Example sentences of "they [vb base] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They vow to fight the system in court , if necessary . |
| 2 | Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago . |
| 3 | On 23 April 1991 the Government announced that they intend to replace the community charge with a new ‘ council tax ’ . |
| 4 | Now they intend to seduce the world with more jazz hip hop , more samples — ‘ Cantaloop ’ itself used six , all from the Blue Note archives , built around Herbie Hancock 's ‘ Cantaloupe Island ’ — and fistfuls of new British talent . |
| 5 | After April they intend to use the standard discharge procedures that have already been piloted with one general practice , as mentioned above . |
| 6 | Yes … the company appointed to sell Robert Maxwell 's shares in the second division club have announced they intend to adjourn the Oxford United AGM at the Manor Ground tomorrow night almost as soon as it starts . |
| 7 | Two other authorities , however , did indicate how they intend to reconcile the two systems . |
| 8 | ‘ This will confirm our fears that they intend to rip the soul out of student associations and the NUS , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ This will confirm our fears that they intend to rip the soul out of student associations and the NUS , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Although no firm decision has yet been taken , the Commissioners for Transport and Environment have indicated that they intend to enforce the EC directive which makes assessments compulsory . |
| 11 | Although there are girls who talk glibly of how they intend to reach the top of the women 's professional game by the age of 25 , and from there move on to marriage and a family , the Solheim Cup served as a salutary reminder that no-one should expect quick results . |
| 12 | Although most presidents promise , on taking office , that they intend to re-establish the cabinet as a decision-making body , few seriously try . |
| 13 | They intend to circumscribe the House of Commons by introducing a Scottish Parliament and by devising assemblies for Wales and the English regions . |
| 14 | They intend to run the course as a pay as you play facility , however , they intend to offer a membership scheme so as to accommodate competitions and team matches within the club . |
| 15 | The whole country would like to know at what level of income they intend to increase the higher rate of tax . |
| 16 | They intend to cross the island and gaze out over the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 17 | The institutions say they intend to raise the equity weighting in their portfolios from under 10% to perhaps 15% by the mid-1990s . |
| 18 | Those who initiate racialist talk ( without referring to a racist ideology ) may be a minority too , but since they are rarely contradicted or opposed they tend to shape the norms of the group . |
| 19 | Because Bem and other gender schema theorists assume that rationality and cognitive unity characterize psychological subjects , they tend to see the break-up of gender schemata as hindered by dominant social relations , but still as fairly straightforward in itself . |
| 20 | One disadvantage of general library skills workbooks is that they tend to teach the use of the library and its resources in isolation from other studies . |
| 21 | The failure to come to terms with this task casts light on , though it does not excuse , the hectic character of the final part of Braudel 's Méditerranée : even when connections are traced between conjonctures and the actions of individuals , they tend to leave the actions heavily under-determined — so much so , in some cases , that they are barely explained at all . |
| 22 | But before players go out they tend to kick the wall to make sure their boots are on properly . |
| 23 | International comparisons are of relatively little value because they tend to highlight the different priorities and practices of different countries . |
| 24 | They tend to represent the ‘ religious ’ as opposed to the ‘ rough ’ end of the protestant spiritual spectrum . |
| 25 | I do n't see them very much , they tend to use the back door , and sort of come out and then go down |
| 26 | They tend to restrict the causes of criminality to hereditary characteristics and overlook the effects of environmental influences and cultural traditions . |
| 27 | Eliciting these principles from participants is complex , because they tend to give the prioritized principles . |
| 28 | They tend to hold the most highly skilled and responsible positions , such as head waiter or wine butler , and to be found in organisations with a substantial volume of banqueting activities . |
| 29 | People are what they are , but some acts are good , others bad , and legislators , reformers and ‘ moralists ’ should aim at organizing society so that human beings as they really are find themselves in circumstances where they tend to do the former . |
| 30 | you see them with A's , they tend to do the A and then they join it at the top |