Example sentences of "[noun pl] or [vb base] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We may produce guidance to local authorities or call them in for private chats ’ . |
| 2 | For all its strengths , the game has a few flaws — you ca n't drop objects or give them to another character . |
| 3 | The extent to which local authority initiatives divert schools from particular curriculum policies or lead them towards new approaches within the curriculum is , however , impossible to estimate . |
| 4 | He has already reversed many measures taken by previous governments , which used martial law over economic matters and to detain political opponents or ban them from work or travel . |
| 5 | Be very careful of old fluorescent light tubes , which can explode if dropped , and never puncture old aerosol cans or throw them on a fire . |
| 6 | Most frogs lay eggs coated in jelly and then abandon them , but some rear their eggs in pouches on their back , in their throat sacs or hold them back in their oviducts . |
| 7 | You can freeze these buns or make them the day before and keep in an airtight container . |
| 8 | Probably the majority of paedophiliacs suppress their inclinations or indulge them only in fantasy . |
| 9 | Battlefield Engineers build bridges , clear obstacles , build roads or destroy them . |
| 10 | Causton plans to alter the ends of the polymers to make them stick better to specific surfaces or make them attractive to only a particular protein . |
| 11 | members of staff who may be required to brief candidates or show them around ; |
| 12 | In future , students will be able to take individual Higher National Units or build them up to gain group HNC or HND awards . |
| 13 | Cities and towns are to be encouraged to reduce the use of cars or ban them within defined areas under a European Commission plan to tackle exhaust emissions and improve air quality . |
| 14 | Why did the banks cheerfully lend billions to a man who would never open the family books or provide them with a balance sheet ? |
| 15 | If children did visit they should be with an adult who could explain the pictures or stop them from seeing the more controversial ones . |
| 16 | Loving does not cancel out such bad manners or excuse them , and she would not think so either … . |
| 17 | I mean the main thing is people can borrow on the true price of the house and then they can have an 80 or 90 per cent mortgage and when they come to pay the mortgage they have the £500 subsidy for twelve months or take them into the next twelve months . |
| 18 | Ask your Ski Club Representative or Party Leader for vouchers or get them from the Clubhouse . |
| 19 | We are now beginning new ways of thinking about whether to feed mice or kill them , plant trees or chop them down which require new balances of conflict of interest . |
| 20 | But when we come to look at the cluster and the and the audience contact then then you know we may see something a little bit different , Okay but er those are the important aspects things like things like whoops the use of the hands you know several people put their hands in their pockets or put them behind their back or something like that . |
| 21 | Should we go to an all-time record of 16 pages , shelve several articles or edit them all so much they would hardly be recognisable ? |
| 22 | Turning from the attractions of the Scotch whisky industry , can the Minister give us more information about the important regulatory aspects of getting companies which sub-contract to the Ministry of Defence to pay their bills or have them paid quickly ? |
| 23 | In March 1989 Hungary became the first East European state to accede to the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ( under which states agreed not to expel refugees or return them to their homeland if they would face persecution there ) . |
| 24 | Rob Grunsell encourages teachers to adapt his materials to their own needs or use them as a source of ideas for devising their own training . |
| 25 | If you break a piece , replace it ; do not try to use the broken pieces or glue them together , the magnetic circuit properties will be affected . |
| 26 | Some patients do not complain of the side-effects or relate them to therapy , so it is worth questioning patients carefully to see that all is well . |
| 27 | Often bosses ignore workers or give them the silent treatment — a negative , no-win situation for all concerned . |
| 28 | Just because they are OK with you it does n't mean you are blind to their inadequacies or view them through rose-coloured spectacles . |
| 29 | I suppose you do know that not everyone can see ghosts or hear them or even feel them . |
| 30 | For example , strong tea , coffee , alcohol , fruit juice or highly spiced dishes can bring on Cystitis attacks or make them worse . |