Example sentences of "them [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 one is that i it may be that the old moral economy worked because the peasants recognized that , in a sense , that was the way they w well they , they could not stand up and criticize the landlord th the , the most they could do was to try and get the landlord to behave in a reasonable way , and that within that there would then be the sub-culture , the counter-culture of , of beginnings of mutual aid and what is happening in is in part that the communists are making them think the old moral economy work , but in part they are picking up on those sub- culture bits because the , the , the whole of mutual aid idea is , is coming from existing peasant cooperations .
2 Our aim is to help them make the right purchase by giving them all the information they need .
3 However fast and unpredictable the changes to their world , this resourcefulness will help them make the best of it .
4 But too much mist obscures the question what it is like to be a chimp for even the best-meaning efforts to make them make the best of meaning .
5 And the council 's housing department is asking tenants thinking of moving on to help them make the most of the housing stock by giving early notice when they intend to leave .
6 If your senior executives have the information to help them answer the following questions they will be well equipped to make the right decisions .
7 Hopefully they will go there as champions but I would love to see them win the Irish Cup , ’ said Flanagan .
8 Kettering persuaded him to come South and he helped them win the Southern League ( Eastern ) Championship in 1927–28 and 1928–29 .
9 Made them envy the lucky swells who would be escorting her to nightclubs and restaurants , but also gave them a sense that she was n't stuck up , that she was a genuine person .
10 A General Teaching Council for England and Wales will help them achieve the highest professional standards .
11 It proposes packing foundation boards with regional cultural and professional bigwigs , in fixed proportions to local politicians , and letting them choose the savings-bank bosses .
12 THE central plank of the bill is the curb on the country 's biggest industrial polluters by making them use the best available technology to cut discharges .
13 What can be offered to help them provide the expected level of care and to feel more secure in their parenting role ?
14 Businessmen still referred to the O-level , he said , and it would be difficult to make them understand the new way and ensure all attainment levels , from the beginning of the National Curriculum at the age of seven to the end at 16 , were fair and consistent .
15 The course is designed ‘ to equip pupils with the knowledge and skills to help them understand the economic aspects of their own lives and the world in which they live ’ .
16 We would issue slides to PS staff and let them run the charging system themselves .
17 He also helped them become the first team since Lotus and BRM in 1963 to score points in every race of the year .
18 When Hazlitt and Coleridge visited Alfoxden the following day , Wordsworth was away from home ; but Dorothy provided them with a ‘ frugal repast ’ and let them see the now-abundant manuscripts intended for the Lyrical Ballads .
19 ORGANISERS of the Northern Bank Primary mini-rugby tournament are looking for ‘ forgotten ’ players to help them celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Ravenhill finals on June 19 .
20 Answer guide : To help them control the level of their expenditure , to assist in planning future levels of expenditure , to help them raise additional finance ( e g. mortgages , hire-purchase etc. ) , and to help them decide the best way to spend their money .
21 They wash them , help them perform the intimate functions of relieving bladder and bowels , change dressings on wounds , give medicine , help them take their first steps after an operation , make beds , waken them up , tell them to go to sleep , close their eyes when they die .
22 Over the past two years Japan 's five largest city ( ie , national commercial ) banks raised ¥3 trillion ( $21 billion ) in total — to help them meet the new capital-adequacy requirements set under the auspices of the Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ) .
23 Labour turning on its back on Employment Action will in no way help them gain the necessary experience to be employable , or to be equipped for further training for more advanced skills .
24 However physically or mentally frail a resident is , you should help them maintain the maximum amount of independence possible .
25 The Council wants to make out that you 've got to let them have the first option
26 But I could n't let them have the last letter .
27 The best birthday present we have given is to let them have the seven million pounds to buy the campus freehold
28 Could I let them have the exact name of the coffin-manufacturers who had supplied me , as they had been inundated with calls asking for it and , having no success with the number supplied by Directory Enquiries , were needing further information .
29 The crowd at Darlington 's home game bought a total of £150-worth of tickets for the prize draw , and organisers say the warm reception they received helped them endure the icy conditions .
30 Perhaps surprisingly , the methods of modern-day actuarial statistics , where ‘ lifetables ’ are constructed on behalf of insurance companies to help them estimate the probable lifespans of various classes of individual , have come to our aid in this project .
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