Example sentences of "[noun pl] [that] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as the academic and professional qualifications , accountants who aspire to the de rigueur red braces must also have personal characteristics that set them apart . |
| 2 | These divergent states are often subjectively perceived as having distinctive characteristics that mark them out as discrete varieties : people can recognize regional varieties such as ‘ Birmingham ’ English , ‘ Yorkshire ’ English and so on , and they often have a fairly clear idea of how such varieties are distinguished from one another . |
| 3 | In the process of sexual selection , certain males were said to develop characteristics that gave them the edge over other males in the competition for females . |
| 4 | He joked with them like a cheerful , older brother and sang one or two shockingly rude Army songs that made them both giggle . |
| 5 | Similarly , although they show remarkable powers of regeneration in the aquarium , there is a better chance of success if the animal is undamaged when purchased , so it 's wise to look for cuts and splits of any kind , and reject animals that show them . |
| 6 | The species of plants and animals that inhabit them today have adapted , where adaptation was needed , only during the current ice age . |
| 7 | This is an adaptation to survive predation from the many animals that hunt them — not least man for the cooking pot ! |
| 8 | All of the walking species had the widely-splayed legs that gave them a slow and lumbering gait , but , in the absence of more streamlined animals , they prospered . |
| 9 | By the time they are mature , hedgehogs can have several thousand of the modified hairs that give them their prickly appearance and an ideal form of defence against attackers . |
| 10 | But it soon became apparent to the pioneering voluntary organizations that established them , such as the Richmond Fellowship , that patients who had been mentally unwell for years did not miraculously become capable of independent living in a short space of time ; they often needed permanent help and support and coped particularly poorly with changes in their environment and lifestyle . |
| 11 | But there was something about them , maybe their mohair suits , maybe the hard men they imported from Glasgow or maybe their bonding as brothers that made them seem glamorous . |
| 12 | Only the bigger parties are sure to receive the bonuses that provide them with over-representation . |
| 13 | His dilated pupils told one story , the honesty of the eyes that enclosed them another . |
| 14 | She had bright blue eyes that surveyed them warily . |
| 15 | Alike in size and general appearance , but not in the guards that operated them . |
| 16 | But I quite agree with you , that some young women have ties that stop them doing exactly what they wish — until it 's too late , in many cases . ’ |
| 17 | They want ties that link them more to each other — through mutual defence pacts — and to the West , if it can be done without infuriating the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | The principal purpose of this book is to examine Ronald Reagan 's efforts to deal with these problems ; to examine the techniques he and his staff used as they sought to break free from the ties that bound them ; and to assess how successful Reagan was in mastering the system of government and in achieving his policy objectives . |
| 19 | OK , there might n't perhaps be all that much left over now from the early joys of their marriage ; yet , in an odd sort of way , the longer they 'd abjured the divorce-courts , the stronger had grown the ties that bound them together : home , children , friends , memoria , insurance policies ; and above all , perhaps , the sheer length — the ever-increasing length — of the time they 'd spent together as man and wife . |
| 20 | and vote for the parties that excludes them , but that mean the sort of thing he he does n't make much of that . |
| 21 | It has been argued that very few electors usually read them and that many of the commitments made do not enjoy widespread support among voters , even among those voting for the parties that issued them . |
| 22 | What left his stamp on the stewardship of our movement was that he held to these passions so tenaciously and yet drew on inner reserves that illumined them with an unshakeable commitment to excellence and that rarest of all qualities personal integrity . |
| 23 | Alongside the development of poor law hospitals many voluntary hospitals , assisted by charitable funds that enabled them to provide cheap or free services to the poor , were founded or grew in strength from their earlier origins . |
| 24 | The muscles are strengthened by an increased flow of blood , as are the ligaments that attach them to the bones . |
| 25 | In short Moses Moses revealed to that like the Egyptians each generation of Jews that gave them their character in general which is that today |
| 26 | Most flesh-eating reptiles have simple spikes that prevent them from chewing their prey ; they have to gulp it down whole and then remain in a torpor for days or weeks to digest the meal . |
| 27 | In the place of the correlation of knowledge with vision and light , the visual metaphor by which the adequation of the idea with the thing has been thought from Plato to Heidegger , Levinas proposes language , which in the form of speech enables a kind of invisible contact between subjects that leaves them both intact . |
| 28 | For that reason , the majority are likely to be studying technical or vocational subjects that equip them with more immediately useful skills . |
| 29 | The machineheads are the new Schaller locking types , finished in polished black chrome , and with large knurled knobs on the backs of the gear casings that make them look very much like Sperzels . |
| 30 | Erm , well if we have to pay twenty pounds extra for erm , an extra television , what about the shops that sell them ? |