Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either they operated some kind of taboo against such things , or else the technological relics of past civilisations were commonplace enough for them not to attach importance to a vessel which they must at least suspect to be in operable condition . |
| 2 | Some of them also gave tribute to the Yenisei Kirgiz from the Minusinsk Depression . |
| 3 | They thereby avoid commitment to any current fad that comes up on the whirligig of fashion . |
| 4 | When the Report was sent to Mrs Thatcher 's office with summaries and references prepared by the civil servants at the DES , they naturally drew attention to our firm proposals for the teaching of spelling , punctuation , grammar and written and spoken Standard English . |
| 5 | There is some reason to believe them , despite the first instinct to be sceptical , since they already have access to plenty of mind-bending substances , from alcohol and tobacco to diet pills . |
| 6 | Coetzee , describing the leagues as part of a Conservative effort to get to grips with mass politics and the ‘ new religion ’ of socialism , explains the timing of their appearance on the grounds that prior to the 1890s ‘ the Conservatives had no need of recourse to such pressure groups because they already possessed access to institutions adequate for the defence of their interests within the existing sociopolitical framework ’ . |
| 7 | While the press welcomed The Big Wheel with open arms , the public were less enthusiastic and they soon fell victim to overwhelming , or should that be underwhelming , apathy . |
| 8 | Do they still boil cabbage to a soupy pulp in Britain , and pour the vitamin C down the drain ? |
| 9 | When ministers uttered phrases such as the need for ‘ public accountability ’ — a suitably imprecise but popular slogan — they usually meant accountability to themselves , rather than to Parliament or the public . |
| 10 | The latter type , the singles groups , are sometimes very successful at fostering friendships because they deliberately restrict membership to a certain category of people — for example , young professionals , graduates , or over-40s . |
| 11 | Do not they also draw attention to the willingness of some countries and some parties to sign up to measures that they have no intention of implementing ? |
| 12 | Without silicon , plant growth is retarded and animals do not grow properly ( they also suffer damage to their bones and cartilage ) . |
| 13 | They also had access to equipment and resources not available at college . |
| 14 | They also give expression to their feelings about situations which worry them and by doing so provide some relief from anxiety . |
| 15 | They also give origin to ( 2 ) the para-oesophageal connectives which unite the brain with the suboesophageal ganglion , and ( 2 ) the labro-frontal nerves . |
| 16 | They also lend weight to common conceptions of the absoluteness of gender differences . |
| 17 | They also want funding to be made available from new sources responsible for unemployment , to help the CAB cope with unemployment related stresses . |
| 18 | These provisions gave rise to uncertainty largely because the courts showed a marked reluctance to interpret them according to the ordinary meaning of such words as ‘ void , and they also gave rise to injustice because under the Common Law an infant could still sue an adult upon a contract unenforceable against himself and incapable of ratification by him . |
| 19 | They also have access to up-to-date information through a computer database . |
| 20 | However , parents have one big advantage and that is that they now have access to the GCSE and A-level exam results of all pupils — that is the biggest giveaway ! |
| 21 | While in manu institutions , ‘ contextual ’ or ‘ critical ’ studies have traditionally provided a bridge for those who want to pursue more theoretical aspects of gender and creativity , they now have access to a more diverse range of feminist ideas and approaches . |
| 22 | In the face of government determination to enforce the February 1911 laws more than eight thousand Aube growers marched through the streets of Bar-sur-Aube carrying on their backs paniers de mannequin ( grape harvesting baskets ) full of tax-forms which they ceremoniously set fire to . |
| 23 | Others tremble as they limply carry spoon to mouth . |
| 24 | DNs demonstrated an awareness of the need for compression bandaging by reporting that they regularly applied compression to 198 ( 73 per cent ) of affected limbs and ‘ sometimes ’ to a further 12 ( 4 per cent ) . |
| 25 | Again , when civilized states extended their frontiers they frequently took occasion to prospect for and exploit sources of precious substances and most notably of gold . |
| 26 | They then drove north to Alexandria for a final briefing at Eighth Army Headquarters , with the Germans only forty miles away . |
| 27 | They then moved west to a new holding area at Bir Zalten , sixty miles south of the German positions at El Agheila , which had been recced by Mike Sadler who had flown up there during the first week in November . |
| 28 | Some men were particularly successful in Black Africa , and might return direct to Kufra with slaves , spices , even gold , which they then forwarded north to Alexandria for export , they alleged , ‘ to Istanbul ’ . |
| 29 | Some 400 million years ago , they found ways of surviving out of water and made such a success of life in their new surroundings that they ultimately gave rise to the most numerous and diverse group of all land animals , the insects . |
| 30 | Morgan 's work is divided into four parts : [ 1 ] The growth of intelligence through inventions and discoveries , which deals in great part with agricultural technology ; [ 2 ] the growth of the idea of government , which is mainly a discussion of descent groups and how they ultimately give way to state organization , particularly the Roman state ; [ 3 ] the growth of the idea of the family , largely a discussion of types of marriage and types of kinship terminology ; and finally [ 4 ] the growth of the idea of property . |