Example sentences of "[verb] them [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Middle Ages , when the French adjudged them to be alien , difficult and heathen , they were held to have descended from Scotsmen transported to Spain by Julius Caesar . |
| 2 | But EMAP said yesterday that by cutting overheads , it expected them to be profitable this year . |
| 3 | She expected them to be ready , mounted , properly turned out and willing . |
| 4 | After the heavy rains of the past days I expected them to be full , and they were , a lot fuller than when I had seen them the year before . |
| 5 | After the game , Hungarian officials lodged a complaint against the Newcastle team , specifically Gallacher , accusing them of being drunk and disorderly . |
| 6 | So perhaps we should be thinking more about political education and perhaps we should be thinking more about encouraging them to be non-conformist in the sense that they are prepared to ask questions , to challenge and not to accept glib answers that teachers give out willy nilly … |
| 7 | I shall mention some of the issues to which the hon. Member for Stamford and Spalding ( Mr. Davies ) referred , although there seemed to be a lack of logic in his remarks because he cheered the Government on while encouraging them to be careful . |
| 8 | erm because after all there 's not point in having these gradings and stars and whatever if people do n't a ) know about them and b ) trust them to be independent . |
| 9 | We do not want them to be upset , so we keep them away from funerals , or from saying goodbye , face to face , to their relatives and friends . |
| 10 | She knew that her grown-ups were frightened and she did not want them to be frightened , but she also knew that Fenna was a mightier protection than all their loving care could ever be . |
| 11 | People say : ‘ Students are by definition idealistic and impatient — would Mugabe really want them to be any different ? |
| 12 | Would you want them to be able to express their emotions more intensely and precisely , able to show how they feel ? |
| 13 | Such cases are rare , though the Queen would probably prefer them to be nonexistent . |
| 14 | When planning internal verification , centres must bear in mind that staff carrying out the role must have the experience and background to enable them to be effective . |
| 15 | I 'm all in favour of early retirement , but actually acknowledging then , the people who retire , have that contribution , and I think we ought to be developing a way of our society to ensure that they 're able to live reasonably comfortably , and so that the pension should actually be a living wage , to enable them to be free , to make those sort of contributions . |
| 16 | Some of the larger firms of surveyors produce property indices , but the statistical sample is probably too small to enable them to be reliable . |
| 17 | alcoholic they abilitating teaching them to , to live again and , and getting into the community , helping them to shop and you know helping them to be self sufficient . |
| 18 | It 'll establish efficient links between North Oxfordshire 's farmers and the police helping them to be quick off the mark if anything dubious is noticed . |
| 19 | They were shooed away by the Sheikha , who rebuked them for being naughty and greeted me almost in the same breath . |
| 20 | Tests on the items at the Oxford research laboratory for art and archaeology revealed them to be modern . |
| 21 | Although the countries of the European Free Trade Association had worked out trade arrangements with the Community , recent decisions of the European Court ruled them to be incompatible with the treaty of Rome . |
| 22 | I want them to be impressed by what they see . |
| 23 | These guys therefore must have a facility of ensuring that the price is correct , from an internal control point of view I want them to be involved in certifying that the price is correct . |
| 24 | But we want them to be accessible , not stuffy . ’ |
| 25 | Second , users want them to be portable , so size and battery life is important . |
| 26 | Do n't be grumpy or touchy now — you 'll be glad to see them after 26.2 miles and you want them to be happy to see you too . |
| 27 | I want them to be amused . |
| 28 | I 'd like to see what hard nosed er B A I E people would make of it you know people who are making a living from doing the same well you know when I employ somebody coming into the business this is what I want them to be able to do um this has always been of course an a criticism |
| 29 | We want them to be light and compact , yet robust , stable and reliable ; simple to operate , yet capable of reasonably fine heat control ; economical with fuel , yet able to bring pans to the boil quickly ; and despite all these conflicting demands , they must be safe to use in difficult field conditions . |
| 30 | Will society want them to be literate and numerate in the senses we now use the words ? |