Example sentences of "they [verb] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost all the information they gain is given freely and with the tacit or blind approval of Western governments . |
| 2 | he believes that the issues have been oversimplified and that , for example , caterers should start thinking hard about how the food they sell is produced . |
| 3 | The answer they devised is called Compact Disc Interactive ( CD-I ) . |
| 4 | The issue they raise is charged with the heaviest moral and political overtones : did de Gaulle at any point give the go-ahead for Operation Resurrection ? |
| 5 | The most startling illustration of how things can stay the same while they change is found in one of Stein-am-Rhein 's many excellent restaurants . |
| 6 | When the majority of athletes begin to take vitamin supplements the most basic mistake they make is to take too many without considering which is going to help them most . |
| 7 | This process whereby financial intermediaries lend for longer periods of time than they borrow is known as maturity transformation . |
| 8 | They do n't mind helping you out getting the diverts in the right position , because the last thing they want is to put the calls through to the wrong person . |
| 9 | They lose their teeth and hair , they forget the names of their families , and the only thing they want is to die . |
| 10 | A supporter said yesterday : ‘ What they want is to have somebody they can control , ’ but Mr Field found it impossible to operate on that basis . |
| 11 | What in fact they want is to find out the basis upon which the plaintiff is making the claim , to tie the plaintiff down to a particular set of allegations before the engineer goes in . |
| 12 | All they want is to get their unemployment figures down ’ . |
| 13 | ’ Most of the guys are quite tiddled , and when you 're on the screen all they want is to get their hands in your knickers and pinch your bum . |
| 14 | All they want is to read Ellen 's endless journal once our friend in there has actually managed to bring it to the light of day . |
| 15 | Their answer to the question they pose is to say that education systems are to be justified on the grounds that they develop ‘ intellectual competence that would otherwise go largely undeveloped ’ ( 1978 , p. 4 ) . |
| 16 | These essays , say the publisher , intend to challenge the view that Kollwitz ‘ reputation relies on the ‘ social content of her work ’ ; a notion which they suggest is perpetuated ‘ often at the expense of her remarkable artistic skills ’ . |
| 17 | Furthermore , almost all of the residential care they supply is provided under contract to local authority social services departments . |
| 18 | An important aspect of Piaget 's approach is his claim that , since children the world over are very similar physiologically and neurologically , and since the world they explore is regulated by the same laws of nature , progress , in terms of their ability to make sense of the world , will be broadly consistent across all children . |
| 19 | Environmental and human rights groups are opposing the involvement of international companies in oil exploration in Burma , which they say is destroying a relatively untouched forest environment and helping to fund a military government with a poor human rights record . |
| 20 | The organisers hope their movement , which they say is supported by many Muslim organisations , will persuade the Government to order an inquiry into the Rushdie affair . |
| 21 | Innu Indians Simon Michel and Mary-Ann Michel , delivering a petition to Canada House , London , yesterday , protesting at noise and pollution from low-flying Nato aircraft over the Labrador-Quebec peninsula which they say is threatening their survival by killing the animals they hunt . |
| 22 | mm , the thing is though , that was n't a Court hearing yesterday and whatever they say is gon na incriminate them so if they want to ask them questions they 've got ta take them to Court have n't they ? |
| 23 | Any commission they receive is added to the money being put in the scheme or plan so benefiting the client . |
| 24 | The difference remains when the age at which they die is taken into account . |
| 25 | Visitors look around and find themselves at a party , surrounded by chatting people , but their journey takes on a new twist as they glass is tipped , a face looms over the rim and they are poured into the drinkers throat . |
| 26 | One of the problems they face is transporting potatos to hunger spots . |
| 27 | So too are your gestures , and the overall message they give is known as body language . |
| 28 | Another highly important fact is that some sets of cross- references taken together would actually reveal inadequacies in the way in which the material to which they refer is handled in the dictionary in its present form . |
| 29 | The first thing most people do when they diet is to cut out many of the foods they like . |
| 30 | This occurs when individuals ' act in a way they know is destined to be hurtful to other members of the family , who , in response , reciprocate with actions they know will cause even more distress . |