Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I have written to one or two retail outlets complaining about them selling these fish , also spoken to a couple of managers but they are still selling these fish .
2 Why is it so important for them to say such things ?
3 But when consumers have a choice which includes widely different types of credit arrangements , it may often be more sensible for them to give more weight to the total cost of credit or the amount of each instalment .
4 In rather special circumstances this can result in the creation of new dislocations but the much more usual effect is for them to repel each other .
5 Although the Unix International/OSF wars seem to have abated at the moment , ‘ there is always an excuse for them to rip each others hearts out , leaving Bill Gates to have the market , ’ says Rothstein .
6 According to the steward they knew it was ‘ not right ’ for them to earn those wages .
7 And even women internalize the sense that it is inappropriate or especially difficult for them to do these things .
8 The best that I can say for a personality explanation is that it prevents executives from thinking about changing their behaviour , because it understandably makes little sense for them to undergo some kind of therapy .
9 She considered approaching him and asking if it might be possible for them to spend more time together , but the difference of nine years in their age put her in awe of him still , and she decided it was not her place to make such suggestions .
10 When people do cross the threshold of the church , do we make it easy for them to take that step ?
11 The aim of creating a sense of prime loyalty among members of the colony , which was small enough for them to know each other , did not constitute any kind of a threat to central authorities in 1922 , but it would not have been tolerated in the 1930s , when family members were encouraged to spy on one another in the state interest .
12 Towards the end of the Summer term it 's common practice in most schools to invite the parents of the new intake of children to visit the school to explain the routines and organisation , to give them a chance to meet the teachers and also to provide an opportunity for them to share any concerns they might have .
13 Other naturalistic views , Marxist and some which indeed call themselves ‘ evolutionary ’ , have often proclaimed themselves free from any such picture , but it is basically very hard for them to avoid some appeal to an implicit teleology , an order in relation to which there would be an existence that would satisfy all the most basic human needs at once .
14 If they have 500 claims on a pro forma where people are simply asked to sign their name at the bottom , it is not unreasonable for them to consider those claims with a certain degree of scepticism .
15 ‘ And it 's not uncommon for them to blame each other , as they get older , for taking the decision not to have a family . ’
16 ‘ And it 's not uncommon for them to blame each other , as they get older , for taking the decision not to have a family . ’
17 ‘ We are going to Liverpool at just the right time and there 's no reason for them to expect any favours from us . ’
18 Though the document was about the laity , it had failed to take account of the views of the laity — at least until the previous spring , by which time it was too late for them to have much influence upon its formulation .
19 that 's for the name , yeah so , so , some of them will be confused , but not enough for them to have any problems I should n't have thought .
20 ‘ All the more reason then for them to have some knowledge of basic skills — ‘
21 Today children are meeting and playing with children of other faiths so it is important for them to have some understanding and knowledge of each other 's traditions .
22 Acts undertaken for another purpose and not in order to consent can constitute consent if undertaken in the belief that they will confer a right or impose a duty and if the fact that they are undertaken with such a belief is the reason for them having this result .
23 From these women 's descriptions of their days , it is clear that rarely , if ever , is it possible for them to make this distinction either .
24 They were they were asking for them to make more slates for for less money and they were n't prepared to sit down and really talk it through with the men they just treated you know they just had this awful attitude
25 The trouble is that people and horses have different ways of communicating , which makes it very difficult for them to understand each other .
26 ‘ A lot of people feel shy about going into a Tax Office , so this is a good opportunity for them to get any help they need , ’ explained Peter Guy , the Inland Revenue 's Customer Service Manager in the province .
27 Then , as the light was going , a convoy rolled in with the pool — just too late for them to get any pictures . ’
28 It 's too easy for them to find another kid . ’
29 We use the same A , B , C , as in Example 1 , but select as our starting vector submatrix unc In choosing Yo we have selected simple vectors which are clearly linearly independent , and which between them bring all elements in A into operation in the formation of Wo .
30 There 's no tactile feedback from the square , shirt-button sized keys , but sufficient space between them to trap most errors .
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