Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will oblige them to make long drives across the desert to Egypt or Tunisia when they want to leave the country . |
| 2 | That barrier , a common external tariff , was integral to the Treaty of Rome , which wanted to go beyond a free trade area to a customs union , which the Six believed was a far more effective way of developing the potential of their internal market , the logic of which would ultimately oblige them to adopt common policies and harmonise their regulations . |
| 3 | Experience has taught me to avoid those parts of a city with modern architecture . |
| 4 | Experience has taught me to avoid those parts of a city with modern architecture . |
| 5 | In other words , the payment of high dividends depresses the security 's price which means that investors require a higher income rate of return to induce them to hold those securities paying high dividends . |
| 6 | He believed that the Great Powers would be ‘ in a position to exert the pressure on their clients necessary to induce them to accept such arrangements ’ . |
| 7 | When I was out of the room , he told Margaret that he wanted to see me write weightier books than that . |
| 8 | ‘ Profit-centre ’ managers in their turn submit to the iron law of quarterly or annual return-on-investment ( ROI ) calculation , which hardly encourages them to become far-sighted captains of industry . |
| 9 | My boss did n't really want me to take three weeks all at once . ’ |
| 10 | Do you want me to play some games or something ? |
| 11 | " Do you want me to send some men to Ireland — they could watch the ports , make some inquiries ? " |
| 12 | We have pressed them to make provisional payments where necessary , to ensure that students do not suffer hardship . |
| 13 | Married men with children were the group most likely to reply that taxation made them work more hours . |
| 14 | They seemed happy about my victory in Germany and most of them expected me to win more races last year . ’ |
| 15 | I tried smaller hooks and baits ; lighter leads ; finer lines ; a lighter , or no bite indicator ; and opening the bale-arm of the reel and allowing them to take several yards of line before striking . |
| 16 | It aims to protect women by allowing them to SEE potential partners from the safety of their own telephone . |
| 17 | Small producers have provided larger companies with an important cushion against fluctuations in demand by allowing them to use outside suppliers as shock absorbers . |
| 18 | This helps them assess the effects of changing those structures by allowing them make such changes directly through the virtual reality interface . |
| 19 | The shanny and marine stickleback have five pigments in their eyes , allowing them to discern more hues than we can . |
| 20 | This chamber should be a nice treat for the adventurers , allowing them to gain some resources they will need for the harder and more dangerous encounters to come . |
| 21 | Both of the general SVQs in science are designed to provide students and trainees with a broad grounding in science , while allowing them to develop higher levels of competence in their chosen areas . |
| 22 | Again , the behaviour of predators may affect the pollinating activities of animals such as bats , encouraging them to make short visits repeatedly , rather than long ones . |
| 23 | There is nothing wrong with being interested in , say , television but that does not make them research social scientists . |
| 24 | We 'll make them spin three pounds instead of two |
| 25 | And er If you get a small little chickens you can make them do two days |
| 26 | It did not matter whether they had been far-sighted landowners , former artisans or merchants in feudal society ; what is crucial for Marxists is the belief that their ownership of the new and increasingly predominant mode of production led them to have common interests and goals . |
| 27 | But he was glad he 'd been able to fend off too many probing journalistic questions about her ; he did n't want them publishing any comments about her at this stage , that was sure . |
| 28 | Professional television crews , in fact , bring their own power generators with them to enable them to light large areas . |
| 29 | Royal agents were equipped with letters of credit to enable them to use these services . |
| 30 | The banks financing the huge project have given Eurotunnel until the end of the year to come up with an agreed costing for completion of the tunnel sufficient to enable them to release fresh loans . |