Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well , I always do it through the infants , they bring home reading books |
| 2 | They are prone to accumulate more nutrient than is good for them ; and , of course , they tend also to accumulate toxins . |
| 3 | And , because they are designed to operate at a lower cost level they tend not to make demands for expensive peripherals such as PostScript devices or even simpler page printers such as Epsons and Okis that emulate the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet . |
| 4 | Because generally speaking … when they get a bee in their bonnet , they tend not to write letters . |
| 5 | They want to make screwball romantic comedies but they wind up producing sitcoms that look lost without a laugh track . |
| 6 | Is there any wonder customers moan when they are told the items they want now cost £32 each instead of £18 ? |
| 7 | They propose broadly based agitation on social and economic issues but nowhere do they contain blueprints that correspond with the objectives , structure or activities of NICRA . |
| 8 | Their views may have been coloured by the fact that they found evidence of significant misreporting of publication data in some areas , to the extent that they suggest automatically lowering research ratings as a penalty for discovered deliberate misreporting . |
| 9 | Their views may have been coloured by the fact that they found evidence of significant misreporting of publication data in some areas , to the extent that they suggest automatically lowering research ratings as a penalty for discovered deliberate misreporting . |
| 10 | One solution would be to license the promoters of warehouse parties on condition that they provide adequately soundproofed buildings , parking facilities and stewards for the surrounding areas . |
| 11 | They provide much needed colour at a time when many perennials and certainly most shrubs have finished , but without appearing overwhelmingly garish . |
| 12 | There are many different types of crystal — often they build up to form bladder stones which can be the size of a tennis ball ! |
| 13 | Academic studies have confirmed the obvious : events make news if they are clear , unusual , unexpected or unpredict-able ; if they fit a medium 's cycle ( a daily paper , for example , or an hourly news bulletin ) ; if they involve well known people or groups , places or countries ; if they are close to home ( literally or figuratively ) ; if they are negative ( accidents ) or reach a certain volume ( in terms of numbers hurt , for example , or goals scored ) . |
| 14 | and they say not to eat apples and oranges , er , at one time they told you to eat the lot did n't they apples a day keep the doctor 's away . |
| 15 | And some wene they close and conteyne the worlde in theyr hondes … and therefore they put not theyr hondes to take mete … ’ paranoid patients ‘ fall in to full euyll suspiccions without recouer and therfore they hate and blame theyr frendes , and sometyme smite and slee theim ’ . |
| 16 | In the presence of high ultraviolet light , they break down to release radicals which destroy photosynthetic pigments and may form TCA ( trichloroacetic acid ) , itself used as a herbicide . |
| 17 | They record how voted monies have been spent and include reports by the C & AG where appropriate . |
| 18 | When , in Britain , it is suggested that the policies of the Conservative Government towards local authorities since 1979 raise constitutional questions , what is meant is not that these policies are in any sense illegal , but rather … that they breach hitherto accepted understandings , albeit tacit , as to how relationships between central government and local authorities should be ordered . |
| 19 | I think they know where to hit people where it hurts most of them . |
| 20 | Landlords say they 're keen to keep their customers , but they also want to make sure that they know when to stop drinking . |
| 21 | They know how to imitate scenes they see on TV , but not how to generate their own imaginative games . |
| 22 | At least they know how to treat meat ! |
| 23 | ‘ They know how to enjoy life , ’ I thought . |
| 24 | They know how to set traps , they know how to ask you questions which will lead you into using emotive words , they will have you on tape , they will also possibly be in a position to edit that tape , and at the end of the day you can not say , ‘ I did n't say that , ’ because I have a piece of tape that says you actually did say it . |
| 25 | The great skill of Japanese and German manufacturers is that they know how to make things efficiently and well , which is what we are so bad at . |
| 26 | Then they set up resourcing arrangements , just as they would do for any other business operation they undertook . |
| 27 | While it is incumbent upon Bank Management to ensure that they operate profitably to secure profits for expansion , payment to staff and also payment to shareholders , it is also incumbent upon them to display an allegiance to the economy in which they make their profits . |
| 28 | So , to continue the analogy started before … they ve now passed year one of their Degree course … |
| 29 | The case studies they produce later form part of the curriculum at Crotonville , the company 's management-development school a few miles up on the Hudson river from New York . |
| 30 | Many managers feel that they understand how to run meetings so well that they hardly need to prepare at all . |