Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] they [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can use coloured dividers to classify them into subjects . |
| 2 | If superiors involve them in decision-making , they are more likely to be management-minded . |
| 3 | ‘ Cyclists in bus lanes may also cause delay to buses , although banning cyclists places them in danger if they are required to ride in the main carriageway , with buses passing on their nearside . ’ |
| 4 | Candidates using them for project or course work may have an advantage if spelling is one of the skills being tested . |
| 5 | Loretta and Bridget stood up to join him , bending and stretching their cramped legs to restore them to life . |
| 6 | Because they worked for large , modern firms , the state was closely involved with their employers , which meant their industrial grievances led them into conflict with the state . |
| 7 | Council Courier continued to be circulated to regions and branches to inform them without delay of the decisions of Council . |
| 8 | Jeannie — ’ They kissed again and then he was gone , running after the uplanders to catch them at Camserney mill . |
| 9 | Although it is not common practice , some firms place wives in employment within the company overseas , where this is appropriate , or take steps to provide them with details of employment opportunities abroad . |
| 10 | As long as the market continues to see older people as objects of pity rather than profit , it will take limited steps to attract them as customers . |
| 11 | With increasing demands on caterers to provide top quality food quickly and efficiently , chefs are turning to well-established equipment manufacturers to provide them with state of the art equipment which will make their job easier . |
| 12 | With a spreadsheet you can alter values , constants or the formulae relating them at will and the entire sheet will reflect these changes , instantly . |
| 13 | The people of Wales have had the misfortune of having a concentration of poll tax fanatics representing them in Whitehall . |
| 14 | At corner Inn the ostlers were the only visible representatives , and the doors were still closed ; but at the village a number of the natives were astir , and came to a little stone pier where a boat 's crew were exchanging for the coin of the realm the sparkling treasure netted in the night season , and many of the lodgers would have the freshest of fresh herrings waiting them for breakfast . |
| 15 | Estate agents will now have to give consumers more information , with specific requirements to write to clients informing them of services they intend to offer to prospective purchasers , and to explain in writing terms such as ‘ sole agency ’ , ‘ ready , willing and able ’ , and ‘ sole selling rights ’ . |
| 16 | She came home to Oxford at weekends , and she and Eleanor and Anna spent Saturdays together , and often the husbands joined them for supper . |
| 17 | Runways were constructed and a squadron of jet fighters pounded them to destruction . |
| 18 | The drivers piled them into cars and drove off to return shortly for another load . |
| 19 | ‘ It would have taken nine months to do them by hand , but it took six months this way . |
| 20 | The most obvious way of preventing cracks from spreading in brittle materials is not to use them in tension , in other words to use them in compression . |
| 21 | Most potential clients visit them at Potton and attend one of the free seminars , held three times a week . |
| 22 | The store manager said he would motivate subordinates in the following ways : offering praise , incentives , providing re-training , and finally a quiet talk if nothing else succeeded ; in other words threatening them with dismissal . |
| 23 | The ambitious Hall , famed cup specialists , are still involved in both the Rothmans and the Welsh Knockout Cups and need the talents of County choice Peers to keep them on track for the double . |
| 24 | Blockhouses were built in the fields , and sometimes the cattle were kept in fortified compounds to protect them from raiders . |
| 25 | Each collection features ten patterns for all the family in a clear lay-flat format with transparent plastic covers to protect them from machine oil and coffee stains . |
| 26 | I feel that he is really saying not that he sees the cleverness and the artistic quality of the painting or the message in the paintings as might first be assumed , but that he understands what the church is doing , instead of helping the poor , it was showing the pictures to educate them about God . |
| 27 | Portuguese missionaries brought them to East Africa from South America in the 15th century . |
| 28 | England battled hard to get back into contention throughout the second half , but the Scots kept them at arm 's length and ran out worthy winners . |
| 29 | Two messengers take them to Paris and deliver them personally to the ambassador . ’ |
| 30 | Several thousand people from Shkodër and nearby towns converged on the northern port of Shengjin where they attempted to seize vessels to take them to Italy . |