Example sentences of "they [vb base] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Researchers rarely conduct research with a finished model of the causal process they want to test in mind . |
| 2 | POLICE last night named a man they want to quiz in connection with the murder of Michael Huntington at a nurses ' home party 11 days ago . |
| 3 | People can not afford to do the things they want to do in space . |
| 4 | Like every other intelligence agency the NSA is very good at giving politicians what they want to hear in peacetime but it has no wartime experience at all . |
| 5 | RAIL passengers will have to pay more for their tickets next year if they want to travel in comfort and arrive on time . |
| 6 | Police have released a video fit picture of a man they want to question in connection with three sex-attacks in Oxford . |
| 7 | They must survive on meagre pensions , but are discriminated against if they want to stay in work . |
| 8 | In proceedings under the Children Act 1989 the parties must disclose the substance of any oral evidence they propose to call in advance of the hearing . |
| 9 | They are employed to give infinitesimal steerage-changes to the Salyut and Soyuz vehicles as they manoeuvre to dock in space . |
| 10 | Before making a formal application , candidates are strongly advised to write to the department in which they hope to study in order to obtain advice about their proposed study . |
| 11 | They plan to try next spring for a suspected ‘ major gold wreck in south America ’ , which they decline to discuss in detail . |
| 12 | In fact they seem to go in search of them . |
| 13 | They continue to grow in size and influence and they appear to be still some way from peaking . |
| 14 | ‘ They prefer to stay in control , ’ said a Guinness spokesman . |
| 15 | If the clearing banks ' balances are above target — that is , if the final clearing on the previous day left the clearers with balances at the Bank above those which they desire to keep in order to meet day-to-day requirements — then there will be a corresponding easing of the market 's cash position . |
| 16 | I would suggest that the major item which the government has to give priority to is unemployment , especially if they wish to continue in office after three years , which I forecast could be the timing of the next general election if all goes well . |
| 17 | They wish to indulge in sex play of the type in which children , under the age of five or six , engage . |
| 18 | Police have taken the unusual step of naming and releasing the photograph of a man they wish to question in connection with an alleged double rape of a teenager . |
| 19 | Why should it not be left to individual members of the Bar to decide whether they wish to specialise in advocacy ? |
| 20 | Since I , without the benefit of tax relief , am paying as much as I am for the Monarchy , I would like them to do what they have to do in silence . |
| 21 | erm , but other people for the rest of , you know erm the time er , that they live in they have to live in poverty ! |
| 22 | So we teach our daughters that er , er , the first and foremost duty they have to perform in life is to like after your husband and elders and bring up the family , and the economical side , contribution from the er female is secondary , although they claim it a part as well , erm as economically as well . |
| 23 | The theories are based upon individuals ' perception of what they expect out of work and recognise that individuals place different values on rewards and the effort that they have to expend in order to achieve those rewards . |
| 24 | I 've taken a look at three big names in DOS word processing — WordStar 7 , WordPerfect 5.1 and Q&A 4 — to see what they have to offer in comparison with their much-hyped Windows brethren . |
| 25 | Above all , they have to keep in touch with each other so that they and their students can develop this new profession in a co-ordinated and systematic way . |
| 26 | It means they have to get in touch with you to ask for more . |
| 27 | But house er erm what is that that 's the footpath people is n't it , they always come and repair things if they 're told , at least they sh , but obviously they have to work in collaboration with the farmers , er concerned . |
| 28 | The teacher 's role is to help students to progress from considering what the characters do to working out what they need to say in order to achieve the same result in similar circumstances . |
| 29 | ‘ Difficulty in breathing ’ : The tutor and learners decide what they need to know in order to understand the problem and provide nursing care . |
| 30 | Nothing threatens the chances of Alton Bass finishing in touch with the top of Hampshire League division one more than a punishing programme of three matches a week they need to complete in order to catch up on their fixture backing . |