Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] them [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put a dab of coloured nail varnish on the end of suspect needles and then it is easy to inspect them when the machine is empty . |
| 2 | In order to avoid being taken to have accepted a seller 's terms by accepting a delivery note , the buyer may arrange for its warehouse staff to acknowledge receipt of goods delivered by issuing a form referring to its own terms ; alternatively , it may stamp the seller 's delivery note with a receipt referring to its own terms , which may be effective to incorporate them if the stamp is legible . |
| 3 | Although we would not be able to see them because the light from them would not reach us , we would still feel their gravitational attraction . |
| 4 | It all seemed too large , too over-provided-for to feed them and the stunted attendants , even if there were a few more of them than they 'd seen until now ( and they were always complaining about being short-staffed , anyway ) . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're unbeaten in eight games but we have n't been able to win them and the players were saying beforehand that we were going to give someone a good hiding . |
| 6 | Although the local authority has powers to adopt private roads , it may be reluctant to apply them as the cost of the road construction will fall on the landowners proportionate to their road frontage . |
| 7 | In terms of the Midlands ' representation in the Premier League the game was wasted as Notts County 's victory is unlikely to save them while the three points would have gone a long way to ensuring Coventry 's place . |
| 8 | Then she thought of the Brownie Promise and the Brownie Law and the Brownie Motto , all of which she knew by heart and had often said aloud when riding along the country lanes , so that she would be able to say them if the wonderful day should come for her to join a Brownie Pack . |
| 9 | With your parents due home soon , how will you be able to tell them that the ‘ Aliens Ate My Babysitter ! ’ ? |
| 10 | When the Minister meets those representatives — if not before — will he be able to tell them that the Government support the amendment to the Further and Higher Education Bill , which has been promoted by the National Youth Agency and the British Youth Council and backed by hon. Members from all parties ? |
| 11 | Will he also confirm that he was able to tell them that the loophole in the tax law which enables them to pay virtually no tax in this country will not be closed by his Government ? |
| 12 | The bureaux were impatient to receive them but the administrative task of splitting the despatch into several stages would have been enormous and costly . |
| 13 | Since , in view of the fact that F has two null columns , the first two elements of x are always multiplied by zeros , it is not necessary to compute them until the iterations are complete . |