Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reflects the overall size of these departments , and the fact that all of them appear to have the resources to cover all of the earth science sub-disciplines in depth . |
| 2 | This reflects the overall size of these departments , and the fact that all of them appear to have the resources to cover all of the earth science sub-disciplines in depth . |
| 3 | Very few of them believe there is any magic ( if ever there was ) in the business and almost all of them want to understand the process and expect executive search consultants to provide that knowledge . |
| 4 | Up to 80 of them hope to make the drop . |
| 5 | And some of the girls — well , some of them seem to think the men are perks of the job . ’ |
| 6 | All of them continue to enhance the role of the church musician by their devotion and perseverance . |
| 7 | ‘ I think hairdressers have got a bad reputation as so many of them try to dominate the client . |
| 8 | There is little theory-loading in any of these plates , and none of them attempt to catch the bird in motion as the ‘ field guides ’ of the twentieth century do . |
| 9 | They fear damaging the child within their secure family relationship . |
| 10 | They vow to fight the system in court , if necessary . |
| 11 | The methods by which Berenzoid intends to sell the product are interesting and may actually get around most of my objections , as they intend installing the packages for their existing bureau customers . |
| 12 | On 23 April 1991 the Government announced that they intend to replace the community charge with a new ‘ council tax ’ . |
| 13 | Now they intend to seduce the world with more jazz hip hop , more samples — ‘ Cantaloop ’ itself used six , all from the Blue Note archives , built around Herbie Hancock 's ‘ Cantaloupe Island ’ — and fistfuls of new British talent . |
| 14 | Yes … the company appointed to sell Robert Maxwell 's shares in the second division club have announced they intend to adjourn the Oxford United AGM at the Manor Ground tomorrow night almost as soon as it starts . |
| 15 | ‘ This will confirm our fears that they intend to rip the soul out of student associations and the NUS , ’ he said . |
| 16 | ‘ This will confirm our fears that they intend to rip the soul out of student associations and the NUS , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Although no firm decision has yet been taken , the Commissioners for Transport and Environment have indicated that they intend to enforce the EC directive which makes assessments compulsory . |
| 18 | Although there are girls who talk glibly of how they intend to reach the top of the women 's professional game by the age of 25 , and from there move on to marriage and a family , the Solheim Cup served as a salutary reminder that no-one should expect quick results . |
| 19 | Although most presidents promise , on taking office , that they intend to re-establish the cabinet as a decision-making body , few seriously try . |
| 20 | They intend to circumscribe the House of Commons by introducing a Scottish Parliament and by devising assemblies for Wales and the English regions . |
| 21 | One of their men boasted to me that they intend killing the ministers . |
| 22 | British Coal have put Calverton Colliery into review , but the pit 's six hundred and forty miners must wait another twenty four hours to hear whether they intend closing the pit or just reducing its workforce . |
| 23 | They intend to run the course as a pay as you play facility , however , they intend to offer a membership scheme so as to accommodate competitions and team matches within the club . |
| 24 | They intend to cross the island and gaze out over the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 25 | The institutions say they intend to raise the equity weighting in their portfolios from under 10% to perhaps 15% by the mid-1990s . |
| 26 | Those who initiate racialist talk ( without referring to a racist ideology ) may be a minority too , but since they are rarely contradicted or opposed they tend to shape the norms of the group . |
| 27 | Because Bem and other gender schema theorists assume that rationality and cognitive unity characterize psychological subjects , they tend to see the break-up of gender schemata as hindered by dominant social relations , but still as fairly straightforward in itself . |
| 28 | One disadvantage of general library skills workbooks is that they tend to teach the use of the library and its resources in isolation from other studies . |
| 29 | The failure to come to terms with this task casts light on , though it does not excuse , the hectic character of the final part of Braudel 's Méditerranée : even when connections are traced between conjonctures and the actions of individuals , they tend to leave the actions heavily under-determined — so much so , in some cases , that they are barely explained at all . |
| 30 | But before players go out they tend to kick the wall to make sure their boots are on properly . |