Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the toxic effects of aluminium on fish are complex and , if the calcium content of the water is high , its ions are preferentially adsorbed on the gill surfaces where they block the absorption of aluminium ions and so reduce their impact ( Mason , 1990 ) . |
| 2 | The aim is to create a European financial common market so that citizens and businesses in all member states will be free to invest their money , open accounts and take out loans and insurance policies where they choose . |
| 3 | In a very influential paper , Daniel Maltz and Ruth Borker have placed particular emphasis on the fact that girls and boys play in single sex peer groups where they learn different styles of speech . |
| 4 | Foxes use the canal towing paths as routes to the centre of towns and cities where they go to scavenge for food . |
| 5 | It only works near cities where they have receiver/ transmitters . |
| 6 | Precisely either Professor and his party believe in the that certain courses of action are right , that they espouse certain policies or they become hopeless opportunists . |
| 7 | At first the health authorities will have to place their contracts where they have placed them in the past . |
| 8 | The aims of this project are to document those employee development strategies where they exist ; and to promote their articulation , where they do not . |
| 9 | The practice can occur in actual business meetings where they set aside some time to make it possible to reflect on their actions and to correct them . |
| 10 | The Liberal Democrats had the highest share of the vote in several authorities where they have proven local government strength . |
| 11 | It 's not just health problems they suffer but many people can get really depressed living in houses where they have to keep washing the mould off the walls . |
| 12 | They began to meet in private houses where they read sermons and prayed together . |
| 13 | The precedent has now been established that European Community law is invulnerable to deliberate Acts of Parliament , and that British courts are under obligation to disapply those Acts where they conflict with it . |
| 14 | Now they 've gone off to other groups handing out food , like Food for Work and the Mothers ' Clubs where they do weaving and knitting and things like that . ’ |
| 15 | The head needs to encourage staff to scrounge for good management , display and communications ideas from schools where they have previously worked , schools where their own children attend , industry , supermarkets , courses , magazines and even books . |
| 16 | A large proportion of the children have been referred to the school from mainstream schools where they have frequently been seen as having severe behaviour problems . |
| 17 | DAVID Hunt was lobbied by trade unionists yesterday when he visited offices where they claim 1,000 jobs are under threat . |
| 18 | We arrive at the works and call in at their pollution control offices where they have a small full-time staff looking after pollution in the works . |
| 19 | So , it is far safer for the child in your car if , even though the law does not require it , rear seat belts or restraints are specially installed into cars where they have not been automatically fitted from new . |
| 20 | They originate from pluripotent bone marrow stem cells and migrate through peripheral blood to tissues and body cavities where they differentiate into specialised cells showing great diversity of phenotopic and functional characteristics . |
| 21 | ‘ Do you imagine , for one moment , that I have any intention of spending the weekend with a playboy like you — a philanderer who drifts with the tide , takes opportunities where they come ? |
| 22 | It may have come as a surprise to some , especially those nations where they have a fixed XV to which they only add as time goes by ’ . |
| 23 | I believe this to be true in the case of computers where they do lag behind the West : I do not believe it in the case of radar . |
| 24 | ‘ Not on a degree course but at the Cultural Centre for Foreigners where they 've been going since last September . ’ |
| 25 | If the mother objects to abortion on moral or religious grounds , the tests are virtually pointless , and certainly not worth the additional risks that they raise . |
| 26 | It seemed to professionals and parents that there are certain ways in which young people can be helped : regimes they should follow ; treatments that are essential to their well-being ; skills and knowledge they require ; and risks that they need to be sheltered from . |
| 27 | They would highlight certain characteristics of human beings , such as emotions or the capacity to make moral choices , as characteristics that they wish to value above all others . |
| 28 | The insecticidal activity of most strains of Bt arises mainly from the proteinaceous δ-endotoxins , which are produced in such large amounts within the cell when it forms spores that they produce a characteristic crystal ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 29 | And I I really do n't think they have any business without consulting you and me , as the peoples that they represent , because I 'm I 'm a voter in North Yorkshire too , so I do n't think they have any business actually doing this without consulting us first of all . |
| 30 | It is a universal characteristic of higher animals that they senesce ; that is , the likelihood of their dying in a given time interval , say a year , increases as they grow older , and often fecundity declines . |