Example sentences of "[is] a [noun] [prep] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it 's a day of softening them up , sir , really , is n't it ? ’ said Pooley . |
| 2 | It 's a question of getting them back , they have n't long gone but er |
| 3 | It 's a question of giving them help in areas where they may not traditionally have had expertise . |
| 4 | A legal problem has arisen here in respect of defendants who ‘ could not care less ’ whether the woman was not consenting : we have seen that such men can be convicted of rape in cases where they achieve penetration , but there is a problem in convicting them of attempted rape where they fail to achieve penetration but clearly intended to do so . |
| 5 | He tells me that Spurs have been in touch to say their computer was knackered ( bloody things , who wants em ? ) so there is a delay in sending them out , but we are getting some . |
| 6 | Children with cerebral palsy ca n't control , their muscles , or voices , but there is a way of helping them develop . |
| 7 | The selection of projects from the list of proposals for inclusion in the R&D programme is a matter of ranking them in order of benefit to the company . |
| 8 | The selection of projects from the list of proposals for inclusion in the R&D programme is a matter of ranking them in order of benefit to the company . |
| 9 | In the longer term , is there a risk that in focusing attention on such ‘ hard core ’ racist groups there is a danger of making them seem glamorous ? |
| 10 | I 'm not saying if there 's an argument against educating them . |