Example sentences of "they [to-vb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Taking the radical students ' ideals at face-value one might have expected them to see this incident as yet another example of oppression by a fascist regime and protest against it — after all , they protested enough when it used such methods against its own people . |
2 | The aim was to ensure that subjects had been fixating correctly by requiring them to report this digit immediately prior to recalling the stimulus . |
3 | Doctors can ask us all sorts of intimate questions and expect honest answers ; in return , we expect them to treat this knowledge confidentially and not to gossip about the state of our health . |
4 | On the basis of our stated principles we can therefore say that unc and unc are both real properties of the proton B. However quantum mechanics does not permit them to enjoy this status simultaneously , since they correspond to operators which do not commute with each other ( p. 28 ) . |
5 | I sat down with LIFE and worked through their philosophy , erm in line with our own as it were , and they agreed , and I would ask them to agree this year that any paperwork or any leaflets they distribute make it very clear that a choice remains for a woman in terms of whether or not she should have an abortion , because LIFE is fairly , yes , Michael ? |
6 | The West 's manifest unwillingness to use force against the Bosnian Serbs to get them to accept this plan has contributed to the latest rejection that the plan has suffered , the resounding No delivered by more than nine out of ten Bosnian Serb voters in last weekend 's referendum . |
7 | If one may suspend conscience , and forget the conditions and costs of labour which allowed them to create this wealth , then these streets — as they do in London and Edinburgh , and still to be seen in Dublin — define the comfort of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century middle classes . |
8 | Clearly , an LEA has an obligation in the words of a recent Audit Commission report ( Audit Commission 1989a ) to ‘ articulate a vision of what the education service is trying to achieve ’ and to ‘ support schools and help them to fulfil this vision ’ , but it could be argued that the most appropriate focus for such a vision , necessarily generalized because of the range of institutional contexts and pupil needs involved , should be on identifying broad goals and the kinds of learning which schools might seek to promote . |
9 | the employer tendency to favour the industry-type of bargaining was reinforced by the broad socialist , class consciousness of major European unions which probably led them to favour this approach , since it would engage ‘ employers through mass class action ’ , and also extend protection to a larger part of the workforce . |
10 | While our sports leaders recognise the contribution they can make to providing a ‘ healthy outlet ’ , they are concerned that , although government looks to them to play this role , it is often not prepared to assist them . |
11 | Do encourage them to do this exercise routine too . |
12 | Therefore by encouraging more of them to use this route , you 'll erode your , your planting in the nature reserve . |
13 | I assure the House that , in all the speeches that I have made at police meetings and conferences this year , I have repeatedly stressed to the police that I want them to give this type of crime high priority . |
14 | I sent the cheque back , saying that although it had been immensely good of them to bring me up , I must have been a great burden and was now a disappointment , so I would prefer them to keep this money as some repayment for all they had done . |
15 | But their definition of the female subject as a biological or cultural essence leads them to pursue this ambiguity much less than egalitarian feminists . |
16 | Get them to read this exercise whilst you try to imagine what they are saying . |
17 | In a piece of justified self-advertisement , Underdown invites them to read this book . |
18 | Others , and particularly the teachers , may seem too busy with their classes for the head to ask them to share this part of the school work-load , there is a shortage of clerical support , the heads want to be seen as in charge of everything as far as possible , and so on . |
19 | And it is men and women , people on low income and children , you know your , so bear in mind your own children and grandchildren , if they have n't got income up to three four four five , tell them to watch this deduction of tax from banks or building societies . |
20 | Does the Oxford Forestry Institute have a programme of education for the ordinary members of the public to enable them to have this vision of their assets . |
21 | Get them to ring this number . ’ |
22 | There 's a erm if there 's a need for 'em to clean this Saturday , say they need to clean round that sedge |
23 | In addition , contract computer staff often gain advice and assistance from the agencies through which they work on how to proceed with incorporation , and are often encouraged by them to take this step . |
24 | When his call was refused by Sir Derek Alun-Jones , the chairman , on the grounds that it was likely to form the basis of future litigation , Mr Mackeson-Sandbach said the trustees would be seeking ‘ legal advice on the means open to them to examine this report ’ . |
25 | However , the hostility of the courts towards " unreasonable or onerous clauses " has led them to ignore this principle , where such a clause is printed on the reverse of a document , or incorporated by reference . |
26 | Clive Rowlands , the Welsh RU president , has written to member clubs urging them to follow this course . |
27 | From these women 's descriptions of their days , it is clear that rarely , if ever , is it possible for them to make this distinction either . |