Example sentences of "they [verb] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the work is covered by Building Regulations , you will need to inform your local authority ; they may well tell you the type of trench necessary , the ways the drains have to be laid in them depending on local soil conditions and the material to be used for the drains . |
| 2 | Technological improvements allowed them to capitalize on that wealth in the 1920s . |
| 3 | Mr Baker , who said society had become more violent and more selfish , made an indirect attack on the Archbishop of Canterbury , Dr George Carey , and other church leaders , calling on them to concentrate on juvenile crime instead of the European Social Chapter on workers ' rights . |
| 4 | This intake of information from several sources at once is a complex process , and the value to learners of silent viewing is that it lets them concentrate on one element at a time . |
| 5 | Nairn , as a holiday resort , has the name ‘ the Rye of the North ’ , and along the shore and near the golf clubs — one of them built on that land donated by David Thomson 's great-uncle — people park caravans hoping for mildness from the Moray Firth . |
| 6 | Planning teams developing materials in a local area can have them produced on high quality equipment , and the materials can be available to others who may find them useful at minimal cost . |
| 7 | The Republic blitzed us , but it will be difficult for them to put on that type of performance in Italy . ’ |
| 8 | The boys obviously like you so perhaps you could show your wife that a relationship with them based on mutual love and respect is far more likely to give better results . |
| 9 | An alternative to making yield calculations based on average life is to make them based on equivalent life . |
| 10 | The colleges , including Chester , have argued that the breadth and standard of their courses is good enough for them to compete on equal footing with the old polytechnics , which are now universities . |
| 11 | Their soul driven dance mix has packed out venues everywhere and got them airplay on top dance station Kiss FM . |
| 12 | The whole crew landed safely at Aberdeen at the end of August 1882 , having survived the winter because lack of provisions led them to live on fresh meat , thus avoiding scurvy , and because of Smith 's quiet leadership . |
| 13 | ‘ Last week , they reneged on that agreement and settled on an allocation of no more than 1,000 tickets . |
| 14 | Last week they reneged on that agreement and settled on an allocation of no more than 1,000 ’ Rangers ' statement |
| 15 | When William Burnes died at Lochlea in 1784 , John Tennant lent a horse to help to convey his body to Alloway for burial in the grounds of Kirk Alloway and memories of Alloway and the ruined kirk must have been recalled by both families when they met on that day . |
| 16 | cars ) in London Road , Mitcham , when they met on temporary track where relaying was in progress . |
| 17 | I mean , they do tell you , they sell on that way do n't they ? |
| 18 | They debated unhappily , reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion , until John Prophet suggested sadly that in the circumstances it might be well to consult the archbishop of Canterbury , and in some relief they agreed on this course , and carried their problem that same afternoon to Lambeth ; where Thomas Arundel , on the force of whose word and influence they could rely , advised them , in consideration of the desperate need , to issue the required letters patent , and he would be responsible for defending their action to the king , should it need any defence . |
| 19 | They put up a prize at the awards ceremony they 're prepared to do all the art work for nothing or at cost price for the awards ceremony they laid on this evening for us now if three people turn up at their evening they gon na say as we putting our money in the right organisation |
| 20 | These examinations are probably a poor instrument for measuring the quality of medical education because they concentrate on factual retention . |
| 21 | But of course , the ‘ life from space ’ hypothesis does not answer the question of how the very first organic molecules arose ; and it seems at least as likely that they arose on primitive Earth as elsewhere . |
| 22 | The authors were asked to review the current state of the art in their fields with particular reference to the likely requirements of the future policy issues agenda in terms of the demands that they make on geographic information management . |
| 23 | There are important differences between the chapters in this part both in the nature of the demands that they make on geographic information and also in the relative importance that is attached to geographic criteria as against other issues by planners and decision-makers in these fields . |
| 24 | Both Susan and Father Martin have said that although they disagree on this issue , they can do so in love . |
| 25 | We can say that the relationship between marriage system and terminology is itself highly variable and so too is the way they interact on each other . |
| 26 | When foreign companies like Intel , a maker of computer chips , arrived in Penang 20 years ago , they concentrated on simple assembly work . |
| 27 | During periods of uncertainty ( for example , after a shock rise in oil prices ) it has been argued that firms will reduce the value they place on expected future returns on investment projects . |
| 28 | ‘ They were fortified towns built in the Middle Ages , some by the French and some by the English , from which they preyed on each other , particularly during the Hundred Years ’ War between our countries . |
| 29 | Do they conduct more extensive analysis and perhaps provide better solutions but risk dissipating energy to act , or do they focus on forceful implementation of a satisfactory solution ? |
| 30 | I 'd slipped out of bed , leaving Margot the launderess and her sister Phoebe gently snoring ( they sleep on either side to keep me warm ) , and crept downstairs to my secret chamber , behind the high table in the Great Hall . |