Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] they [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many Fine Art graduates take up professional practice as artists , and this course encourages them to consider their role as artists in the community by providing opportunities for short-term placements outside the Faculty . |
| 2 | The news when Rain reached the office was that Tavett was again being questioned by the police ; there were insistent rumours of a row between Maureen and Barron ; the freedom of speech people were muttering obscenities because their latest attempt at a cartoon had been rejected ; and the Patriotic Ten were casting around for a fresh mind to help them get their statement into publishable form . |
| 3 | It was in the interests of the Great Powers that they could not be held bound by a treaty to which they had not formally become a party while , as will be seen , a number of the exceptions to the classic rule enabled them to impose their will upon weaker entities . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll put in a request for them to check out Albany ’ George grumbled , ‘ but it takes months to get them to do your office never mind your home . |
| 5 | The life-cycles of many animals require them to find their way back to a particular place . |
| 6 | From the women 's point of view , the need in the future is for a more reliable and responsive support network and a wider circle of friends and acquaintances to help them strengthen their hold on , and increase their share of , life in the community . |
| 7 | Position small balls of foil under the loops to help them retain their shape until the icing dries . |
| 8 | They asked Mrs thomas to let them in , but she held a note up to the window asking them to fetch her daughter , Mr Bellamy 's mother , who lives around the corner . |
| 9 | Please give your financial support to help them continue their work tomorrow . |
| 10 | LAMP works with the tribal groups to help them revive their culture , languages and art forms , and to be aware of their rights . |
| 11 | It draws on the Children Act guidance on family replacements , where section 9.5.3 states : ‘ Gay young men and women may require very sympathetic carers to enable them to accept their sexuality and to develop their own self esteem . ’ |
| 12 | Survivors quietly described how families were destroyed , women abused , men castrated ; how the Gestapo made them play their gypsy violins even while they performed their atrocities . |
| 13 | So when the job goes they feel their soul has gone with it . |
| 14 | Now , lawyers acting for the hoteliers have written to the tourist board officials asking them to retract their statement on proxy voting and to declare Monday 's decision to merge with Bute null and void . |
| 15 | Nearly 30% of Americans all over the country surveyed by the Washington Post said they feared their city would be subject to a terrorist attack . |
| 16 | Appearing to agree in part with Mr de Klerk 's assessment of the meeting , the churchmen said they saw their role as ‘ facilitators to get negotiation going ’ . |
| 17 | They alone knew where the evil gorgons were to be found and jealously protected their whereabouts until PERSEUS forced them to reveal their secret when he stole their eye . |
| 18 | Those of the junior staff who could provide a satisfactory alibi were allowed home as soon as it had been checked ; one by one and with some reluctance at missing the excitements to come they went their way . |
| 19 | Even chemicals that are broken down by different enzymes may ‘ compete ’ : some enzymes need substances known cofactors to help them do their work , so the two chemicals are ‘ competing ’ for cofactors , rather than for the enzymes themselves . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , by making parties to the Convention liable for ‘ all and any foreseeable consequences of extradition suffered outside their jurisdiction ’ the Court requires them to direct their attention to actions in third States . |
| 21 | By utilising their collective knowledge of who and what is primarily involved in their problem , and by encouraging the group to pursue its own documentary research the video helps them to legitimise their case . |
| 22 | Before you can sign the translation contract , the publishers insist that you provide a sample translation of a couple of pages to allow them to assess your competence as a translator of this type of literature . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , when asked about the way the societies sold insurance , 49 per cent of customers said they trusted their society to sell them only those products and services which were in the customers ' best interests . |
| 24 | Midland also admitted failing to supervise the fund managers to prevent them concentrating their stock holdings too narrowly and that it failed to maintain a register of the holders of six of the trusts or the amount of their holdings . |
| 25 | The boy who puts unwanted chocolates , sweets , nuts and raisins and chewing gum into the trolley at the checkout can not put his hands to mischief if he is at the other end of the checkout using them to put his mother 's groceries in the box ( see page 111 ) . |
| 26 | His mother and father say they know their son was a bit of a wheeler and dealer , and was not always on the right side of the law , but they say he did n't deserve to die in this way . |
| 27 | Speech therapy teaches people different techniques enabling them to control their stammer and help them in conversation . |
| 28 | One medium-sized firm of solicitors in East Anglia has written to its staff asking them to forgo their pay for December . |
| 29 | One medium-sized firm of solicitors in East Anglia has written to its staff asking them to forgo their pay for December . |
| 30 | At the level of the local church to enable them to formulate their missionary task in the area and assess their work in a creative manner . |