Example sentences of "they [vb base] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the feet do not stretch and point in the way we still care about in the West , the dancers do not just move from position to position ; they dance in a long poem of fluently musical movement that is classical ballet 's chief claim to fame . |
| 2 | As you can see from Table 16.2 , they account for a tiny fraction of total assets . |
| 3 | The three major schemes — the Library of Congress Classification Scheme , the Universal Decimal Classification Scheme and the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme — are treated in most detail , since they account for a good proportion of classification practice . |
| 4 | For example , some bonds might not pay coupons at all ( such bonds are called zero-coupon bonds , and they sell at a deep discount to their par values since all the reward from holding the bond comes in the form of capital gain rather than income ) ; some bonds make coupon payments that change over time , e.g. because they are linked to current market interest rates ( variable rate bonds or floating rate notes ) or to an index such as the retail price index ( index-linked bonds ) ; and some bonds make coupon payments only if the income generated by the firm that issued the bonds is sufficient , ( such bonds are known as income bonds ; unlike other bond-holders , an income bond-holder can not put the firm into liquidation if a coupon payment is not paid ) . |
| 5 | EVERY retailer , big or small , selling electrical and gas appliances , will be obliged to ‘ energy label ’ the items they sell under a European Commission proposal . |
| 6 | When you 're doing a melody like Rubina or Always With Me , Always With You they sit at a nice register , but the chorus , second verse of Cryin ’ is right up there , War is up there , Friends is up there . |
| 7 | They sit in a long line in York , yeah ? |
| 8 | Thirty yards back along the street they sit in a murky Cavalier . |
| 9 | If all the frogs pursue this policy , they sit in a tight clump . |
| 10 | Other birds of prey may also arouse strong responses if they sit in a conspicuous position during the daylight hours . |
| 11 | They insist in a new and serious appraisal of such ideas as radical liberalism/radical democracy , the community in the nation-state , the changing role of civil society ; in short , the form of the political self . |
| 12 | People who live alone , especially when they suffer from a serious disability , are particularly at risk of becoming isolated and friendless , and people with long-term mental disorder are often desperately lonely and socially isolated . |
| 13 | Despite the cataclysmic statistics the demographers throw at us , families in many parts of Africa today will tell you that at certain times of the year they suffer from a severe labour shortage . |
| 14 | It 's what they mean by a mini- series . |
| 15 | After its eggs have been fertilised , they grow into a tall plant like the previous spore-producing generation . |
| 16 | These four varieties are ideal small garden plants , as they grow on a single stem and do n't need pruning . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Individuals will also vary in the importance they attach to a particular time-cue . |
| 19 | We are very flexible and try to offer the staff what they want on a day-to-day basis . ’ |
| 20 | Districts can buy what they want from a nearby district or a teaching hospital rather than attempt to provide everything in their own area . |
| 21 | [ 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 ] . |
| 22 | They do n't set their own terms about what they expect for a good quality of life , so other people do it for them and we do a bad job of it . ’ |
| 23 | Typically there is a pair of ganglia in each segment of the body , but the members of a pair are usually so closely united that they appear as a single ganglion , the commissure being no longer evident externally . |
| 24 | Even when they sleep in a separate room . |
| 25 | The convenience of major shopping developments and the wide range of goods and produce they provide in a concentrated location , must be judged in future against wider environmental and social criteria . |
| 26 | They build on a grand scale . |
| 27 | But let's have a look , as they say in a certain quiz show , at what he turned down . |
| 28 | So they conclude with a social policy agenda . |
| 29 | They hope for a peaceful settlement in Yugoslavia . |
| 30 | 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 ! ’ |