Example sentences of "them [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , where it cut the highway , the steep bank of the river would give them protection from the full force of the hurricane . |
| 2 | But none of them would be tempted to incorporate : capital is already available to them ; incorporation would not give them protection from litigation ; and , perhaps most importantly , they would lose their most precious asset — and their achilles heel — their privacy . |
| 3 | It also gives them protection as they venture across the open plains of sand , where there are no hiding places . |
| 4 | Thus it could be alleged that we are all vulnerable to this power , individuals having little control over their lives , in the shadow of a powerful and looming state which offers them protection and a set of civil/political rights , the main being to elect representatives in return for their acquiescence . |
| 5 | Just as the first Venetians found that the water-logged islands of their lagoon , far from merely affording them protection from their enemies on land , also provided them with ideal access to the sea and with it immense possibilities of wealth and naval power , so it emerged in the course of human social evolution that the psychological mechanisms which had been necessary in socializing man also proved serviceable for many other enterprises and in time produced the great flowering of human culture which we see around us today . |
| 6 | I 'm not very good at them Mum gave me that one it 's been in quite good condition but |
| 7 | yeah we 'll have one of them mum |
| 8 | By not confronting its opponents ' lies when and wherever uttered , it gave them credence . |
| 9 | Although not implausible , these suggestions were not substantiated by any solid evidence , and we had therefore been reluctant to accord them credence . |
| 10 | All of these guidelines , many of them well-intentioned and prepared with care , have been aimed at making primary schools fulfil a predetermined function — to prepare young children for the secondary stage and to give them enthusiasm for learning . |
| 11 | Allen pulled one back for West Ham to give them hope of at least a point . |
| 12 | This government is doing nothing to give them hope and their pride back . |
| 13 | A likely story , retorted many letter writers , some of them whisky fanciers . |
| 14 | But it took 5 months to find them accomodation after she was told to … |
| 15 | Intellectual stimulation was not easy , but the care manager came up with a group of volunteers , all of them computer buffs , who were able to communicate with the man on his level . |
| 16 | It was a tune to give them heart and remind them that they were not alone in their suffering . |
| 17 | Yeah I like , I like them shrimp they melt in your mouth mm |
| 18 | And then of course the there were some a lot of them mass produced then there was the mass producer come in then . |
| 19 | It should acknowledge that there are conflicts between critical approaches , and should make the students ' confrontation of them part of the pedagogic process . |
| 20 | Pimlico was shown to be comparatively resistant to clamping , as were Mayfair , Soho and Knightsbridge , all of them part of the original clamping area . |
| 21 | Jimmy Schmidt , the nationally renowned chef and owner of Detroit 's Rattlesnake Club , considers them part of ‘ a holy trinity … caviar , morel mushrooms and truffles . ’ |
| 22 | It would be more effective to involve people by education , by making them part of the system so that they gain from helping , to give them a vested interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem and the wildlife around them — very much cheaper than a law force , WWF and CITES secretariats . |
| 23 | SO what are the odds on Anne and Tim staying together 'til death do them part , when all the other Royals have failed ? |
| 24 | Unscrupulous model agencies and sponsors claim she is under contract to them and owes them part of her winnings . |
| 25 | If you 've got points you 've been unable to answer you 've got to make them part of the report back which wastes yet more valuable practitioner time . ’ |
| 26 | More often , the Provisionals intimidated the owners of bombed buildings into sharing with them part of the compensation . |
| 27 | That the BIS was a mixture of unconventional religion and radical politics was further underlined by the support of Garrison and his emissaries from the United States ; British India development as a way of undermining British dependence on American cotton was equally for them part of a package , which included association with ‘ moral force ’ Chartists and hostility to evangelical ‘ sectarianism ’ in antislavery in the form of the BFASS , a view they held despite Sturge 's middle-class political radicalism . |
| 28 | She wished fervently that they might be allowed to be together , that nothing would happen to make them part . |
| 29 | If you have a sweet tooth , it is much better to make them part of a meal . |
| 30 | One day the farmer thought , " I could increase those rabbits : make them part of my farm — their meat , their skins . |