Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [prep] them [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being sick can bring with it a degree of sympathy and attention that is greatly valued by more isolated individuals , and they may believe that if their health improves they will lose out on the time and attention that is given to them on the basis of their illness . |
| 2 | That prompted judge Robert Watson from the USA to interject : ‘ Judges can only score a foul if it is reported to them by the referee . ’ |
| 3 | Often this is because they fail to understand what is expected of them under the broad , general duties of the Health and Safety at Work Act . |
| 4 | Yet it is an objective standard which the directors themselves define , and not one that is imposed upon them by the courts , who regard it as illegitimate to substitute their own view of what constitutes the best interests of the company or the shareholders for that of the directors of the company . |
| 5 | If your client is in a trade , say baking , then you must deal with his trade journals , Clients are sensitive enough about what is said about them in the consumer press but when negatives appear in their own trade journal , the sparks fly at your next client meeting . |
| 6 | Despite recognising the power of the advertising world , Jo does feel that there is some possibility for girls to pick and choose between what is offered to them by the media , and how they want to look themselves . |
| 7 | In many cases the husband and wife will be living apart at the time of the court order , or at a time when agreement is reached between them concerning the former matrimonial home , in circumstances that are likely to prove permanent . |
| 8 | He is not bound to afford the parties an opportunity to tender evidence or submissions ; and , even if a right to do so is conferred upon them by the terms of the lease , it is doubtful whether the expert need pay any attention to them . |
| 9 | Nothing is known of them outside the Bible , but they were evidently a race of Goliaths . |
| 10 | With two exceptions , all universities receive central government funding that is allocated among them on the basis of advice by the Universities Funding Council ( UFC ) rather than by the direct decision of the DES . |
| 11 | No um Michael Fraser Associates have now started a lobbying operation which is run for them by the former Chief Executive of the Tory Party in Scotland whose name I 've forgotten but he lives down at Tiningham in East Lothian ah , now if I could get him in if Fred does n't object and again if Fred did n't object and the other guy did n't object it might be worth getting a member of Parliament in |
| 12 | ’ It 's a sad reflection of society nowadays , ’ said the school 's headmaster ’ We blame children for a lot of things these days , but most of it is forced on them by the pressures of modern living . ’ |
| 13 | Even so , the refugees themselves are likely to resist any settlement unless it is forced upon them by the Syrian government itself . |
| 14 | No further action is planned by them at the moment . |