Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] they [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Musicians knock 'em for six |
| 2 | Aelian reports that ‘ the Brahmins honour them above all other birds . |
| 3 | No black on wings and no long trailing legs distinguish them from all other large white birds in flight . |
| 4 | Their shells provide them with valuable protection but like all armoured species they are at certain disadvantages — they are nearly always less mobile , less flexible , and suffer the consequences . |
| 5 | The qualitative methods provide them with feminist validity , while the quantitative methods ensure the reliability which psychology values . |
| 6 | if you record your check lists keep them on separate tapes and correctly labelled , so that you can easily find what you want . |
| 7 | We join an organization feeling relatively neutral about an external group of competitors but within months regard them as malevolent enemies . |
| 8 | Some authorities subdivide them into three types — the down-awn hairs , the awn hairs and the guard-awn hairs — but these subtle distinctions are of little value . |
| 9 | It can be suggested that the fiduciary duties imposed on directors subject them to similar standards of review by the courts . |
| 10 | Meetings , all companies have them in some way one human being companies . |
| 11 | People who show their dogs expose them to many new forms of stimuli . |
| 12 | When regional deals divert more trade than they create , economists regard them as harmful overall : such arrangements tend to shift production to less efficient producers . |
| 13 | Their actions distinguish them from one another . |
| 14 | Lot number twenty twenty is a quantity of stands there we are , we 've got a sample showing for you just a sample showing fifty for the lot the whole lot there for fifty pounds at fifty pounds want them for fifty pounds thank you sir , fifty pounds I 've got , at fifty five going on fifty five , sixty pounds , sixty five coming in sir ? |
| 15 | Drugs are expensive in primary care , not normally because of the unit cost , but because many patients take them for many years . |
| 16 | It is also possible that the tribal tattoos which Savage Orc Shamans paint onto the Orcs ' bodies protect them in some way . |
| 17 | Barber argues that the knowledge and skills of professionals provide them with considerable power and it is therefore essential for the well-being of society that this power be used for the benefit of all . |
| 18 | Real numbers are both very versatile and very simple , so it is not surprising that learning processes use them in many different ways . |
| 19 | ‘ A lover of nature , he was no lover of solitude , and like many whose occupations condemn them to long silences he seized eagerly on all opportunities of conversation . ’ |
| 20 | The bitter herbs remind them of all their suffering in Egypt . |
| 21 | 1979 , 1982 ) , not only do stags that hold large harems hold them for longer within particular breeding seasons than those which hold smaller harems ( Fig. 23. 1a ) , but individuals that are consistently successful in securing large harems throughout their lives tend to live longer than their less successful competitors ( Fig. 23.1b ) . |
| 22 | The CF 1 is for those who prefer a closed face reel — personally I only use one on canals when squatt fishing , but I know a lot of good anglers prefer them for all float fishing . |
| 23 | The long spines of the sea urchins protect them from most predators . |
| 24 | Nearly three out of four adults own a video recorder but only one third of women use them without any problems , compared with two thirds of men and half of children . |
| 25 | I only hope that the civic authorities have them under better control than they seem to be here . |
| 26 | All these pots and pans put them in that corner over there for me |
| 27 | The handlers thrust them at each other , withdrew them , thrust again . |