Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] them [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nature of the backward and forward linkages in many external development and investment programmes make them inappropriate , on their own , as a means of tackling the problems of DRAs . |
| 2 | Many birds give alarm calls to warn of danger , but it is not certain whether the acoustic properties of the alarm calls make them difficult to locate . |
| 3 | On the contrary peacocks do n't live long in the wild because of those enormous tails make them easy to catch for predators . |
| 4 | Trouble is , the Yanks owe them some money do n't they , and they would n't er |
| 5 | We have already pointed out that clarinets in unison with high trumpets give them increased roundness of tone and certainty of attack . |
| 6 | The figs themselves are hardly bigger than acorns , but there are huge quantities of them and all kinds of animals find them irresistible . |
| 7 | We have seen the problems facing these mutations in the natural habitat , but in captivity their chances are far higher , because some fishkeepers find them interesting and attractive , and attempt to propagate them . |
| 8 | The excellent graphics and animation sequences keep them interested to the end , especially if you have a soundblaster card as well as it is now supported with this program . |
| 9 | The wishes and feelings of the old person are properly our first consideration , though , even if there is no risk to others , one can not necessarily in all circumstances make them paramount . |
| 10 | They can also demand that the rich countries build them adequate waste-treatment plants . |
| 11 | Terry Betts said on the third day that he and his son had peaked too soon and errors put them four down after 13 holes , with the Piggotts to receive their second and final shot on the 14th . |
| 12 | Boys do not have the same pressures as we do , they are not taught that image is so important ; the media , society , and especially parents give them this impression . |
| 13 | Why are statistics not kept of trainees whose employers give them full-time jobs later ? |
| 14 | Worms get them all in the end . |
| 15 | Now he still trundles out cliches about ‘ powerful expressions ’ of ‘ revolutionary worker democracy ’ , but only his wife and his closest retainers believe them any more . |
| 16 | This would seem to imply that some , at least , of the terms developed by academics within the English tradition are really ‘ universal ’ , ‘ culture-free ’ and ‘ analytic ’ as their proponents claim them to-be . |
| 17 | But strange occurrences prompt them each to wonder whether Xorandor 's progeny may not again be interfering with human activities . |
| 18 | Their dull coats make them inconspicuous and they survive by avoiding trouble . |
| 19 | These interventions will be implemented despite short-term business protests if state managers deem them class-rational . |
| 20 | On other occasions when people feel tired , and again this applies particularly to night-workers , they know they should eat ( a rumbling stomach and hunger pangs tell them this ) and yet have no appetite . |
| 21 | Humans should demand that businesses guarantee them accurate information about green products . |
| 22 | I know that local playgroups find them useful , certainly for skittles and as cone and ball games , but I though maybe if they were filled with some sort of plaster and decorated , they would make good door stops . |
| 23 | Men find work problems keep them awake , while women worry about family troubles . |
| 24 | Gill-net entanglement affects coastal dolphin and porpoise species worldwide , and these animals ' low reproductive rates make them ill-suited to cope with this type of threat . |
| 25 | Rabbits find them uncomfortable and they move out to warmer quarters . |
| 26 | Today 's audiences find them old-fashioned : yet many modern ballets deal with similar evils such as present-day problems with drugs , AIDS , mental handicap , racism , imprisonment and so on , in which the balletic interpretation makes the same impression if the choreographer has really studied the themes outlined in his subject . |
| 27 | We get scabies , and we have internal worms , and for those of us whose interests bring them close to mammals or birds , parasites can be just a part of the job . |
| 28 | They see themselves as special , and their search for challenge , novelty and change , their intolerance of errors in the work of others and their aversion to formal controls make them difficult to manage . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ Emma apologized , as if her tears put them all in jeopardy . |
| 30 | The negative effect of such discrimination is illustrated by the practice in adult education establishments which treat pensioners as ‘ half persons ’ ; colleges charge them half price for attending courses , but then insist that a class must have twice as many registrations as required for younger students , before it can go ahead . |