Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] them [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will also help if the players can hit the iron shots a little higher than usual to enable them to stop the ball on the firm greens . |
| 2 | Will representations to other Governments be as strong as possible to encourage them to make the sort of contributions to the know-how fund and to know-how activity that is absolutely crucial for the developing economies in central and eastern Europe , and without which they will never develop democratic politics as well ? |
| 3 | He criticised the MPs for ‘ their absolute lack of understanding of the conflict here ’ but said he would be willing to meet them to discuss the letter and other issues . |
| 4 | Many graduates could benefit from TOPS courses because their degree courses are often too specialised to allow them to acquire the generalised skills useful in many jobs . |
| 5 | It would be wrong to make them pay the price of justice — although this might nudge us into remembering that innocent wives and children and other dependents are made to suffer when the state imprisons thousands of working-class men for crimes which are often insignificant compared with corporate crimes . |
| 6 | More elaborate designs might use pin headers and sockets so that flying leads can be plugged into the board , making it easy to disconnect them to remove the board for servicing or repair . |
| 7 | Those who search for something and never find it become dispirited or cynical and eventually it becomes very hard to motivate them to climb the next hill . |
| 8 | Even without rearranging the order of the records in the database , it was considered possible to use them to examine the actual organisation in a manner similar to that of the comparison stage of the SSM , ie by listing all activities and posing questions about their existence and effectiveness in the real situation , at the same time considering information-related problems . |
| 9 | In history and in modern times , any sporting pursuit which seriously engages blacks is sure to see them become the leaders in the field . |
| 10 | Even if Brady were able to sell one of several players who would be allowed to leave the club in response to a reasonable offer , Celtic 's bankers might be unwilling to let them use the money for the purchase of McGinlay or anybody else . |
| 11 | It was only with great effort that was able to get them to arrange the Open Door Schooling visit so that it was useful as a teaching exercise , instead of being a ceremonial procession through the commune . |
| 12 | He 's reluctant to stop them handling the lambs altogether . |
| 13 | All the players were guests of the Hotel , and practise courts were made available to enable them to have the best possible preparation for the finals . |
| 14 | It was difficult to get them to see the relevance of some of the questions . ’ |
| 15 | Businessmen still referred to the O-level , he said , and it would be difficult to make them understand the new way and ensure all attainment levels , from the beginning of the National Curriculum at the age of seven to the end at 16 , were fair and consistent . |
| 16 | She opened it wide to let them see the contents . |
| 17 | If , instead , the tax payers had sold their shares for a larger amount , sufficient to enable them to repay the loans , they are likely to have been personally better off , because of indexation allowance to reduce the additional gain deriving from the sale of the shares , and because they would not have suffered an income tax charge under either ss421 or 160 . |
| 18 | When , as conveyancers for a buyer , you send the engrossment of the conveyance , lease or transfer to the other side for execution , it 's wise to remind them to have the plan signed ( or sealed , as the case may be ) by the seller — and even then it 's remarkable how often the requirement can be overlooked . |
| 19 | It 's just I do n't feel the need to have them round me any more , and I think that suits them and it 's silly to make them pretend the contrary . ’ |