Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They fear collective losses could reach £2.4 billion , imposing further swingeing losses on many of the 20,000 individual investor ‘ Names ’ , who join syndicates to share the risks and profits of underwriting . |
| 2 | The unions are already holding a strike ballot because they fear compulsory redundancies . |
| 3 | They fear endless meetings and worry that they do n't know enough to join in . |
| 4 | They fear long-term pension levels could be affected . |
| 5 | Martin Sinnatt , Club Secretary of the Kennel Club , explained that they object to this on the grounds of potential cruelty — not because indelibly marking a dog would hurt , but because they fear unscrupulous owners would try to remove the mark before dumping an unwanted pet . |
| 6 | But the Muslims , though they despise Syrian rule in Lebanon , need Syria 's presence to ensure that real political reform takes place . |
| 7 | They lay that way for long moments , until the race of their hearts slowed , and then Nicolo brought her head to his shoulder . |
| 8 | They lay more eggs than European owls : the mean clutch size in Malaysia is 6.6 compared with around 5.5 in Europe ; and while Europeans lay only one clutch each year , the Malayan barn owls reproduce twice or even three times a year . |
| 9 | They gain many things , from qualifications to self-awareness and confidence . |
| 10 | They gain wide experience of different types of hardware and many varied programming languages . |
| 11 | School leavers , or inexperienced people joining the industry often get jobs in riding schools or competition yards where they gain practical experience . |
| 12 | ‘ They gain more experience by tackling the job themselves . ’ |
| 13 | They gain more fulfilment from the jobs and in the end , backed by a high level of innovation , they produce a better product . |
| 14 | This year , Horneborough 's Christian Aid committee hopes to help more Third World communities when they launch Christian Aid Week at the shopping complex in the High Street , on Saturday May 15 . |
| 15 | If they concede another goal again now I think they could be in serious trouble again . |
| 16 | ‘ They stab each other with their banderillas . ’ |
| 17 | where 'd you want this , the post ? , that the , before they stab each other with it oh that sounds like he 's in the cooker is he |
| 18 | The University will take account of the report of the Academic Auditors ( which is expected in August 1993 ) and of reports of the HEFCE quality assessors as they review individual subjects . |
| 19 | They review this possibility annually and he explained that when they have identified children who will go back they let them go into mainstream school for at first a morning and then one day a week . |
| 20 | At Cheltenham , they recoup early losses with a late hat-trick of winners ; at Brighton , they come badly unstuck ; and at Redcar they pull off a major coup , smuggling suitcase-loads of money on to a 7–1 shot past the eagle eye of the bookies . |
| 21 | ‘ Certain scholars have reservations about the kind of exhibitions she did because they lack factual perspective ’ , says Harold Koda , ‘ but in terms of a larger concept of truth , she captured the truth of fashion ’ . |
| 22 | Politicians often lose touch with the people because they lack intimate constituency contact . |
| 23 | A demand for a reduction in public expenditure can mean that the weaker services suffer because they lack powerful support groups . |
| 24 | But animals can have no expectations in this sense since they lack moral personality — a sense of rightful give and take . |
| 25 | Even when this was not the overt purpose , research results have been used to justify particular aspects of women 's subordination : thus even today it is sometimes said that girls do n't become engineers because they lack spatial ability , or that their relative lack of aggression makes them less effective leaders . |
| 26 | So , pluralists argue that if those of economic wealth are not directly involved in public policy-making then this is some kind of proof that they lack political power , but if poorer people are not directly involved then it is suggested that they are satisfied and enjoy power because politicians will " anticipate " their concerns and they themselves possess the " potential " to organise for their own advantage . |
| 27 | Shareholders , banks and so on do not necessarily tightly constrain managers essentially because they lack enough information to do so , and this is either a result of some problem in the market for information ( e. |
| 28 | These sentences seem unnatural perhaps because they lack short words like in and the and because consequently their rhythmic foot structure is irregular . |
| 29 | Roses and orchids are too obviously beautiful , and so they lack this remnant of grace : maybe , if there is any harmony left for us to discover , maybe we shall as soon apprehend it in dog shit or an old man 's spittle , sizzling on the grate . |
| 30 | They lack natural resources or experience climatic extremes which hinder economic activity . |