Example sentences of "they [vb base] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has the advantage for believers of saving them from having to invent their own personal neurosis , and they gain from the social nature of religion rather than the purely private character of a personal neurosis . |
| 2 | They dance to an exciting variety of music by composers such as Boyce , Shostakovich , Britten and Philip Glass . |
| 3 | Presumably the washed-up film hoofer and the prima ballerina are thinking about each other as a preliminary to working together , falling in love and starting a bright new phase of their respective careers together ; and no doubt their movements ‘ unconsciously ’ fall into a complementary rhythm as they dance to the same music . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As you can see from Table 16.2 , they account for a tiny fraction of total assets . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But among them , they account for the great majority of all innovation opportunities . |
| 8 | As they work , roughs are pinned to the wall where they remain until the following day . |
| 9 | More generally on durability , it seems that the requirement that the goods be of merchantable quality is a continuing requirement that they will continue to be of merchantable quality for a reasonable period after delivery so long as they remain in the same apparent state as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . |
| 10 | In Lambert v. Lewis ( 1981 H.L. ) Lord Diplock said that the condition of fitness for purpose was a continuing obligation ‘ that the goods will continue to be fit for that purpose for a reasonable time after delivery , so long as they remain in the same apparent state and condition as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . ’ |
| 11 | The CFCs are reasonably safe while they remain in the leakproof sealed units but not so when fridges are dumped and crushed . |
| 12 | It should not be assumed from these statements that they do not move at all-they can be quite active at high tide by night but that they remain within the same general area of shore . |
| 13 | The adult worms , bright red in colour and up to 2.5 cm in length , are easily recognised at necropsy where they predominate in the horny lining of the gizzard . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The relevance of these animal models is difficult to assess , as by using carcinogens such as 1,2 dimethylhydrazine ( DMH ) they concentrate on the final development of the tumour and not on the previous initiating stages of this long multistage process . |
| 17 | They concentrate on the present situation and the reaction of society and show little interest in the criminal 's background , although labelling theory does not argue that all that is involved in making someone a criminal is to call them one . |
| 18 | To be critical , the JD 's Japanese pickups are certainly less powerful than the Signature 's and , overall , they err on the empty-sounding side — a hint of extra mid-range would n't go amiss . |
| 19 | Thing about this programme it is so it is so crucial to everything that goes on at Radio York while it is happening , they eat in the other room that 's how much er interest there is they eat in the other room . |
| 20 | Thing about this programme it is so it is so crucial to everything that goes on at Radio York while it is happening , they eat in the other room that 's how much er interest there is they eat in the other room . |
| 21 | They sit with the European peoples party in parliament . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | If they sit at the same or adjacent desks they have a spatial bond . |
| 24 | If they sit at the same or adjacent desks they have a spatial bond . |
| 25 | They sit in a long line in York , yeah ? |
| 26 | Thirty yards back along the street they sit in a murky Cavalier . |
| 27 | If all the frogs pursue this policy , they sit in a tight clump . |
| 28 | Other birds of prey may also arouse strong responses if they sit in a conspicuous position during the daylight hours . |
| 29 | The persons alleged to have picked up the letter then chase the accusers round the circle and try to catch them before they sit in the empty space , as in the previous game . |
| 30 | * As a way of finding the best structure for your essay , write out all the main points you think you need to make , and rearrange them until they develop as an overall argument ( see pp. 59 – 61 ) . |