Example sentences of "them [conj] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that on its true construction section 8 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 did not confer on a minor who had attained the age of 16 an absolute right to determine whether or not he received medical treatment but enabled him , for the limited purpose of protecting his medical practitioner from prosecution or from any claim in trespass , to give consent to such treatment as effectively as if he were an adult ; that , although a minor of any age who had sufficient maturity might consent to treatment , his refusal to give consent could not overrule consent given by the court ; that in exercising its inherent jurisdiction the court would take particular account of the minor 's wishes , the importance of which increased with his age and maturity , but would override them where his best interests so required ; and that , having regard to the nature of W. 's illness and to the serious deterioration in her condition , her best interests required the court to direct her immediate transfer to and treatment at the new unit without her consent ( post , pp. 765G — 766A , H — 767C , 768F–G , 769G–H , 770B–D , 772A–C , D–E , 774C–D , 775H — 776A , E–F , 777F–G , 779A , 780B–E , G–H , 781B–E , H — 782A ) . |
| 2 | ‘ If I did , I would have told the King 's Justices , but nothing was ever discovered about them or their dreadful deaths . ’ |
| 3 | He told them he would never forget them or their lovely school . |
| 4 | Men might reject the guiding hand of Providence and increasingly take control of their own lives , but death , when it came to them or their loved ones , had the same countenance that had frightened their ancestors . |
| 5 | In addition , the assets may constitute " new assets " from a previous roll-over relief claim under s152 TCGA 1992 , so that the vendor will have a " lowered " base cost in them than their actual purchase price . |
| 6 | Cell members themselves seemed to be much more impervious to the danger of possible political attacks on them than their nervous counterparts in Smolensk guberniia . |
| 7 | What better place to release them than their own territory ? |
| 8 | In describing the negotiations for Æthelred 's return from exile in 1014 , this says that the king was informed that no lord was dearer to them than their native lord , if he would govern them more justly ( rihtlicor ) than before , and that he then promised to remedy the things that they all hated . |
| 9 | On beaches , vulnerable plover chicks , not yet able to fly , crouch low and motionless , the colour of their down so close to that of the pebbles around them that their major hazard comes , not from being seen and eaten , but from not being seen and trodden on . |
| 10 | When challenged by the head gardener the Americans pretended to be a press gang , which was sufficient to set ‘ all the stout young fellows ’ on the estate running off to the town for safety , but he also informed them that their intended victim was taking the waters at Buxton , and Jones set off back to his boat , until the two officers with him pointed out that , having left Whitehaven empty-handed , the crew should at least be allowed to loot the house . |
| 11 | When the couple , who were in their forties , unexpecte unexpectedly had a second son , the conscription officers informed them that their older son would have to serve in the army since the law exempted only one son per family . |
| 12 | However , it agreed to a demand that Gdlyan and Ivanov be dismissed from working in the Procuracy , and in a resolution it warned them that their parliamentary immunity from prosecution could yet be withdrawn if they persisted in making " groundless " statements attacking the country 's leaders . |
| 13 | It also reminds them that their natural parents must be growing old too , and that the time for finding them is limited . |
| 14 | Experience had taught them that nothing alienated support within their districts more swiftly than bombs which killed or injured Roman Catholics and that nothing reduced the inflow of money from Irish American sympathisers more drastically . |
| 15 | Why do n't you say to them that they each organisation I mean H M S O and have ten minutes each for a presentation |
| 16 | ‘ He advised them that my stated intention to vote against would put the Prime Minister 's future at risk . |
| 17 | Speakers of less originality , and writers too , pick up these phrases at second hand and use them until their first fire and punch are worn away . |
| 18 | The hard copy formatter works cyclically through the modules , searching for those with the specified charge code and classification and filling the relevant volume with them until its minimum fill mark is reached . |
| 19 | A Herefordshire hobgoblin would avenge himself for any insult by stealing all the family 's keys and refusing to return them until his favourite cake had been baked and left on the hob for him to eat . |
| 20 | But their price fluctuates with market conditions and the banks may be unwilling to sell them if their current market price is too low . |
| 21 | On returning to college this will assist them and their fellow course team members to finalise their own Stage 2 submission(s) prior to forwarding these to SCOTVEC by 28 February 1989 . |
| 22 | And in that time , the three-bedroomed house has grown from a busy couple 's base to a family home for them and their two-year-old daughter Emily . |
| 23 | In acknowledging other people 's active status , by finding out about them and their personal lives through informal socialising regardless of overt status , it 's possible to learn and understand a great deal . |
| 24 | These techniques are based upon the premise that anxiety results when a person perceives a discrepancy between the demands placed upon them and their personal resources for coping with those demands . |
| 25 | Their accession on July 22 to ASEAN 's Treaty of Amity and Co-Operation signalled an end to more than a decade of hostility between them and their non-communist neighbours . |
| 26 | ‘ The Four Marys ’ , for example , are still in the 3rd Form of St Elmos , and despite new haircuts for them and their arch enemy Mabel , remain the same . |
| 27 | To Clara , it was always painfully conspicuous , an indictment of a way of life ; she knew nothing of the history of slop basins , nor of the society that evolved them and their joyless name , but the sight of one affected her like some shameful family secret . |
| 28 | It 's not you and your change , it 's them and their changing view you are considering , as well as you . |
| 29 | Our younger son and his wife live near us , and we see them and their two children regularly . |
| 30 | We laughed a lot , made fun of them and their new outfits , and then , when nothing happened , we went home . |