Example sentences of "they [vb base] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the widespread poverty of older women and the penury experienced by some groups among them derive to a considerable extent from the operation of social and economic policies within patriarchal capitalism , any major change in their status rests on the development of alternative policies . |
| 2 | It is notable that the US Congress has recently granted President Bush fast-track authority to negotiate both the Uruguay Round and the North American Free Trade Area , showing the importance they attach to a favourable outcome in both . |
| 3 | Individuals will also vary in the importance they attach to a particular time-cue . |
| 4 | [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] In comparative terms , however , they testify to a poor record , the cumulative effect of which was a decline in Britain 's international economic status to a level undreamt of even as late as 1955 [ Kravis , 1976 ; Stout , 1979 ] . |
| 5 | They object to a little cotton apron on the mice which is made from a baby 's dress — it was suitable for a baby but not for a stuffed mouse to wear ! ’ |
| 6 | They react to a chemical present in starfish and will perform equally amazing gyrations if a piece of crushed starfish is dropped into the water . |
| 7 | It must therefore help learners when they listen to a foreign language if they can see as well as hear what is going on . |
| 8 | Similarly , stickers or any other obstruction son the windscreen ( except mirrors , sun visors , tax discs and smaller discs ) will cause failure if they intrude to a similar extent . |
| 9 | Faeces are used by young children as a ‘ gift ’ , and sometimes their stools are wrapped up in parcels which they give to a significant person . |
| 10 | Some recent work , however , particularly in attempting to historicise the insights of Freud , and to demonstrate the specificity of his categories ( that is , showing how they refer to a particular cultural milieu ) has opened up new possibilities . |
| 11 | They say girls go off horses when they get to a certain age . ’ |
| 12 | That maybe they get to a certain time when they 're going to be out of touch ? |
| 13 | Presumably perhaps they 're just saving it up until they get to a certain certain age and they 're gon na say right that 's it let's just go . |
| 14 | Thus together they amount to a concerted attempt to investigate whether or not any form of vertical behaviour is to be allowed . |
| 15 | They amount to a fine for misbehaviour , but have no upper limit . |
| 16 | The stage is high , deterring those who see the stage as their personal Kuwait and giving the laser-lit silhouettes of the Inspirals real presence when they arrive to a pre-recorded keyboard and mooing groove . |
| 17 | Even though they may already be thinking about their appearance , and becoming fashion-conscious , on many occasions all this is forgotten and , in running , dancing or laughing , they revert to a natural ease through which a certain innocence shines . |
| 18 | The majority of the 850 former workers were asked for their opinions after a suggestion that they revert to a festive dinner — the original idea when the tradition was established in 1963 . |
| 19 | They point to a real wage drop of 10 to 12 per cent from 1790 to 1795 , then a slight recovery to around 5 per cent below the 1790 level over 1797 – 8 , followed by a plunge bottoming in 1800 – 1 at 30 per cent below the 1790 level . |
| 20 | As such they belong to a distinct and long-standing tradition , that of the ‘ mères ’ . |
| 21 | The vital task facing trade unions at the present time is to sell trade unionism — to convince trade union members that they belong to a beneficial , positive and essential organisation . |
| 22 | Critics it that time excluded authors inconvenient for their picture of a general return to tradition : Todd himself has little to say about authors such as B. S. Johnson and Christine Brooke-Rose , mostly on the grounds that they belong to a counter-cultural avant-garde never identified with the mainstream of British writing . |
| 23 | They belong to a charmed group known collectively as ‘ the lobby ’ and reviled in some quarters as the slavish lackeys of the Government . |
| 24 | They have made it their business to gain real knowledge in the political sphere , because they belong to a great consumers ' organisation with the definite purpose in view of production for use rather than for profit , and of the development of a higher and nobler system of society . |
| 25 | Difficult for bread-and-butter manufacturers , never mind the makers of cars so far off the scale ( up to £80,000 for the 600SEL Merc and twice that for the Bentley ) that by any rational thinking they belong to a different era altogether — one without recession , a war just over and all the current uncertainties . |
| 26 | These assertions are made on the basis of research in modern ethology , and the arguments will not be discussed in any detail as they belong to a different universe of discourse from that of psychoanalysis and sociology . |
| 27 | At five they are then pushed into an environment where the language is new , the rules incomprehensible and where , unless it is a predominantly Asian area , they are made to realise that they belong to a special category — Asian . |
| 28 | What will they do to people if this is what they do to a dumb animazl that has n't even annoyed them . |
| 29 | I think they do to a certain extent , but the teachers try and erm brush it away , they try and forget that they are soldiers ' children and try and help them mix in with the civilian children . |
| 30 | Later they move to a lateral position , with the woman applying squeeze control when required . |