Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [conj] they [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 The second premise is a description of the experimental set-up , including the statement , ‘ This sample of bats is blindfolded so that they do not have the use of their eyes ’ .
2 Double and triple installations can be arranged so that they use a constant flow of water , which is introduced into the rinse sink , overflowing by weirs wash sinks , to discharge continuously via an overflow pipe fixed in the wash sink .
3 Cut a tongue in each of the faces to be joined so that they interlock neatly , bind the joint with raffia and cover with grafting wax or bituminous tree paint .
4 If it is unnecessarily bureaucratic the engineer should seek to have the systems modified so that they contribute more cost effectively to improved quality .
5 Meals also have to be modified so that they do not produce a rhythmic input to the body .
6 Slightly larger objects , however different and unrelated , should be grouped so that they have something in common like colour or national origin .
7 These two receptors will be considered together because they share considerable structural and functional homologies .
8 Jobs which do not fulfil this purpose must be reorganised so that they do .
9 They have now been varied slightly but they make very little difference .
10 The genetic algorithms form a separate family which do not involve anything resembling neurones , but they are included here because they take their data in a very low level form , like the input to a neural net .
11 Sadly , so many dogs seem to end up in classes run by loud , aggressive people , where they are yanked cruelly on choke chains and punished physically if they do n't do as they 're told .
12 This is particularly relevant in the cases of slow release preparations such as theophylline and of drugs that are absorbed slowly because they decrease gastric motility ( for example , tricyclic antidepressants ) .
13 Although the number of ‘ high-bay ’ systems constructed in the United Kingdom to date is relatively few the companies who have made this kind of investment have done so because they have clearly recognised the advantages which such systems offer .
14 In time , plants were domesticated and selected so that they differ greatly from their wild ancestors , some so much so that their ancestors can not now be recognized .
15 The chemicals have to be carefully selected so that they affect only the tin oxide and nothing else .
16 Cockling gangs have been turned away when they arrive without council permits to take vehicles on the shore , which is owned by the local authority .
17 This is an affect well known in some domesticated animals like sheep , it 's well known that if sheep are , if , if , if , if ewes are well fed just before they mate , they 're much more likely to er to twin than if they 're er not given extra food supplement and nowadays erm farmers wh wh who , who breed sheep for lambing er frequently feed , feed ewes a special diet just before er conception for that very reason , the rate of twinning increases .
18 No not you get different statements different erm I would n't like to repeat some of them right , but if them lads sat down and studied it erm same as I 've said now and they say , Well yes aye .
19 Pupils soon grow weary of a parade of historical topics selected solely because they appear to have a popular appeal or relevance .
20 This underlines the importance of training schemes in which professionals have opportunities to meet older people who are in charge of their lives , who have something to say and who are not being seen simply because they have overwhelming problems .
21 Can the text and graphics be moved around once they have been placed on the page ?
22 For each factor , the results of the survey are presented firstly as they apply to Solihull secondary teachers as a whole .
23 Consequently , norm development occurs over very long periods , and often very old behaviour patterns are preserved long after they have ceased to be relevant .
24 These must not be sung in the unfamiliar acoustic of the Church hymn , but suitably doctored so that they do not make shoppers stop their trolleys to listen .
25 It should also be recognised that their progress with reading and writing is likely to be handicapped initially if they come to school with a restricted knowledge and experience of language .
26 Police inquiries seem to have got nowhere but they believe , as do Jim 's neighbours and friends that the killer is being shielded within the local community .
27 He said : ‘ They add unfair pressure and hold up the game , with players being distracted waiting to see an incident shown again before they bowl the next ball . ’
28 ( ii ) " Long Play " discs ( CLV : Constant Linear Velocity ) The frames on these discs are assigned differently and they do not play at constant speed .
29 Well , the police have been involved , and I suppose he 's been cautioned now because they 've investigated and found that thi that it was scaring the sheep and that , yes i , he was right to do what he did he quite within his rights and whatever .
30 The general question of the relational effects of these means of production is discussed in Chapter 4 , but some of their institutional effects are noted here as they occur .
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