Example sentences of "they [vb base] it [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The sheer numbers of them make it spectacular although there are no huge centrepiece fireworks . |
2 | Well it 's up to them put it right ! |
3 | Both poverty and unemployment traps may provide a disincentive to work as those caught within them find it difficult , or even impossible , to improve their position through their own efforts . |
4 | cos they book it all at the same time |
5 | They bring it all back then . |
6 | If they eat it all , people will realize how healthy they are ! |
7 | Our dad says he does n't mind what people eat , as long as they eat it all . |
8 | If the initiating member has provided a list of foreign prospective purchasers which contains KPMG clients , client service partners may remove their clients ' names from that list when they deem it advisable . |
9 | They bale it all up through , when you go and nick a load of bales |
10 | I never found it to be a boring job , erm if it is boring I think it 's because they 're only making it , if they make it that way and I think it 's partly due , if they , if people do talk that way then I think it 's partly due to the sort of duty systems that people work now , and erm the number of hours they work , and , and strangely for little things like the introduction of television , I think television , very nice in its way but it 's killed life on fire stations and in certain areas , cos the whole business of conversation and learning and so on has gone , people would much sooner sit nowadays in front of the television and be entertained for an evening , instead of using all the other skills and , and erm things that are offered to them . |
11 | These machines are rather expensive , but they make it possible to lift off the original sync sound from the video tape , combine it with additional sound ( held either on separate tracks or pre-mixed on the recorder via ‘ sound on sound ’ mixing ) , and then to lay it back onto the video tape still in perfect synchronisation . |
12 | The advantages of longitudinal studies are that they make it possible to study change over time , though as a series of snapshots rather than as a continuous process . |
13 | Eagan , Minnesota-based Cray Research Inc has introduced a new Y-MP M90 series of supercomputers , claiming that they offer the largest main memories ever , in the hope that they make it possible to solve important scientific and engineering problems that are too large for the memory of any existing computer system to handle efficiently . |
14 | darling , they make it all worthwhile And we 're |
15 | I mean , they make it thirty and people will travel at forty anyhow . |
16 | They make it difficult to equate the social tensions in the countryside with the economic processes at the heart of the Marxist interpretation . |
17 | They usually deny feeling sorry for themselves — ‘ No , everything 's fine ! ’ — but they make it clear that life is tough for them . |
18 | They make it clear to us that painting is a challenging process of continual decision-making — what to paint , how to apply the characteristics of the medium to the subject , how to retain the initial idea , or convey a particular mood . |
19 | Disorganized capitalism remains capitalism , and they make it clear that they are not bidding farewell to the working class . |
20 | Given that weak electromagnetic fields at the power frequencies 50Hz and 60Hz do pollute the environment in the sense that they make it hostile for the chemistry of body functions , there is no real choice other than making sure we live well removed from power lines or accept the higher incidence of cancer and leukaemia as tolerable . |
21 | When visible , they make it easier to control the typing of text with complicated layouts , such as tables . |
22 | In doing this , they make it easier to understand why some form of local government continues to survive as more than simply a creature of the centre . |
23 | If parents keep cool and explain fully why they are saying no , they make it easier for their daughter to back down without losing face . |
24 | As they are used single-handed , they make it easier to dead-head flowers , prune shrubs , cut up chicken for the barbecue , and shape materials like leather , canvas , etc , for craftwork . |
25 | They make it easier for teachers to use the video machine without being tied to its side whenever they want to stop or start it . |
26 | But the only thing what , I , I mean , I got through , it says hi you 've got through to Ross King 's er , blah , we 're going to repeat those competition questions for you , and they repeat it all to you , and they , is your answer A bla B C and then , it 's please speak after the tone , beep and then you say your thing and then , now would you like to leave your name and number |
27 | Anyone viewing all this nonsense from another planet — as most men do — can be forgiven for assuming that women are a bunch of mixed up crazies who do n't know what they want , but do know that they want it all , both ways and with jam on the top , too . |
28 | And they want it open a little bit earlier because erm you know , in case anybody comes . |
29 | they want it both sides of the coin do n't they ? |
30 | The tapes are erased afterwards what they do is somebody types it all up and erm then they build it all up on a computer . |