Example sentences of "they [vb base] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour 's ‘ radical ’ plans are to be welcomed for the vision they bring of the kind of urban public transport that is more or less taken for granted in western Europe . |
| 2 | The tenants will normally be answerable to the landlord for the use they make of the property , and certain restrictions are normally agreed upon and are contained in the covenants in the lease . |
| 3 | Right , David , you said you 'd been approached by another insurance company , er , I could obviously say , I recommended Abbey Life , and I 'm tied to that , but I actually joined because I think they 're a particularly good company , in that what , in the use they make of the money that I 'm paying , actually goes , performs very well . |
| 4 | ‘ Your plays are very clever , Ben , ’ Richard Burbage said , ‘ but they smell of the schoolbook , do n't they , Will ? ’ |
| 5 | It is said of some speeches that they smell of the lamp . |
| 6 | While the Silures and their allies had fought a long and successful guerrilla-type campaign , they did not possess the strength or ability to stop a large Roman force from advancing into their territory , nor had they command of the sea . |
| 7 | Tip or soft cuttings taken in early midsummer are the easiest to root ; they consist of the tip of new shoots which are still lengthening , and are 5–10 cm ( 2–4 in ) long . |
| 8 | They consist of the improvement in one lineage 's ( say prey animals ' ) equipment to survive , as a direct consequence of improvement in another ( say predators ' ) lineage 's evolving equipment . |
| 9 | Membership of an economic community requires the acceptance of a financial obligation to fund the objectives of the organisation whether they consist of the limited objectives of a regional trading group , or the more extensive objectives of an economic union . |
| 10 | I never dared to ask , but I understand now what it is that drives addicts back to the needle time and time again whatever the cost to their health and sanity ; I understand now what the mystics lay claim to when they speak of the peace that passeth all understanding . |
| 11 | Heclo and Wildavsky adopt an anthropological tone when they speak of the British policy-making system in Whitehall concerned with public expenditure as a ‘ village community with a variety of subtle norms about the type of behaviour which is acceptable and unacceptable , praiseworthy and condemnable . |
| 12 | … it is not difficult to imagine a case where it would be essential for employers embarking for example on a new technical process to invite existing employees to agree to some reasonable restriction on their use of the knowledge they acquire of the new technique ; and where it would be essential for the employer to terminate , by due notice , the services of an employee who was unwilling to accept such a restriction . |
| 13 | For example storytime might take place at an established time towards the end of the school day , but in a follow-up session the next day questions could be asked to see how much they remember of the story , or one child could be asked to retell the story they heard yesterday ( see Boxes 4 and 5 ) . |
| 14 | Instead , they tell of the support they have received from their extended family in Kirkby . |
| 15 | In hide-and-seek , a number of people agree for a period of time to abstract from living what they know of the ‘ hiding ’ function ( i.e. that people can be ‘ hiders ’ and ‘ seekers ’ and that places can be ‘ hiding places ’ ) and to behave , for the time being , as if only that function mattered . |
| 16 | In drama a number of people agree to abstract from what they know of the ‘ hiding ’ function and to combine that knowledge with what they have understood about a particular ‘ hiding ’ context , say , King Charles and his followers hiding from the Roundheads ( hiders are therefore labelled Cavaliers , and the seekers Roundheads ) and to behave ‘ as if ’ only that function mattered . |
| 17 | The number of people to whom he is a friend , if not because he has met them but because they know of the good works that he has done not only in Britain but throughout the world , must run into many hundreds of thousands . |
| 18 | They even talk aloud to themselves and to adults , who will never betray what they hear of the Walter Mitty dreams of their future lives . |
| 19 | He suggests that the totem animal is the father , which many peoples show when they talk of the totem animal as their ancestor . |
| 20 | Or do you wait till they tire of the taunting and go to release the victim when the coast is clear ? |
| 21 | Ask voters to say what comes to mind when they think of the Labour Party and a large proportion mention , ‘ the unions ’ , ‘ strikes ’ , ‘ the winter of discontent ’ , and ‘ the three-day week ’ , even though this last event occurred under Mr Heath . |
| 22 | And viewers who want to tell TVS what they think of the idea can send messages via the Prestel Mailbox service . |
| 23 | EVER wondered what sounds influence our local bands , or what they think of the national and local music scenes ? |
| 24 | To consolidate this success the railway is currently carrying out an extensive passenger survey to find out where its existing customers come from and what they think of the railway . |
| 25 | Some philosophers talk of ‘ resemblances ’ , I suppose , because they think of the question , ‘ What does it mean to say that something is white ? ’ as involving the question , ‘ What reason has a person , on looking at something white , to call it white ? ’ |
| 26 | So , we thought we 'd find out what young people want to know , and what they think of the education they 've had . |
| 27 | Health authorities will do this by asking local people what they think of the services on offer and by discussion with local GPs . |
| 28 | Such mistaken prognostications do not necessarily invalidate the Royal Commission 's conclusions , but they warn of the difficulties facing any attempt to order human affairs for the future . |
| 29 | 1794 Fencing & Enclosing the Churchyard of Kilnaughton. " having seen two Estimates … they disapprove of the sd. estimates , as they think the work may be Executed in a much easier and cheaper manner , especially as the gentlemen from the Parish of Kildaltan undertake that the Tennants will lead the stones . |
| 30 | They write of the purpose behind the Nottinghamshire teams as involving the explicit premise that casework and service coordination at the level of individual clients should logically take second place to the creation of more adequate service infrastructure — at least in the first instance ( Wistow and Wray , p 16 ) Developmental teams of the Notts kind , then , might be expected to place priority on establishing a range of new services , " accommodation services , adult placement schemes , family support services , play schemes , parent groups and Further Education courses " ( Wray and Wistow , op cit ) . |