Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] they [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , it 'll be interesting to see if they go into conference this afternoon , ’ said Amiss . |
| 2 | This point means for example that the gases from the engine escape from the faulty manifold ( which is at the exit point adjacent to the engine ) or a broken front pipe , a broken expansion chamber or from the silencer provided this occurs before they pass through it . |
| 3 | For the families and individuals this means that they depend for their electricity on what they can generate for themselves , grow much of their own food and recycle their own wastes . |
| 4 | This means that they talk about the Devil , but they 're not born-again Christians : in this case , the geezer with the goat 's eyes and barbed tail is the white man . |
| 5 | It is interesting to note that they come from the same stable that brought us the national insurance surcharge . |
| 6 | ‘ Albeit that they 're very good guidelines , at the end of the day it 's still up to individual to decide whether they adhere to them or not , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Probably their teachers will speak to them in this style , though what the learners are likely to encounter when they join in conversations with native speakers is what we have referred to previously as a ‘ rapid , casual ’ style . |
| 8 | Students who work with Reading Skills for the Social Sciences , are most likely to notice that they read with greater confidence and that they have a better command of academic/specialised vocabulary as a result of using the book . |
| 9 | Yet the evidence from their earliest word uses , their requests for the names of things , and their repairs to their own utterances , all indicate that they opt for Conventionality as they begin to use their first language . |
| 10 | Whilst drawings , sketches and designs are all protected because they appear on paper or in some visual and tangible form , the concept or idea for a work is not in itself protected . |
| 11 | But the ‘ Boks set so much more store on scrummaging , looking to destroy the opposition if they can , that they 're reluctant to change until they have to . |
| 12 | it is not too fanciful to say that they need to be loved and welcome our presence . |
| 13 | Apart from its limited spatial resolution the main disadvantage of this technique is that , for it to be safe , it has to be done with isotopes with extraordinarily short half-lives and that means that they have to be prepared on site . |
| 14 | Yields on investment projects are notoriously difficult to estimate since they depend on the future demand for the firm 's products . |
| 15 | Dividend payments are not fixed , and they are much more difficult to estimate as they depend on the overall performance of the firm . |
| 16 | Certainly some species are difficult to control because they rest in homes only for very short periods ; the Anopheles bolobacensis group of species in Thailand and other parts of the Far East are good examples of this behavioural problem . |
| 17 | Dubious statistics : Britain is a proud net exporter of invisibles , and such exports are notoriously difficult to measure because they move at button-push . |
| 18 | In this aggressive and selfish age , some golfers seem determined to operate as they do on the queen 's highway , following the " Thou shalt not pass " code of behaviour . |
| 19 | TEAM Components Bureau , having secured their first Scottish women 's league title last weekend , are keen to ensure that they remain at the top . |
| 20 | This group will be discussed further in chapter 5 ; here it is sufficient to note that they tend to be older people and those with higher incomes . |