Example sentences of "[vb base] they [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Spear & Jackson Neverbend range has an excellent hand trowel and fork ( about £5 ) , the 12in wooden handles of which make them suitable for many jobs . |
| 2 | This is the idea that crime and deviance have positive qualities and consequences that make them necessary for the healthy functioning of society . |
| 3 | As far as the debtor 's obligations are concerned , he must retain possession of the goods and make them available for the creditor to collect , taking reasonable care of them in the meantime ( s72(4) ) . |
| 4 | Unfortunately the major forage grass species have complex life-cycles which make them unsuitable for some experiments . |
| 5 | Their diet of fruit , insects and small mammals make them unsuitable for release elsewhere , says a spokesman for the Rio primate centre : " You could save one species but wipe out 40 others . " |
| 6 | Indeed , Ernest Bevin , speaking at a union dinner , maintained that , if there is a new conception of the objects of industry , then there can be created in this country … conditions which will minimize strikes and probably make them non-existent for 25 years . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Maybe I 'll make things worthwhile for you — if you make them worthwhile for me . ’ |
| 8 | I have already drawn attention to the power there is in weakness and it is often the case that God is able to take ordinary weak things of this world and make them powerful for him . |
| 9 | Time and space " in nature " are continuous ; we make them discontinuous for our human social purposes , and we do so in a great variety of different ways . |
| 10 | There are no animal derived ingredients in any of the products which make them ideal for vegetarians and all formulations meet with BAUV standards . |
| 11 | LEFT : The speed and power of alsatians like Troy make them ideal for security patrols and public order control . |
| 12 | The suggestion is that this will reduce their chances of finding such work themselves and make them dependent for informal assistance on others whose circumstances are similar to their own . |
| 13 | Chronically dry soils lack organic buffers and are often strongly sodic , saline , acid or alkaline , with free soluble salts that make them unattractive for plant colonization . |
| 14 | As soon as she could , she resumed the normal pattern of her life , getting up at 7.30 a.m. to prepare breakfast for the older children and get them ready for school . |
| 15 | Do you want to go and shimmy off while I get them ready for bed ? |
| 16 | I find them useful for flavouring game pies . |
| 17 | ‘ Keep them warm for me — they 're so cold ! ’ |
| 18 | The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them . |
| 19 | ‘ We look through the blinds there — they keep them open for us now — and there 's always someone . |
| 20 | And keep them handy for when you do . |
| 21 | It is little known that poll tax collectors not only have the authority to arrest those they suspect of defaulting on poll tax and strip them naked for the purposes of search ( without any obligation to mend or replace clothing which is destroyed in the process ) , but they can also apply torture in cases where they have reason to believe poll tax is being withheld — at any rate until such time as the defaulters reveal where their money is hidden . |
| 22 | Otherwise they 're going to have another sleepless night , and we need them fresh for the next stage . ’ |
| 23 | You will have to prepare them beforehand , of course , and have them ready for use before planting — plus the material to make the ties . |
| 24 | Two members were appointed to assist the Librarian to catalogue and number the books in the Library and have them ready for distributing at an early date . |
| 25 | Buy them loose for £1.40 per lb and take your pick from such flavours as Peanut Butter , Lemon , Toasted Marshmallow , Just Peachy , Tutti Frutti and Piñ Colada . |