for £4,500 will be swept away as the last unspoilt corner of the village becomes an estate of 150 homes . |
| 6 | Pitched tail into the wind they offer good stability as long as the side walls are not too high |
| 7 | Although the PAC and Azanian People 's Organization ( Azapo ) refused to sign the accord they gave separate undertakings to work for peace . |
| 8 | He had no ticket and she had a Season , and while he stood in line at the window they missed one train and she rolled her head and her eyes and seemed to think it a joke and when the train came there was one thought only in Millet 's mind . |
| 9 | unclear get to buy your own I , I er did n't have rubber boots , I had big leather boots up to me thigh , that 's what I bought and that leather then they did n't have nails in the shoes in the , in the bottom they had wooden pegs , so that the , your leather was held by wooden pegs and the and the leather at that time were the thigh boots , you could roll them right the way down , . |
| 10 | Channel 4 chiefs will have been delighted with the feast they served British viewers . |
| 11 | Well , after the war they had these clinics where people went |
| 12 | Later in the war they built 1,135 Mosquitos , before going on to produce fifty or so Fox Moths — and then their own indigenous designs after the conflict ceased . |
| 13 | Hey er well , during , just after the war they started these concerts in the Temperance Hall . |
| 14 | The fox said " In the town they kill all foxes that have three balls . |
| 15 | The desire of the Cambridge Boat Club to win this year began the evening they lost last year . |
| 16 | After the farm-workers had cleared a field of the crop they left one sheaf standing on it . |
| 17 | Milan , inevitably , are strong favourites to retain the title they won last season , especially after signing new stars Papin and Lentini . |
| 18 | In the beginning they demanded small change , but now they ask me for £2 or £3 every time they see me . |
| 19 | The travelling fans voted the Newport Road hostelry as the best pub of the 50-plus they visited last season . |
| 20 | Though some churchmen protested , on the whole they accepted royal exactions as the price of protection and corporate power : they saw that the alternative was the wholly unsystematic despoilment and privatisation of church property not only by laymen but by individual ecclesiastics too . |
| 21 | They used the work of anthropologists and historians which was available , and on the whole they used this work very judiciously . |
| 22 | On the whole they feel such predictions are not justified and , indeed , the evidence is of a much greater degree of fitness and independence than is generally acknowledged . |
| 23 | As they passed an STM tip over the surface they applied short bursts of alternating voltage , a few milliseconds long and slightly more than 1.5 volts in amplitude , over particular atoms . |
| 24 | The great ‘ secret ’ of the rituals is that the Piaroa are cannibals ; for the meat they eat each day is human in its origin . |
| 25 | For earlier in the day they saw in-calf heifer averages drop by over £200 and bulling heifers drop by £88 on the year at the spring event . |
| 26 | At the start they used local supplies . |
| 27 | Kirchberg is well known locally for its band and throughout the season they stage many concerts ranging from the serene to good old thigh slapping and yodelling nights out . |
| 28 | For customers these incentives include free samples of the product and twin-pack bargains ; for the trade they include special discounts and the provision of display material . |
| 29 | Helplessness and dependency are very uncomfortable experiences ; to alleviate the discomfort they induce some people become dictatorial . |
| 30 | In the morning they wore each other 's face |