Example sentences of "they [verb] [art] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should take a radical approach to the position of elderly people beyond the year 2000 , and consider whether technology can allow them to enjoy a better standard of living and to rely less on residential and nursing homes . |
| 2 | The development was welcomed by exhibitors , who felt that stage adaptations would enable them to attract a better class of customer , but they were n't to know what they were letting themselves in for . |
| 3 | If two assets have the same risk but one of them has a lower return than the other , then it is sold and the proceeds are invested in the other . |
| 4 | Matters have come to a head with the publication of a new and more detailed insurance group rating system which insurers say will enable them to pinpoint the higher risk models more accurately . |
| 5 | The company them added a further £100 . |
| 6 | This not only enables them easily to recheck particular information if they need to , but it also has the effect of encouraging them to consult a wider range of sources of information . |
| 7 | A group of woman so poor they are forced to scavenge coal dust from the sea are looking to Oxfam to help them to create a better life . |
| 8 | More engineering has to be built into these units than in lower temperature ones to enable them to withstand the higher temperature . |
| 9 | The instructions which come with a video recorder tend to be expressed in an amiable pidgin Japanese , but the citizen who misunderstands them suffers no worse fate than that of failing to record the programme that he wants , unless and until his ten-year-old grandson can be prevailed upon to work the thing for him . |
| 10 | For example , the director must take care not to withhold from the company 's shareholders information that would , if provided to them , enable them to negotiate a fairer price for the company . |
| 11 | She says they want to spend it on recreation , holidays , books , equipment and special aids which will help them have a better life . |
| 12 | Lenders fell into two camps , depending on how much they fear a further drying up of already moribund mortgage demand . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ The reason KimberlyClark chose Humberside is because they got a higher level of grant aid . |
| 14 | After all , they got no further commission for such a service . |
| 15 | I mean to me the boss of of our bench , there was probably twenty people on the bench , to me the boss of that it was n't what you call a particularly good job but she 'd always worked at the and of course when when went on War work er th those that were still there they got the better jobs you see , to organize us that had n't been , worked there before . |
| 16 | Literature classes with older people can be rewarding ; they bring a longer experience of life to bear on the subject , and often a wide range of reading . |
| 17 | These are similar to multiples except that the qualifying number of stores is five and they sell a wider range of merchandise . |
| 18 | A few weeks later there appeared a letter to the then prestigious Pall Mall Gazette from Sickert praising the move because there are more clothed than naked people in the world , they display a greater variety of shapes and colours , drawing or painting them does not require the high temperature ‘ which is extremely injurious to young people , and to women of whom the classes largely consist ’ and , most piquantly , because ‘ the absence of the nude model will eliminate a certain number of students who are drawn by mere curiosity . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But if they wanted to kidnap you , why did n't they make a better job of it ? ’ asked Jack . |
| 20 | Then in 1980 and again in 1983 ten-minute rule bills on this subject obtained second readings which approved the principle ; as is normally the case with such bills they made no further progress due to lack of parliamentary time . |
| 21 | The tents were straw-coloured , ranked in orderly rows , and every so often they passed a larger pavilion which Rostov guessed belonged to some kind of nobleman or senior officer . |
| 22 | In order to improve the broadcasting system and make it better able to resist political pressure — a prime duty of the libertarian/social responsibility media — they favour a wider range of representation on various broadcasting boards . |
| 23 | They favour a tougher approach . |
| 24 | Friendships become easier for young women in later adolescence as they develop a clearer sense of self identity . |
| 25 | In the nineteenth century they manned the lower ranges of the political structure by combining with their traditional municipal powers the electoral patronage of parliamentary government . |
| 26 | In the absence of the king , they sought a higher authentication of their rights . |
| 27 | On the BBC 's side they retained a further option to wind up any contract after eight weeks if they elected to replace an artist , or if the show was cancelled . |
| 28 | On Thursday , two of the four will return to Edinburgh to answer charges that they breached an earlier interdict banning them from inciting or organising mass pickets at the factory gates . |
| 29 | Ministers have told police chiefs they want a tighter control on informants following the bungled Special Branch operation at Brixton jail which was uncovered after the escape of IRA suspects Nessan Quinlivan and Pearse McCauley last summer . |
| 30 | They want a shorter working week , but are prepared to sit long and late while they are in London . |