Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] they [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each situation is then rated on a five point scale according to whether it just bothers them a little or makes them really angry . |
| 2 | The parents will begin to identify what it is that irritates them so much . |
| 3 | Interpretations of the source of this imbalance have varied , but most persuasive is the theory that it reflects an unusual form of communication between the two halves of the brain , involving the anatomical structure ( the corpus callosum ) that joins them together . |
| 4 | How do you enter a formula that joins them together ? |
| 5 | What we have tonight is a labour group that says they no longer believe in that philosophy . |
| 6 | Females also demonstrate a type of hierarchy that sees them side-by-side , waggling their bodies to form water currents as a show of strength . |
| 7 | It 's their motion that keeps them apart ? |
| 8 | Ospreys do not nest in the Galloway lochs , although they do ‘ prospect ’ the area regularly : it seems likely that it is the lack of fish that keeps them away . |
| 9 | well that helps them as much really do n't it ? |
| 10 | And the bond that binds them together is the dynamic concept of the rule of God . |
| 11 | This interchange of visual ideas permeates every facet of the weaver 's art , and is one of the prime reasons why all oriental rugs , regardless of their compositional differences , possess an underlying character that sets them apart from hand-made rugs produced in other areas of the world . |
| 12 | They 've , they 've never in fact that means they normally or something like this on a car . |
| 13 | They are scholars , mystics and sorcerers without peer , but are affected by a languor that means they rarely bestir themselves except for the most pressing and dire of circumstances . |
| 14 | College teachers may have unusual contracts of employment that means they often work irregular hours . |
| 15 | Sometimes , it is this flash of white belly that gives them away when you are roaming the river bank trying to spot them . |
| 16 | • After several days on this schedule they will be going to bed and getting up at their chosen time , one that gives them enough sleep during the weekdays . |
| 17 | It 's not what people say that gives 'em away , it 's what they do . ’ |
| 18 | The seduction scenes are beautifully timed by Dustin and a super-cool Bancroft , but they have enough ambivalence to suggest his guilt and her loneliness , and the emptiness that brings them together . |
| 19 | Just by glancing at the first chapter of the book you feel a sort of ‘ zing ’ that brings them together , so much so that one could never rate one higher than the other . |
| 20 | It 's based on the two fingered symbol of peace , and although it was originally designed for lead guitars I eventually scaled it up to use on my basses ; it 's one of the features that makes them instantly recognisable . ’ |
| 21 | The need on the part of performance scoring models for ready access to detailed transaction and account balance trend data required for such a marketing strategy are already stored on the database , even if off-line , and in a form that makes them sufficiently easy to retrieve . |
| 22 | Erm so if they do something with , with windows that makes them actually the , the open way they can break in is to break all the glass out , and the way you would do that is to fit a window lock . |
| 23 | Male birds compete for territories and mates , and any change to a song that makes them more effective in competition will be favoured by natural selection . |
| 24 | There is nothing specific about the ball bearings : nothing that makes them more suitable to one situation rather than another . |
| 25 | … The needlessness of imprinting such evident notions can not be argued from their present clearness ; because it is their being thus imprinted or thus connatural to our minds that makes them so . ’ |
| 26 | Study of evolving populations of ammonoids has produced very fine subdivisions of Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks , and their only disadvantage , curiously enough , is the feature that makes them so attractive to collectors . |
| 27 | Their feedback-drenched fog makes it almost impossible to discern anything resembling a tune , and each song coasts along for upwards of five minutes — but it 's precisely their avoidance of career-minded polish that makes them so invigorating . |
| 28 | They have taken a long hard look at the way Japanese firms operate and tried to understand what it is that makes them so much more productive and successful . |
| 29 | And you can even buy imitations of handmade bricks with all the individuality of texture that makes them so attractive to use , but they are pricy . |
| 30 | It 's a fast-paced , illuminating and frequently hilarious show , but the portrait is left incomplete by the short shrift given to film of Fishbone onstage — surely the one place where their controlled chaos makes perfect sense — and a surprising lack of emphasis on the political apoplexy that makes them so fascinating . |