Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The molecules each contain three atoms of sulphur , and are negatively charged : the structure that encases them consists of linked cages of aluminium , silicon and oxygen atoms . |
| 2 | Essentially , the cases and their history were studied to establish what factors or characteristics they had in common . |
| 3 | Even the songs they sang on such occasions had a defiance in them , always remembering of course they had a drink in them at the time . |
| 4 | This is Eadmer 's account of the steps they took in this emergency. : |
| 5 | For April 6 is also the day when the over 60s will be eligible for tax relief on the premiums they pay for private medical insurance . |
| 6 | Elspeth was fair-haired , almost blonde , Rebecca was dark but there was something about the eyes they had in common , yet where Elspeth was grave and silent most of the time , Rebecca , or Becky as she was usually called , was lively and voluble . |
| 7 | MORE than 60 people have died and 600 are ill after eating poisonous toadstools they mistook for wild mushrooms in the Ukraine . |
| 8 | This sense of security , derived from developing a basic trust in the people most closely involved in their upbringing , provides the fundamental outline of the personal blueprints children draw on to guide them successfully through the relationships they form in later life . |
| 9 | They were the last words they spoke to each other . |
| 10 | The commonality between two definitions can be measured by counting the number of words they have in common . |
| 11 | They were often designed by engineers , but what they lacked in architectural distinction , they gained in homely practicality and in the opportunities they afforded to local carpenters to display their skills in beautifully carved barge boarding and valances . |
| 12 | However the demands they make of each student are rigorous and varied . |
| 13 | With a little help from the time-travellers they wake to full consciousness , explaining their former state as a catatonic trance induced by the inhabitants of the world they are orbiting , the Sensorites . |
| 14 | A recent survey in West Surrey and North East Hampshire asked district nurses how many clients they had with ulcerated limbs ; the number of times they visited each patient ; and the types of treatment given for a specific month . |
| 15 | A slightly more realistic approach recognizes that firms have life-cycles and that during different stages in their life-cycles they grow at different rates . |
| 16 | The argument is that proper name is an important signal to the processor to treat the referent as a main character , which tends to separate that character from others in terms of the roles they play in interpretative scenarios ( see also Garrod & Sanford 1988 for a fuller discussion of the concept of main character ) . |
| 17 | The men in power see this as a menace and attempt to make their position more secure by fighting ; but in doing so they are forced to yield ground because of the losses they incur in decreased production . |
| 18 | Many of the sites they inherited in 1948 were near the towns and cities which were the main load centres , but such sites seemed less likely to gain planning permission in the 1950s . |
| 19 | Indeed , within Renaissance convention , the two do not have the clear associations they do within Romantic conventions . |
| 20 | Many of the problems are likely to arise when quarrying companies activate the large number of old mining permissions they own without basic environmental safeguards attached . |
| 21 | Amnesty sections all over the world include the Prisoner Letter Writing Campaign cases in the magazines and newssheets they publish in many other languages , from Faroe to Banlga . |
| 22 | With lean production , they say , Japanese manufacturers more of less doubled the number of models they offered between 1982 and the '90s , at the same time replacing them every four years . |
| 23 | From the ordinary subjects of casual conversation — books , recent plays , acquaintances they had in common — he had gone on to talk about himself . |
| 24 | At one level , policemen and women claim that they pursue all crime with equal vigour , which on the whole is true , but this formal discourse conceals the evaluations they make of different crimes . |
| 25 | Dr Nancy Harrison , RSPB marine policy officer , said : ‘ Any information about the use of gill nets and the effects they have on marine life , will help us to understand the true extent and nature of the problem , and to identify any trouble spots . ’ |
| 26 | However , I was disappointed at the reply she gave to my questions at a public open meeting held on April 7th , when I suggested that following many and varied discussions in different regions of the country , there was extreme concern in the non-action by the government in the matter of the vast difference in the value of imports from different countries , in particular Japan , as against the value of the imports they take from this country . |
| 27 | The detailed analyses they make of unconscious significations can stop them from considering any other kind of explanation . |
| 28 | There are still roughly the same amount of people who do get drunk and create a problem , but we are now dealing with the street offences they cause at two or three o'clock rather than ten till midnight . ’ |
| 29 | Only recently has it been discovered that they come to these special places to gather specific minerals such as kaolin which neutralise the poison they have absorbed from the seeds they eat at this season of the year . |
| 30 | Obtaining frankness within families about the feelings and expectations they have of each other can be mutually beneficial . |