Example sentences of "they [vb base] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We will design the full ad for them if they want at no extra cost . |
| 4 | At weekends it makes for a good day 's outing to take the family for a picnic , after which they can gather as many strawberries as they want at the various fruit farms dotted around . |
| 5 | So , we 're in a pretty strong position to make acquisitions if they appear at the right price and they fit our strategic framework . |
| 6 | They walk at a leisurely pace and if prodded , often ‘ play dead ’ . |
| 7 | In two species examined the crystals lie parallel to the surface and in another two they lie at a steep angle . |
| 8 | So we er , schools can approach us as the Engineering Council and say , we 'd like some help , and quite obviously , they all want some help when they look at the actual syllabus of a design and technology itself ! |
| 9 | I see ( and Summerchild sees ) the young provincial historian becoming even more silent and preoccupied than Summerchild himself as they look at the worn carpets and unoccupied chairs . |
| 10 | This fruitful distinction is possible because here as elsewhere Marx and Engels are not bound in their analysis simply by legal forms ; they look at the social system as a whole . |
| 11 | They look at the social causes — economic , political and cultural — which affect fertility and choices about reproduction . |
| 12 | Ricci , that 's bleeding horses — I 've never even seen a horse , dear , except with a policeman underneath or on My Friend Flicka , and I do n't care WHAT they wear at the wretched Olympics . ’ |
| 13 | When they meet at the final masking , the atmosphere is again one of ceremony and solemnity , and they speak verse to each other ( V.iv.72–83 ) . |
| 14 | Enabling self-expression allows counsellees to explain to us where they stand at the present time . |
| 15 | Should we not be suspicious of postmodern critiques of the ‘ subject ’ when they surface at a historical moment when many subjugated people feel themselves coming to voice for the first time … . |
| 16 | In warm weather they reproduce at a prodigious rate , smothering not only waterlilies , but other succulent aquatics and causing widespread disfiguration of flowers and foliage . |
| 17 | One reason for them being so common is that they reproduce at a high rate , and their high reproduction rate is one of the main topics of this chapter . |
| 18 | The goals must be debated and discussed until their true implications are appreciated , then their application worked out in terms of the curriculum planning and development decisions they imply at the various stages of the educational process . |
| 19 | Bona fide NVOCC 's , on the other hand , feel that they operate at a competitive disadvantage with regard to unscrupulous NVOCC 's which seem able to disregard the 1984 Shipping Act with impunity . |
| 20 | Finally , they arrive at the Central Studios in Nottingham where they make five episodes of ’ Blockbusters ’ a day . |
| 21 | They arrive at the empty basement flat just after one . |
| 22 | They go at the senior school |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ she said , ‘ what they do at the actual ceremony . ’ |
| 24 | We have the county council and the district councils telling us what a good job they do at the present time , spending a lot of money in doing it , we have provided this largely out of our own efforts , we 've got grants from er other bodies , I think it 's something that we should properly erm hallmark as an initiative of this parish council to celebrate one hundred years of parish government , and I would propose centenary field . |
| 25 | These top four bands will be rivals again next week when they compete at the European championships in Falkirk , Scotland . |
| 26 | Why would we consider men fully paid-up perverts if they showed an unnatural interest in Crimplene blouses , but normal red blooded males if they ignite at the mere mention of silk teddies ? |
| 27 | Our policy is that , where rooms are available , they come at NO EXTRA COST . |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't sit there ’ they chorus at an unfortunate guest foolish enough to try and sit in a chair in the drawing-room which was last used by Queen Victoria . |
| 29 | Is that the only child they have at the present time ? |
| 30 | Then she and the president can set about hacking away as vigorously at the wasteful government machine as they have at the sheltered private sector . |