Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [vb mod] [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The Immigration people were being very nice about it , but with the stringent new visa regulations for Indians and Tamils they could not let a couple of whites in without ceremony .
2 When those hybrids overran the guards they might simply tear the last survivors apart .
3 However , the principle in Williams v Singer can not be taken too far and Lord Sands in Reid 's Trustees v IRC made the point that if the trustees were actually to receive the income which they were bound to pay over to the beneficiaries they will not avoid an assessment on themselves .
4 They lead to a formal , didactic , teacher-centred approach , they operate with devastating force upon teachers newly trained in ‘ activity methods ’ , but in the tough , bleak conditions which obtain in some schools they may well represent the only possible alternative for a struggling teacher to adopt .
5 See the first week I went to these schools they could n't speak a word of Punjabi .
6 After most peoples experiences of travelling on camels they would probably find a penny farthing easier , but Robyn Davidson trekked 1,700 miles across the Australian desert with two camels and a dog for company .
7 At the end of four weeks , they 're eligible to claim , shall we say , then at the end of that four weeks they can then get a cheque for whatever period they 've been off .
8 There was undoubtedly a big market , as many car firms found that without small robots they could not complete the automation of their paint spraying lines .
9 Some studies stated quite explicitly that they had chosen to study young men only because they felt that as male ethnographers they could only portray the male point of view .
10 Even in these countries , however , although employers ' organisations may not be direct bargaining institutions they can still play an important role in industrial relations by helping to achieve a degree of cohesion among employers through their coordinating and advisory functions .
11 And this brother who married his late brother 's wife he would also take over all that belonged to her , because , you know , all that , it was his dead brother 's , he would take it all over , it would become his the land , the business the property , the mortgage , the debts they would all become the brother who now marries the th th the widow .
12 Although the government has told authorities they should not refuse a fast track assessment to someone just because they can not establish ordinary residence , there is nothing to say they may not .
13 Finally there will be a careful check on the ability of fishermen applying for day tickets , and unless they are known as serious carp anglers they will not get the slightest chance of a day on the lake .
14 Without either or these two requirements they could not provide an ‘ authoritative ’ base for local decision-making .
15 ‘ How can I tell my children they ca n't have the things their classmates enjoy , because their daddy is n't able to work again ? ’
16 So if the teacher wanted to find out about the courses they could either contact the University or their own organisations , erm the D E S or the , the Local Education Authority .
17 Amoebae not only provide an important reservoir of intracellular legionellae , increasing uptake of the bacteria in adverse conditions ; warm water systems they can also provide a continuous supply of extracellular bacteria .
18 Except that the mattress had smelt musty , and that as they lay in bed through those long cold mornings they could just see the spire of the Congregational church through the window .
19 In the case of ones they can not throw the ball , they need what are called assistive devices , a ramp down which to push the ball .
20 I am often asked what makes a good day for bolting rabbits , bearing in mind that on some occasions they will readily leave the ground regardless of surface conditions , whereas at other times — often under what appear to be favourable conditions — they just can not be budged .
21 Graham Davis , professor of psychology at Leicester University , said : ‘ To determine a child 's grasp of events they would probably undergo a straightforward IQ assessment .
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