Example sentences of "they in [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Although I recognised several , there was a formidable blankness about them in that setting which precluded mutual acknowledgment . |
2 | Six of them in that pack what you got from . |
3 | ‘ About schools , no doubt , they know something-perhaps they have schedules and inventories that tell them in wearisome detail what they should look for in the structure , the physical fabric . |
4 | The law is therefore most unfair to victims of negligence ; in limiting them in this way it totally ignores the reality of the situation . |
5 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
6 | Looking at them in this light it is natural to turn to that Elizabethan model for letter-writing , Angel Day 's The English Secretorie ( 1586 ) . |
7 | The separation of the mode of discovery and the mode of justification does enable the inductivists to evade that part of the criticism levelled at them in this chapter which was directed at the claim that science starts with observation . |
8 | The first thing I thought of was that we 'd offended them in some way we did n't know — done a terrible insult to their gods or something . |
9 | In Avon , Dr Peter Fleming , or a member of his team , will visit the home within 24 hours with the General Practitioner to give an explanation , as best they can , as to what has happened , to explain the post-mortem findings , and to counsel parents and help them in any way they can . |
10 | ‘ My father specifically forbade us to communicate any of the information it contained to the authorities , or to cooperate with them in any way whatsoever . |
11 | I did n't oppose them in any way you see . |
12 | The committee said that because ministers occupied positions of power there were particular risks for them in any activity which overlaps the border between their public duties and private interests , however worthy the motives may be in any individual case . |