Example sentences of "to [art] [adj] [noun pl] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the whole period , the front on the Right Bank never shifted as much as 1 , OOO yards ; for the Germans , a bitter contrast to the five miles they had advanced in the first four days of the offensive . |
| 2 | The noises ‘ car ’ , ‘ dog ’ , ‘ house ’ bear no resemblance to the item in question , neither do the noises ‘ anger ’ , ‘ fear ’ , ‘ contentment ’ or , meekness ' bear any resemblance to the emotional states they are intended to convey . |
| 3 | One way of doing this is to ensure that specialists implementing technical changes , eg the Resource Management Initiative , pay heed to the behavioural changes they expect to promote in managers and staff involved . |
| 4 | Too often pupils are put off by material which is dull , linguistically unsuitable , and which bears little resemblance to the colourful storybooks they are used to . |
| 5 | She looked abruptly away and turned her eyes to the small villages they sped through , pretty places with interesting-looking shops . |
| 6 | That was not so on the men 's tour , which means it would be very much easier for the ITF to set up its own women 's tour linking many of the principal regular events such as Berlin , Eastbourne , Brighton etc , with the Grand Slams , than it would have been had they responded to the many appeals they had at the time to set up a men 's circuit in competition with ATP … |
| 7 | By which time you 're not listening to the other things they 're saying . |
| 8 | According to the Swedish authorities they did not pose a risk to the safety of the plant . |
| 9 | And , no doubt , with the new laws speeding up the game , with the necessity of adding further to the burdens of training if the Irish are to catch up , there must be a question-mark hovering over the commitment of the more talented to the increased strains they will be asked to bear . |
| 10 | Although there are many species of tropical waterlilies the hybrid types are usually more sought-after due to the outstanding blooms they produce . |
| 11 | It was n't only due to the harsh words they had exchanged over Ryan ; she found it hard to write naturally because of the lie she was enacting . |
| 12 | But to the Mesolithic hunter-nomads they formed a forest kingdom , a race of forest creatures , saviours , oracles , and tormentors all at the same time ; they arose in the mythogenic unconscious both to explain nature 's hostility to the people 's actions , and to express the hope of survival against the unknown . |
| 13 | These policies have ruined the opportunities and dreams of thousands of people throughout this district and have been carried out with no regard to the drastic effects they have had on people 's lives . |
| 14 | These policies have ruined the opportunities and dreams of thousands of people throughout this district and have been carried out with no regard to the drastic effects they have had on people 's lives . |
| 15 | The extent of their happiness as they read and wrote , and walked the Dorset lanes , was in proportion to the unsettled times they had often known until then . |
| 16 | The first generation might practise some " levelling " — an adaptation and " evening-out " of any highly marked regionalisms in their speech — but would basically stick to the linguistic habits they brought with them from the Caribbean . |
| 17 | The sociological movement in jurisprudence , the movement for pragmatism as a philosophy of law , the movement for the adjustment of principles and doctrines to the human conditions they are to govern rather than to assumed first principles , the movement for putting the human factor in the central place and relegating logic to its true position as an instrument , has scarcely shown itself as yet in America . |
| 18 | Sudjic implies this when he explains how architects of office blocks have to dress up the imperatives of mechanical engineers , and when he examines , and rejects , attempts to tie the design of tower blocks to the social ills they can contain . |
| 19 | ‘ Unable to contemplate a political solution to the social problems they described in their fiction , the industrial novelists could only offer narrative solutions to the personal dilemmas of their characters . |
| 20 | And Cardinal Daly asked : ‘ How can they relate what happened on Saturday to the fine words they wrote in August ? ’ |
| 21 | Tutor Viv Shelley will look at whether manufacturing industries are living up to the green images they promote , the adequacy of monitoring processes and ask what responsibility lies with the public . |
| 22 | In terms of basic resources , the small staffed homes were very different to the institutional settings they replaced . |
| 23 | It subjects experimental catalysts to the same conditions they would face in an industrial reactor , then to probing by FABMS . |
| 24 | In addition , CAB advisers are proud to be a ‘ one-stop ’ service and there is a fear that a receptionist may make unnecessary referrals in order to relieve queues and so reduce bureaux to the signposting agencies they were once considered to be . |
| 25 | There is often a rush to create something new without enough thought being given to the physical problems they may cause . |
| 26 | It was an approach not of the land-users themselves but of their rulers , and therefore it is necessary to discuss briefly what the colonial rulers ' political and economic interests were , and in what way they related to the people of colonised areas and to the natural resources they found there . |
| 27 | ‘ In India , Hindu Gods are endowed with different personalities relative to the natural forces they represent . |
| 28 | Acknowledging their weaknesses and limitations to live up to the Christian ideals they realised the strength they would obtain from mutual help and formed themselves into Teams . |
| 29 | traditional grammatical structures … are not appropriate to Mayan structures : they can be applied only with violence to their common usage or to the structural features they are intended to fit … |
| 30 | In the period broadly spanning the years 1948 to 1975 , central governments of both parties gradually extended local authorities ' social service powers , or encouraged them to use to the full powers they had already been given — achieving secondary education for all , creating a national pattern of further education , developing services for the elderly , sustaining a substantial housing programme . |