Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore they behave like words in that they are always used together in appropriate contexts and they appear to be represented as words in the mental lexicon ( Wilson , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | People see me in a certain way at school , as someone outspoken and good at English ; then they see me with my head covered , and suddenly they seem to be thinking : submissive . |
| 3 | I do n't care if they go out with a different girl every day of the week as well as me , but suddenly they want to be the one and only . ’ |
| 4 | No matter how much they eat of their current food , they just ca n't get enough energy from it . |
| 5 | If they should chance to be black , brown or yellow , of any cultural tradition save that of the West and dominated by any other ideological system except that of the student 's own parents they will seldom if ever protest , no matter how flagrant the injustice , how onerous the oppression , how unprincipled the exploitation and how ever much they offend against the protesters ' vociferously expressed and allegedly ‘ sincere ’ ideals . |
| 6 | With push and pull toys the children experience weight in a very practical way when deciding what and how much they put into a pram or trolley to push . |
| 7 | To set incentives and to monitor their impact requires reliable measures of what waste is produced and where : the next article examines how far countries agree on what counts as waste , and how much they know about its origins and destiny . |
| 8 | I wonder how much they know about their parents and grandparents . |
| 9 | The Dos Quiz is a useful way for beginners to find out just how much they know after reading all the MS-DOS bibles . |
| 10 | But none of the regional clubs will quantify how much they earn from the lucrative Clubcall telephone commentaries . |
| 11 | For example storytime might take place at an established time towards the end of the school day , but in a follow-up session the next day questions could be asked to see how much they remember of the story , or one child could be asked to retell the story they heard yesterday ( see Boxes 4 and 5 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Find out how much they charge for water . |
| 13 | Labours local Government spokesman , David Blunkett came to the transport and general workers headquarters in gloucester armed with a cheque : the sum on it , the amount labour says an average familly of two in gloucester would be better off by under their fare rates scheme , compared with how much they pay in poll tax . |
| 14 | On the one hand , Labour Members know where their roots are and they know how much they matter to them desperately . |
| 15 | It is this : that collective force should be trained against individuals only when some past political decision has licensed this explicit in such a way that competent lawyers and judges will all agree about what that decision was , no matter how much they disagree about morality and politics . |
| 16 | The foundations of interviewing lie in the mundane observation that individuals can report on what they feel , are , have , tell others about their lives , disclose what their hopes and fears are , offer their opinions , state what they believe in , say what they did last week , how much they spend on food , who they see regularly , and so on ; in short , they can impart masses of information about themselves . |
| 17 | Apart from demonstrating one of the unwavering laws of British journalism , that nothing sells newspapers like royalty , and nothing makes a better editorial column than declamations of simple patriotism , the curious thing about these assaults is how much they belong to a period . |
| 18 | We 've got 1,700 people here who have showed how much they feel about him . |
| 19 | A million nature lovers all over the country are being asked to show how much they care for the countryside in an innovative challenge from the RSPB . |
| 20 | But it depends how much they want to . |
| 21 | Maurice Peston a professor of economics , Harold Edey , a professor of accounting , and many others accepted the CNAA system , worked on its behalf , and — in Hanrott 's formulation — ‘ people in polytechnics did not always appreciate how much they owe to them ’ . |
| 22 | How much they need to be overcome to implement a successful international marketing policy is a matter of considerable debate among marketing experts and section 5 of this chapter reviews the idea of the two main schools of thought . |
| 23 | So what they do is , apparently they wait for somebody to complain |
| 24 | Apparently they talk like this . |
| 25 | The Galloway cows have wide pelvises and calve easily , even to Charolais and Romagnola bulls , and they respond well to quiet handling and familiarity , though naturally they tend to be shy if left alone in the hills . |
| 26 | Transverse dunes seem to accompany areas of increased sand cover : basically they consist of wave-like forms normal to the dominant wind and are considerably smaller than the longitudinal dunes , normal dimensions quoted by Mabbutt being wave length 50–200 m ( 160–650 ft ) and height up to 10 m ( 33 ft ) . |
| 27 | Basically they go to bed about half seven , if you 're lucky . |
| 28 | Basically they need to be able to understand the idea that ‘ tokens ’ may add up to a big reward . |
| 29 | I 've never measured how long they stay under water , but tourists walking along the path to the waterfall often report that they think a bird is drowning ! |
| 30 | The authors , writing in the British Medical Journal , believe that what happens to babies before birth , including how long they stay in the womb , may determine how healthy their lungs are later in life . |