Example sentences of "[pron] they [vb base] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the credit-worthiness requirements which they set for new customers are relatively stringent . |
| 2 | Teachers will find that the educational goals which they set for their visually handicapped pupils are essentially the same as for the fully sighted children in their classes and that these goals are attainable . |
| 3 | They thus need only provide care to quality standards which they set for themselves when first agreeing a contract and they can avoid being drawn into the ‘ high volume/doubtful quality ’ trap . |
| 4 | Ultimately the attractiveness of MINIS-type systems to public sector managers lies in the comprehensive picture which they can provide of organizational activities , and also in the potential which they hold for decentralization within departments . |
| 5 | Data from this study also show that some people do retain relationships which they use for confiding and support , especially with their mothers , and this is regarded as appropriate , especially for women to get support with concerns that essentially are ‘ women 's business , . |
| 6 | It is not impossible that nationalism will decline with the decline of the nation-state , without which being English or Irish or Jewish , or a combination of all these , is only one way in which people describe their identity among the many others which they use for this purpose , as occasion demands . |
| 7 | Both teachers keep on their desks , beside the National Curriculum ring binders , the registers and all the other tedious impedimenta of a teacher 's working life , a pile of books of poems , which they use for short sections of time throughout the day . |
| 8 | The price at which they bid for these bills determines the Treasury Bill rate . |
| 9 | The discount houses will want to repay the loans from the Bank quickly , and so will reduce the price at which they bid for the next issue of Treasury Bills , thus increasing the Treasury Bill rate . |
| 10 | With atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide expected to double in the next century , plants would open the stomata through which they breathe for shorter periods reducing the transpiration of water and providing less water for cloud formation . |
| 11 | The remedies which they prescribe for Britain involve the separation of social insurance for health , pensions and employment from social assistance to those in unpredictable need . |
| 12 | This project aims to explore what teachers implementing the programmes assume about the way children learn , how they interpret the differences among their pupils ( in the new atmosphere which emphasises ‘ attainment targets ’ ) and the ways in which they cater for those differences . |
| 13 | At all ages , dog-whelks feed on discrete , easily identifiable , macroscopic sedentary prey ( upon which they remain for many hours or days ) which not only renders predator/prey investigations in the field possible but also facilitates the maintenance of these animals in aquaria . |
| 14 | Nineteenth-century linguistics was mainly interested in the ways in which languages change across the ages ; modern ‘ structural ’ linguistics prefers , in contrast , to concentrate on the ways in which they function for purposes of communication . |
| 15 | Coventry have a book which they keep for fire purposes of , signing themselves in and out . |
| 16 | When you approach pluggers or press officers , bear in mind that this is how they make their money , and the amount of enthusiasm which they show for your product may not be a true indication of the coverage which they can secure . |
| 17 | Working within a paradigm , the fundamentals of which they take for granted , they are able to perform the exacting experimental and theoretical work necessary to improve the match between the paradigm and nature to an ever-greater degree . |
| 18 | The claims which they make for the consequences of literacy belong to the same tradition . |
| 19 | ( Princes ) do not have the right to say that they find the books dedicated to them atrocious or that the music which they play for them scorches their ears … |
| 20 | Creditors would no longer have the absolute right of imprisoning their debtors upon a judgement over £20 ‘ which they have for so many years possessed and in some cases abused ’ . |
| 21 | Indeed , the carbon-based molecules of which living things are constructed , and which they employ for life 's purposes , are so various and can be so complex that the study of biochemistry might at first sight seem quite impossible . |
| 22 | Therefore the connection between these and the work of revelation and restoration in Jesus Christ must be explored , the ‘ point of contact ’ which they offer for the advent of divine grace must be found . |
| 23 | The explanations which they offer for continuing peasant unrest , however , run counter to important aspects of the Soviet explanation . |
| 24 | As the later authors have adjusted the dating of the Muftilik of Molla Arab in order to make room for that of Abdulkerim , so they have stretched the facts considerably in extending the Muftilik of Molla Husrev to cover the whole vexed period from the date which they give for the death of Fahreddin Acemi , namely 865/1460–1 , to that which they give for the accession of Molla Gurani ( 885/1480 ; but cf. below , pp. 144 et sqq. , especially p. 150 ) . |
| 25 | As the later authors have adjusted the dating of the Muftilik of Molla Arab in order to make room for that of Abdulkerim , so they have stretched the facts considerably in extending the Muftilik of Molla Husrev to cover the whole vexed period from the date which they give for the death of Fahreddin Acemi , namely 865/1460–1 , to that which they give for the accession of Molla Gurani ( 885/1480 ; but cf. below , pp. 144 et sqq. , especially p. 150 ) . |
| 26 | which they buy for the pictures with the Daily Star |
| 27 | working on tasks which they have chosen and which they direct for themselves ; |
| 28 | Birds of prey , such as this tawny owl ( opposite , bottom ) swooping down on a mouse , are at serious risk in many parts of the world because of pesticides employed to eliminate the pests on which they rely for food . |
| 29 | Not all places are equal , and their siting must be considered in relation to other places to which they look for social , economic , religious or administrative relationships . |
| 30 | They are alarmed at the sustained physical effort of the Broomfield players and the manner in which they battle for possession . |