Example sentences of "they [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two of them make a right pair , sending messages , leaving notes you look at this , now ! ’ |
| 2 | You shall perceive them make a mutual stand , |
| 3 | The strict selection of monks applying to Saint-Vanne and the high standards of learning it demanded of them provide an early insight into Pérignon 's own capabilities . |
| 4 | Except for Freud , whose impersonal style does not reveal him , all of them flaunt a pronounced sado-masochistic sensibility . |
| 5 | This reflects the fact that several kinds of considerations may lead to different and incompatible policies all of which are commonly regarded as policies of neutrality , because all of them demonstrate an even-handed treatment of the parties either by not helping one more than the other , or by not helping one more than the other to take special measures to improve his position in the conflict , and so on . |
| 6 | Some of them give a great deal of importance to using weak forms , but do not stress the importance of also knowing when to use the strong forms , something which I feel is very important . |
| 7 | Many of them maintain a fixed parity between their own currencies and the French franc . |
| 8 | Most of them produce an annual flush of bloom , but this is unlikely to impress as much as the beautiful leaves themselves . |
| 9 | But sometimes , on the darkest nights , when the waves pounded the shingle like bursts of distant gunfire , both the science and the symbol would seem to him as transitory as those drowned lives and he would find himself wondering if this great hulk would one day yield to the sea , like the wave-smashed concrete from the last war defences , and like them become a broken symbol of man 's long history on this desolate coast . |
| 10 | Nearly all of them use a formulaic phrase : ‘ I dug him downstairs and his belly rolled over to there . ’ |
| 11 | I have here a petition with about 22,000 signatures , principally of visitors and the staff of the royal parks who are concerned about the proposed privatisation of those parks because they fear a consequent fall from the high standards established in them . |
| 12 | Lenders fell into two camps , depending on how much they fear a further drying up of already moribund mortgage demand . |
| 13 | In this way they are seen by others as having authority and they gain a new measure of confidence in dealing with matters on your behalf . |
| 14 | Compacts should strongly recommend that trade unionists should be released on full pay to work with teachers and students so that they gain a balanced understanding of how industry works . |
| 15 | They 've announced a new sports car to be built at Cowley and they launch a new model in April . |
| 16 | ‘ Travel firms are right on target when they launch a huge range of discounts , ’ said an Abta spokesman . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | Further , they lack a strong leader . |
| 19 | Japanese companies have chosen Australia and Switzerland because they lack a domestic industry that might protest against the import of ‘ free ’ high-performance computers . |
| 20 | Many essays suffer from exactly this problem : they lack a clear sense of what the main issues are which are being addressed . |
| 21 | Corbetts are not inferior mountains because they lack a little bit in height . |
| 22 | So , governmental reasoning runs , because they lack an economic interest in saving energy , such occupants can not be trusted to conserve it . |
| 23 | One of the most frequent criticisms of the Cadbury committee 's draft recommendations is that they lack an adequate enforcement mechanism . |
| 24 | Armchair Investor recommended the shares at 235p and they remain a firm hold . |
| 25 | Despite the problems with groups they remain a major fact of life in all organizations . |
| 26 | Until that day arrives they remain a useful way of detecting the desktop publishing bore ! |
| 27 | Yet whether lean times or creative instinct drive customers to second-hand shops , they remain a valuable option . |
| 28 | For they remain an integral part of that greatest of all our struggles — the advancement of human freedom in its Hegelian sense of " knowledge of necessity " . |
| 29 | Suppression is a way of hiding your true feelings so that they remain an internal experience but do n't manifest themselves in your behaviour . |
| 30 | Party members and activists play an important role in British politics and yet compared with voters they remain an understudied group . |