Example sentences of "they [vb base] [prep] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They taste like brussel sprouts |
| 2 | To destroy the tumours , they bring into play HPD 's third useful property . |
| 3 | Somewhere along the way , call into a cheese shop and buy some sliced Gouda to sustain you ; ask for something old and it will come hard , dry , salty and orange — a prince among cheeses and a revelation to anyone who thought Dutch cheese was that yellow soap they sell in wax balls . |
| 4 | Although Browne says that the bulk of suppliers follow market leaders , Hoskyns Plc , AT&T Istel , and Electronic Data Systems Corp , he believes that unless they concentrate on niche markets or certain technology sectors , such as personal computers and distributed systems , they face high risks and low margins . |
| 5 | The trouble with our research and development programmes in information technology ( IT ) today is that they concentrate on technology push . |
| 6 | They sit at conference tables and discuss them in a civilised manner . |
| 7 | From daytime feeding grounds up to twenty miles away , they converge on Abbey Park to roost for the night . |
| 8 | An HP spokesman claimed the Sun program had ‘ a million holes ’ and was based on ‘ half truths , ’ pointing out that Sun was offering no migration tools or interoperability whereas HP is giving Apollo users the same look and feel and middleware when they shift to HP boxes . |
| 9 | As they grow into adult life they find that many of the conflicts and confusions of childhood are unresolved . |
| 10 | Indonesian conservationists have reported that at least 1,000 orang-utangs have been smuggled from the country 's forests via Singapore to Taiwan , where they are popular as pets before they grow to adult size . |
| 11 | They grow to adult size in a series of ponds which are fed by a natural spring , which , claim the farms owners , gives the fish a delicious natural flavour . |
| 12 | In deploring this latest IRA atrocity , and hoping that those responsible will be brought to justice — like all those , from both sides in Northern Ireland , who carry out squalid murders — may I ask whether the Secretary of State agrees that it is important that we do not play into the hands of the Provisional IRA by following policies which , although the IRA deny it , they want for propaganda purposes in the Republic of Ireland and the United States ? |
| 13 | Parents and governors , on the other side , know what they are told , what they sense through adult contact with schools or through the reports of children and the family . |
| 14 | General practitioner fundholders already use contracts to spell out what they expect from hospital services . |
| 15 | Transactions differ in the strains they place on decision-making ability , the scope they give for opportunism , and the degree to which they involve human dignity . |
| 16 | They propose that a bonus be paid which is based upon an approximation to the change in social welfare.4 Specifically , the " incentive component " of the managerial emolument package that they propose for period t is given by a function of the increase in profits and the decrease in price between period t-1 and period t : Such an area is represented in figure 4.5 by the shaded portion , as can be seen by noting that the first term represents the rectangle ABCD and the second , the area under the marginal cost curve unc between unc and unc ( i.e. the integral |
| 17 | At present the opportunities they provide for cost cutting are more to the fore . |
| 18 | GPs must provide fuller information on the services they provide through practice leaflets ; Family Health Service Authorities ( FHSAs ) , the successor bodies to Family Practitioner Committees established under the 1990 legislation , must publish directories giving information on the sex , qualifications , services and deputising arrangements of GPs in their area . |
| 19 | And what about the buggy pushers who hand their little darlings a picture book to keep them quiet while they browse through adult fiction ? |
| 20 | For five years , the ensemble IXION has presented a day of pioneering music within the festival and this year they celebrate with anniversary greetings to Xenakis ( 70 ) and John Cage ( 80 ) . |
| 21 | ‘ It must be true after all , what they say about Viking lovers ! ’ |
| 22 | And , as they say in showbiz circles , a star is brawn . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's what they say in gangster films . ’ |
| 24 | Voters back the ruling party 's candidates because that is the way to win government grants ; businessmen pay for politicians because they depend upon government licences . |
| 25 | We will start to increase nursery education places for three and four year olds by making sure that local councils actually use the money they receive for nursery education to create new places and by switching capital funds earmarked for the City Technology College programmes . |
| 26 | Among other things it suggested that teachers should be assessed on the clarity of their teaching objectives ; the quality of their notes , handouts , and visual aids ; qualitative assessments of their performance in lecturing , fieldwork , etc ; the volume and range of teaching they undertake ; the range of assessment techniques they use ; managerial responsibilities and innovative approaches that they take on ; and the number of invitations they receive as guest lecturers and speakers elsewhere . |
| 27 | They range from option CI , which would close just 130 kilometres of track , to option B , which leaves 3600 km and option A , which pares away all but 2600 km of the network . |
| 28 | These days they range from palette knives , sponges , six inch household paint brushes or fingers . |
| 29 | As I have already suggested successful black sportsmen play a passive but vital role : however unwittingly , they act as role models , figures to be copied and emulated . |
| 30 | Infra-red detectors are very effective devices — they react to body heat , and will leave lights on for a predetermined time after they first sense body heat . |