Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] they [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Draw a number line to read in equal spaces from unc The building at the side of this page has an elevator which carries people up or down to save them from climbing the stairs . |
| 2 | The building at the side of this page has an elevator which carries people up or down to save them from climbing the stairs . |
| 3 | The fourth and fifth relate to a long-standing debate about the purpose of RE — this is the " confessional " approach which starts off from the assumption of the truth of a particular religious viewpoint and seeks to nurture pupils within , or strongly encourage them towards accepting , that viewpoint . |
| 4 | A new type of knowledge , Said contends , must be produced that can analyse plural objects as such rather than offering forms of integrated understanding that simply comprehend them within totalizing schemas . |
| 5 | I point out the difference as many people with mental health problems are now being cared for in the community and I feel that the community needs to understand these people rather than doubly stigmatise them by thinking that they have two illnesses rather than one . |
| 6 | In other words , controlling as he did the nominations to all learned appointments in whichever of the areas he was then kazasker , he would urge young scholars to enter the relative dead end of the career of kasabat kadi and thereby prevent them from passing up through the ranks of medreses to become candidates for mevleviyets and thus rivals to his own position . |
| 7 | Oliver was very surprised to see all this , and greatly admired them for controlling their sadness so well . |
| 8 | The extreme toxicity of their venom enables them to kill their main prey — eels — very rapidly and thus prevent them from wriggling free . |
| 9 | The mace was particularly favoured by militant churchmen , who argued that although the scriptures forbade the shedding of blood , and thus precluded them from wielding swords , the mace was a crushing implement and thus avoided such religious bans altogether . |
| 10 | Bending your arms , lower your upper body backwards towards the ground and then straighten them without locking the elbows . |
| 11 | They know that the recruitment specialist will look after their interests , advise them if they are flying too high , encourage them if they are ready for advancement and indeed assist them in planning their careers over a period of time . |
| 12 | He does not chase the monkeys , but only keeps them from settling . |