Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] these [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although some liaison takes place with the school 's link person , the DCSLs tend to perform these functions independently .
2 Even if , like Cox ( 1981 ) , they represent Hispanic , Native-American , Asian-American and Afro-American women 's experiences , they tend to treat these categories as equivalent , and ignore differences within them , which may be more important than differences between them .
3 I blush to admit it , but those of us who were born into the trade tend to disdain these crossovers as an inferior breed .
4 However , conventionally , which is not to say correctly , modes of social scientific explanation tend to see these elements as analytically separate orders of phenomena and , accordingly , data .
5 ‘ I want to see these insurance companies make clear to their policyholders by how much premiums are being increased , and then to justify their behaviour , ’ said Mr Cook .
6 Bartram expressed gratitude for Miller 's offer to assist him in understanding Linnaeus 's system and commented on the Swedish naturalist 's publication of all the North American plants observed by Kalm on his visit ( i.e. Species Plantarum , 2 vols. 1753 ) adding , ‘ I long to see these books — to see if they have done me justice , as Kalm promised me . ’
7 ‘ Mr Maxwell , I understand only too well that you would like to pay this ransom as quickly as possible and take no risks and that since I want to catch these kidnappers , we are working at cross purposes to a certain extent .
8 But you want to try these pickups before you dismiss them out of hand .
9 And yet the family is often the last place where people expect to find these qualities .
10 ‘ I want to remember these days when I 'm old like Dad , ’ Gareth said .
11 And I assure you she would have every right to go back to the shop and say look these tights are not fit for their purpose .
12 ‘ Even though I 'm not Jewish , I want to help these people … ’
13 It has been reckoned as such in the past , and if the landowners cease to discharge these functions , the time will come to reconsider the conditions under which land is held in this country .
14 DI 'd through a desk and recorded onto both DAT and cassette utilising the onboard amp simulator , the distortion could n't be described as amazing , but I presume this must be what people expect to hear these days , although to me it does n't sound too close to what you 'd get from a guitar amp .
15 If we want to coat these things at any time in erm acetate
16 Although we shall postpone further discussion to later chapters , we want to put these questions firmly on the agenda .
17 okay , round the base of your thumb , basically what we want to do is we want to clamp these fingers in so they ca n't come un unstuck , we want to push them together because she ca n't keep them shut like that , but the next thing is that you come round to the back where the little finger is , the next time you come round here , you 're gon na come round to about the first thumb joint okay and then you 're gon na go over the top okay and if you come round again the little thumb , by , by the little finger , you come round again to the thumb joint okay , come over the top again , round , we 're just making really like the figure of eight , but all the time we 're keeping off of this wrist here and I 'm keeping her fingers in , are you alright still ?
18 ‘ It promises to be an occasion full of nostalgia , ’ adds Bernie Mullan , ‘ We want to do these men proud .
19 Therefore they elect to manage these activities .
20 Some 40%–50% of UK academic libraries appear to use these devices in one way or another .
21 There can , however , be few less satisfying occupations than that of the professional unmasker of psychic frauds , for , whatever the facts may be , one undeniable fact is that people deeply want to believe these things .
22 In the end , however , the power bloc is working to maintain the hegemony of the dominant class and any policies which appear to question these interests are in fact nothing of the sort .
23 ‘ We want to love these people to death , ’ he gushes .
24 The tests we report followed these operations by 3–7 months ( P.P. ) and 8–10 months ( L.A.H. ) .
25 This was put by an MP of long experience to the House of Commons Environment Committee : ‘ If you want to save these buildings , you will only save them by stealth . ’
26 Andrew MacKinlay at Thurrock was praised to me by someone who knew him well , not for any sort of high-flying , but for through and through decency : and anyone removing Tim ‘ I propose to call these people ‘ the Ethnics ' ’ Janman has instant appeal .
27 ‘ I want to teach these people to be practical and self-reliant , ’ Edhi said .
28 But surely Mr Chairman , if , if you want to integrate these people into the family unit they would go along with what the family would normally do .
29 We propose to overcome these limitations through the use of a new methodology for the assessment of connectionist networks .
30 And now you want to get these letters back . ’
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