Example sentences of "them a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's no harm in using highly processed foods occasionally but it 's best not to make them a regular part of the family 's diet . |
| 2 | All you need is to give them a regular supply of food and water . |
| 3 | Their strictures on the ‘ maximalism ’ of the Bolsheviks , on the ‘ premature ’ nature of the October revolution , and on the backwardness of Russia gave them a broad area of common ground with the liberal view . |
| 4 | Would you give them a key position of accountability in your team ? |
| 5 | The Japanese are being made to suffer what is for them a serious loss of face in having to pull the plug on the fifteen-month-old Massachusetts-based operation set up to build and sell Intel i860 boxes under a five-year commitment to the project . |
| 6 | High on the moorland wilds , ancient travellers told of meeting with a mysterious stranger who would offer them a golden goblet of wine . |
| 7 | He argued he had been giving them a practical demonstration of his work as a ‘ psycho-sexual ’ counsellor and doctor . |
| 8 | Next time he 'd do them a bloody bunch of daffodils . |
| 9 | Shortly afterwards PW held a meeting with the BCCI directors during which it gave them a comprehensive account of the frauds and malpractices . |
| 10 | This seemed a great victory for the undefeated Britons and since those living within the Province also now had cause to hate Rome , this gave them a real hope of a military success . |
| 11 | ‘ I bet that 's given them a real sense of purpose . |
| 12 | We believe that allowing these students to go straight from S4 to a level II general SVQ will give them a real sense of progression . |
| 13 | It gives them a much-needed sense of security , ’ he says . |
| 14 | People who think they 're being persecuted always think people are paying them a great deal of attention so they come to believe that they must in a sense be very important people , ’ he said . |
| 15 | On the other hand ( see page 46 ) reasoning with children involves giving them a great deal of attention which might reinforce and maintain , if not increase , the quarrelsomeness . |
| 16 | Such an argument misses the point that nuclear reactors bring with them a great deal of technical information , and experience . |
| 17 | Time usually sorts out the discrepancies , but an explanatory book for them to read , or a reassuring chat , if you can talk things over with them , may save them a great deal of unnecessary anxiety . |
| 18 | I have met women who epitomize the ‘ good mother ’ ; they genuinely love and care for their children and give them a great deal of attention , playing with them and guiding them in a way that most of us feel we can never emulate . |
| 19 | Chandos Herald , the Black Prince 's biographer , makes the prince reply to Charles V 's letter citing him to appear before the parlement of Paris by saying , ‘ Lords , by my faith it seems to me that the French think I am dead ; but if God gives me comfort , and I can get up from this bed , I will do them a great deal of harm even now , for God knows that they lack a good case , and they will have real cause to complain of me . ’ |
| 20 | What is interesting about them is that while the development corporations acquired powers that gave them a great deal of autonomy within their own territories , there is today a variety of questions to be raised about the extent to which their ‘ success ’ was secured at the expense of other policies to which they ‘ ought ’ to have related . |
| 21 | About 30 girls from the Dance-In Studio in Darlington took part in the session , which taught them a small part of the ballet . |
| 22 | A life of saving had , by 1985 , given them a small nest-egg of £15,000 on which the interest would help supplement their pensions . |
| 23 | He says , ‘ My mind was much to the place as soon as it was described to me , because it was a full congregation … an ignorant , rude and revelling people for the greater part , who had need of preaching , and yet had among them a small company of converts , who were humble , godly and of good conversations , and not much hated by the rest , and therefore fitter to assist their teacher ; but above all , because they hardly ever had any lively , serious preaching among them . |
| 24 | This does n't apply , however , if you 're only offering them a small amount of food to keep them hanging around the sett for a little longer than usual . |
| 25 | But I did run away and , I suppose , all refugees carry with them a small burden of guilt . |
| 26 | It gives them a wider variety of facilities and services . |
| 27 | And do them a nice pair of shoes to walk in . |
| 28 | In addition , however , there were specific political factors which Tilly suggests contributed significantly to success ; among them a continuous supply of political entrepreneurs , and strong coalitions between the central power and major segments of the landed elite . |
| 29 | Follow Sartre , and call them a perfect example of free-association from a pre-Freudian couch . |
| 30 | The prospects may therefore be good for a long-term strategy which aims at both restricting the scale of most operating units and granting them a reasonable degree of operational autonomy in order to make participative democracy a feasible proposition , while developing further the economies of administration , co-ordination , etc. which are at present realised by large-scale enterprises . |