Example sentences of "[verb] them [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though the portrayal of police work on celluloid is not a realistic description of policing in Easton , the conceptualizations they have of their role as fighters of ‘ big crime ’ , which they have to be continually prepared for , encourages them to see the media portrayal of policing as accurate , thus completing the circle . |
| 2 | Yet the importance attached to this scheme of distributive justice by advocates of choice theory encourages them to ignore the contradiction which we noticed above between the liberal ideal of individual autonomy and the moral paternalism of the principle that promises ought to be kept which lies at the heart of their theory of contract . |
| 3 | He could double and halve small numbers , decompose the calculation into components and recombine them to find the solution . |
| 4 | In fact we expected them to solve the problem for us . |
| 5 | Wilson 's own choice of metaphor was no longer that of the centre forward , but the seasoned centre half feeding passes to his experienced forwards and allowing them to score the goals . |
| 6 | Investors can take out a combination Pep , allowing them to choose the balance they want between the two plans , though they have to put at least £500 in each one . |
| 7 | Maggie stared at him and Ana held out her hand , allowing them to see the glittering ring at last . |
| 8 | It is difficult to see how the rock platform can entirely dissipate the wave energy , as , if the waves break on it , they must presumably erode it , thus ultimately allowing them to reach the foot of the cliff again . |
| 9 | On the other hand , two other cases involving individuals seeking asylum in foreign embassies were resolved by the authorities allowing them to leave the country . |
| 10 | The horns from the Zimbabwean project are kept in storage by the National Parks Department , in the hope that present international bans on rhino trading may be lifted , allowing them to sell the horns to raise money for conservation . |
| 11 | On Aug. 18 Finance Minister Tsutomu Hata had attempted to restore confidence by announcing a series of measures aimed at discouraging financial institutions from selling shares until the end of September , and allowing them to postpone the reporting of unrealised losses on share holdings until the end of the financial year , in March 1993 . |
| 12 | The Deee-Lite canvas has been stretched even tighter , allowing them to twist the dance beats of the last two decades into ever more kooky shapes . |
| 13 | The elections were conducted under a new electoral law passed by the NUP-controlled Assembly in October 1989 , under which additional seats were given to the larger parties , thus allowing them to gain the maximum number of seats with the minimum of votes . |
| 14 | The question , therefore , was how to satisfy the aspirations of the political groupings , without allowing them to gain the upper hand ; how to make use of their mobilizing capacities , without these being used to ends other than those approved by the Commander-in-Chief , Generalísimo Franco . |
| 15 | The crucial experiment is to rear male crickets without allowing them to hear the song of other crickets . |
| 16 | contacting employers and encouraging them to use the ES to fill their vacancies ; |
| 17 | But the same kind of people , very often , who are in trouble , are the ones who want somewhere quiet and peaceful where they can be alone with God and they can pray , and so in a sense it 's not a matter of turn them out of the church , it 's a matter of of encouraging them to use the church building in particular ways . |
| 18 | One useful strategy is to give patients weekend leave on several occasions before discharge , encouraging them to discuss the difficulties that they have experienced on their return to the ward . |
| 19 | Those too have been doubled and we are we trust them to appoint the magistrates upon whom we praise such responsibility and on whom we shall have such great praise . |
| 20 | The growing materialism of the age led them to envisage the hereafter as the eternal ‘ Now ’ , and depict survival in terms of the senses . |
| 21 | They were also concerned that their Equal Opportunities policies should apply to all funded groups , and their awareness of the multi-faceted discrimination experienced by black lesbians and gays led them to fund the Black Lesbian and Gay Centre Project . |
| 22 | It was perhaps their awareness of this , rather than their arrogance , which led them to emphasize the relationship so strongly after Edward IV 's death . |
| 23 | It was perhaps their awareness of this , rather than their arrogance , which led them to emphasize the relationship so strongly after Edward IV 's death . |
| 24 | Like legislators , doctors set themselves up as women 's protectors and the preoccupation with women 's reproductive systems as the source of their illness and weakness led them to assume the role of moral guardian . |
| 25 | Make them work — if you do n't want them to spend the day , and your money , sitting with their feet up . ’ |
| 26 | When it comes to cutting finishing panels above or to the side of your frame to fill any gaps , you will want them to follow the line of the wall or ceiling exactly , however uneven that might be . |
| 27 | The only problem is that it can be terribly difficult to read — and you do want them to read the copy do n't you ? |
| 28 | I do n't want them to suffer the fate of appearing in an auction catalogue and having the state of their fur criticised . |
| 29 | I do n't want them to pull the building down anyway . |
| 30 | Then you can paint or cover them to match the colour of the flowers you 're going to put in them . |