Example sentences of "they [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When viewed from a distance , however , were they that different from their fathers who had urged the state to legislate against intemperance or social impurity or , indeed , from mediaeval bishops who urged the state to build better bridges for pilgrims on their way to Canterbury or to put down heresy ? |
| 2 | And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds . |
| 3 | These two distinct types of lens source have always coexisted ; it is the balance between they that has changed . |
| 4 | In this survey , I have elected to concentrate on English presses , in the belief that it is they that will be largely sought by English collectors ; but I am much aware of the many fine examples in other countries , not least in America , where such names as Bruce Rogers of the Riverside Press , Cambridge , Mass. , Frederic Goudy of the Village Press , Park Ridge , Illinois ( and later Marlborough , New York ) and Daniel Berkeley Updike , who set up the Merrymount Press , will always be honoured . |
| 5 | Little more than a year ago you could n't give away shares in the small computer company sector — so friendless were they that Star Computer Group Plc found it necessary to get into bed with a purveyor of pizzas to improve its visibility and rating : after Tadpole Technology Plc and now Division Group Plc — which soared to 107 pence on its first day of trading from the 40 pence placing price before settling at 96 pence — the rest of the sector looks set for a re-rating as investors seek to discern hidden charms that others have overlooked . |
| 6 | The question which must be addressed is this : are they that good — or are England that bad ? |
| 7 | " You search the scriptures " , Jesus once replied to his critics , " because you think that in them you have eternal life ; and it is they that bear witness to me . |
| 8 | and we still use the same dining table , sideboard , chairs , dining chairs , mind you they , they that kind to of thrown out , reluctant to do it |
| 9 | There is something infallible , that 's what they that 's what they 're saying here , that 's what he 's saying . |
| 10 | It 's hard on the little ones , but then their fingers is so quick they that has most of 'em is best off . |
| 11 | It read " They that sow in tears will reap in joy . " |
| 12 | And they that wise be will meddle no farther . |
| 13 | For they that sometime step up and play with them , when they can not play their parts , they disorder the play and do themselves no good . |
| 14 | No they had n't a no they they started alright on that picket but as time rolled on and they was getting erm fed up with it , you know they that 's how it went as they were getting , oh I we wo n't go up there today , bugger it . |
| 15 | Do you know the literal translation of the word ‘ Gallifrey ’ is ‘ they that walk in the shadows ’ . |
| 16 | and so land reform was no longer seen as a means to achieve their end that they that and that it was n't the best policy to consolidate power , it was you needed to have the mass support there first so that 's why land reform was no longer seen as their goal so they did n't take it up at this point when one would expect them to pursue it . |
| 17 | Well they that 's right . |
| 18 | They that ! |
| 19 | Oh , that 's where they that 's where they are in n it , round there . |
| 20 | Would they that ? |
| 21 | They that to get things like . |
| 22 | It 's nothing to do with T N T or anything er at all , it 's just er they that organization has wro written to a number of large companies and asked them to er record er , so many , er tapes so they can analyse it . |
| 23 | And were they were they that wildly out or ? |
| 24 | So they 're orderlies are they that |
| 25 | In this poem we see their shared Jewishness , and the ‘ irreverence ’ ( as some would see it ) they each had for the Tradition — at least for that view of it which some espoused ; we also see a shared disdain for rabbinic ( and priestly ) logic , to them both a form of mental death . |
| 26 | In some older dances they each hold a corner of a handkerchief to form a link and in some areas they link little fingers . |
| 27 | The expectations of the two parties may be very different , as may be the amount of time and effort they each put into the deal . |
| 28 | Clearly they each believed there was a real issue , and that the other was intelligent enough to pursue it . |
| 29 | They chatted impersonally about the dinner and how they each came to know their hosts . |
| 30 | She could sometimes experience it as a physical thing — a slender cord strung between the two of them , as though they each held one end , and she , she had to balance on that tight rope , poised and tricky . |