Example sentences of "they [vb base] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Lenders fell into two camps , depending on how much they fear a further drying up of already moribund mortgage demand .
3 They fear the proposed withdrawal from 17 May of some stops by ScotRail and InterCity will cause further deterioration in the service .
4 They have no idea what 's out there ( the top shelf of Smiths defines their sexual horizons ) but they fear the worst — they 're the kind of people who see a Cronenberg film and think it 's a snuff movie .
5 They dispute the economic argument , saying the economy would be strengthened by improving energy efficiency .
6 They despise the received good taste of garish Italianate fashion and its social connotations : too flashy and cashy .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 They 've announced a new sports car to be built at Cowley and they launch a new model in April .
10 ‘ Travel firms are right on target when they launch a huge range of discounts , ’ said an Abta spokesman .
11 They liken the pouring forth through the ether and via the cable of television programmes of every imaginable type , to the release into an estuary of toxic chemicals .
12 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 . ’
13 Further , they lack a strong leader .
14 Japanese companies have chosen Australia and Switzerland because they lack a domestic industry that might protest against the import of ‘ free ’ high-performance computers .
15 Many essays suffer from exactly this problem : they lack a clear sense of what the main issues are which are being addressed .
16 Corbetts are not inferior mountains because they lack a little bit in height .
17 So , governmental reasoning runs , because they lack an economic interest in saving energy , such occupants can not be trusted to conserve it .
18 One of the most frequent criticisms of the Cadbury committee 's draft recommendations is that they lack an adequate enforcement mechanism .
19 First year university students are often left bewildered by the challenge of having to organise much of their study time and find they lack the necessary reference skills to work effectively .
20 They lack the Catholic sense that it is scriptures together with the unfolding tradition of the church in which authority lies .
21 They lack the superficial coherence of a written constitution , but they bear a much closer relation to reality than bright ideas on a piece of paper .
22 Donegal carpets are very expensive , but , although they lack the proven track record of Spanish rugs , they may well become collectable in the future .
23 Yet as Comecon 's major source of hydrocarbons the countries have felt in recent years the strain of cutbacks in Soviet oil exports as well as what they consider to be unfair trading terms caused by rising costs which they lack the economic freedom to renegotiate .
24 Authoritative directives are often rules , and even when they are not , because they lack the required generality , the same reasoning applies to them .
25 Ldc ( less developed country ) borrowers have never been active in the international bond markets , as they lack the required credit quality and/or reputation .
26 Many also feel inadequate because they believe they lack the right qualifications .
27 The pelta-urns appear nearer to those of room 10 , Chedworth , for they have comparable volutes and lotus forms , although they lack the simple triangular base .
28 The same management and work force face the challenges of the current position , but there is nothing to suggest that they lack the collective will , expertise or enterprise to negotiate a very successful future for themselves and their industry .
29 They lack the remote aspirations of human beings for which , presumably , a linguistic grasp of categories involving at least the present and future would be necessary .
30 First , they can not ( by a provision of the constitution ) sit as members of the Congress and therefore they lack the direct access that is available to the British Cabinet .
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