Example sentences of "them an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , many rural areas were traversed by the rail network , which gave them an additional lifeline and a link with main centres . |
| 2 | There are the resort hotels , which are seasonal and cater for holidaymakers , though many of these are now also providing facilities for large conferences and trade fairs , which gives them an additional form of income . |
| 3 | The Scottish Office allowed them an additional borrowing consent of £750,000 and £370,000 came from their existing financial resources . |
| 4 | It also gave them an additional incentive in their efforts to keep the peace between Plantagenets and Capetians , for they stood to lose lands and revenues through confiscation in time of war . |
| 5 | But the law reports are a random collection of cases , and the very fact that each of those cases resulted from a dispute which the parties could not settle by agreement and had to take to court may make them an unrepresentative sample of the applications of the procedure . |
| 6 | ‘ O.K. ’ He gave them an incredulous glance and said sarcastically , ‘ stop me if I 'm boring you . |
| 7 | It was the young Scots ' first win in four outings and gave them an outside chance of qualifying for the latter stages of the championship . |
| 8 | For them an insidious sense of illusion stimulates my imagination and enables me to see the entire pageant of Venetian ships , present and past , actual and intangible , sailing before my eyes . |
| 9 | ‘ Our proposals would offer them an alternative market for capital . ’ |
| 10 | Birds of prey , or raptors to give them an alternative group name , come in many sizes . |
| 11 | Bernice gave them an encouraging smile , which they returned weakly , and detached herself from their embrace with one last squeeze and one last pat on the shoulder . |
| 12 | 2.18 The purpose of the award is not to give the dependants such sums as would give them an annual income equal to the dependency . |
| 13 | Would it not be possible to give them an annual grant to spend on projects they approve ? |
| 14 | And private management means that you would go to a bank or stockbroker , and then you would pay them an annual fee , and there would be other charges , you know for selling er and buying of shares , |
| 15 | He invited Continental Reformers to visit him and planned with them an international union of protestants . |
| 16 | The face-to-face interaction feature of interviews which makes them such a potent source of interviewer bias also makes them an effective device for communicating concern , interest and priorities to interviewees . |
| 17 | They affected to despise her , but they did not find their contempt a strain , whereas the other really bad disciplinarian in the school , a Geography mistress , one Miss Riley , inflicted on them an intolerable suffering , for they felt themselves compelled to torment her , and she would sit before them , thin and pretty and anguished , making vain attempts to restore order , miserably transparent in her misery , and unable to conceal the depths of her humiliation — depths which frightened them , but which they could not leave unplumbed . |
| 18 | News judgements contain within them an implicit understanding of the nature of our society , where power lies and how it is or should be exercised . |
| 19 | And I think that helps them an awful lot ! |
| 20 | It certainly will cost them an awful lot of money , hundreds . |
| 21 | I feel if , yes , you would remember them an awful lot easier . |
| 22 | The Bible as holy literature , the oracles of the Logos , has become for them an inanimate object of scientific investigation . |
| 23 | It enables adaptation of plants and animals to human purposes that would be beyond the reach of traditional breeding techniques ; an example is the insertion of toxin genes from bacteria into plants to give them an in-built system for poisoning pests . |
| 24 | Sky 's Premier League debut netted them an average audience of only 820,000 . |
| 25 | All competing teams should report to the Dashwood Arms , Kirtlington at 8am. , bringing with them an accurate set of scales . |
| 26 | Selection on generations of bacteria has presumably built into them an unconscious rule of thumb which works by purely biochemical means . |
| 27 | We greatly respect and value each of our employees and we strive to provide for them an appropriate workplace environment . |
| 28 | If ‘ fascism ’ appeared to them an appropriate name for their enemy , then perhaps comfortable historians half-a-century later should hesitate before declaring them wrong . |
| 29 | It is difficult to persuade teachers that the denial of valid arts experiences to themselves during their own school days has denied them an enriching experience and offered them instead an impoverished education . |
| 30 | We hope we will be able to take new proposals to Potter Street on the second of November if nothing else , we will certainly take them an honest indication of where we 've got to so far and what proposals will be taking place , and what we will be proposing erm for the future . |