Example sentences of "[v-ing] them [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime all those due to appear in the FA Cup third round in the New Year have received a letter from Lancaster Gate reminding them that the FA has the power to throw them out of the competition if their players become involved in mass brawls . |
| 2 | Your natural long-range weapons are your feet and hands ; keep using them until the attacker backs off or lets you escape . |
| 3 | Employers may be reluctant to admit using them because the terms of their employment are embarrassing . |
| 4 | It was decided to stop using them because the stress of the three hundred and sixty-degree swing made the whole spire shake . |
| 5 | Many Creole and Cajun cooks set great store on the mixing of a good roux — blending flour and fat ( often lard ) and cooking them until the correct golden brown degree is achieved . |
| 6 | Bringing them and the milk together , however , is something of a problem . |
| 7 | She had also decided to invite Louise and Miriam , whom she wanted to impress with her domestic abilities , but only after a struggle in which she was torn between the pleasure of impressing them and the displeasure of having two more women and thereby disturbing what she considered to be a favourable balance of the sexes . |
| 8 | A note was taken of the submissions that were made before the judge which show that he asked the solicitor representing them if the appellants knew of the date of the hearing , and the solicitor said that they did , as indeed was the case . |
| 9 | Typical criteria , methods of applying them and the influence of financial analysis methods on ranking order are discussed . |
| 10 | Typical criteria , methods of applying them and the influence of financial analysis methods on ranking order are discussed . |
| 11 | I have now , through your lordship 's favour , the satisfaction of seeing them cultivated in my neighbourhood , by the skilful hand of my friend , Mr. Miller , and shall take the first opportunity of describing and engraving them that the public may see how much they are indebted to your lordship . |
| 12 | But while England and , for that matter , Scotland , are being stampeded into adopting them before the ink on the bill is even dry , there is a definite lack of urgency west of Offa 's Dyke . |
| 13 | Prefaced by an ‘ urgent remonstrance ’ to the gentlemen of England , warning them that the young Queen Victoria 's announcement of her intention to marry Prince Albert may lead to great numbers of her female subjects taking a similar nuptial initiative owing to Leap Year of 1840 ( traditionally a woman could make a proposal of marriage only in a leap year ) . |
| 14 | The catalogue of a small library should not encourage its users to be too persistent without warning them that the library may hold nothing relevant . |
| 15 | The board should minute the projections thereby approving them before the Information memorandum is distributed . |
| 16 | What I 'd like you to do just for the last ten minutes is to think of a member of staff you have who has a training need and think about how you will go about training them and the methods that you will use . |
| 17 | One motorist who was stopped on the way to Bushmills said : ‘ The police were pulling in cars and coaches and taking teenagers out and searching them and the vehicles . |
| 18 | In each case , MI5 alleged that those who had reported such stories were either mentally unbalanced , or seeking publicity , which was a convenient way of denigrating them and the tales . |
| 19 | Look at the implications looking back over it when when Fire and Public Protection had produced their report , but certainly the things are and it 's quite clear that we all know this case in my particular the river has been constricted by some thoroughly bad planning decisions and development control districts and they 're paying them that the owners are paying the penalty for that erm reducing the ditches and er building over them and okay we 've got problems erm so er there are structure plan implications erm which I do n't I think we should miss and if we say that really building on a is a principle well then we should try it right into the structure plan or looking at local plans for approval that we actually look at this a little bit more carefully . |
| 20 | Few would dispute that travel broadens the mind , but with basic school fees at the top independent boarding schools at around £10,000 a year and some of these trips costing as much as £2,000 , many hard-pressed parents admit they have come to dread the arrival of the letter informing them that the cricket 1st XI is to visit Zimbabwe . |
| 21 | At a meeting with the ASEAN Foreign Ministers in Indonesia on July 27 Baker attempted to allay their fears , informing them that the US goals in Cambodia remained the same and that " our approach towards achieving them differs only very slightly " . |
| 22 | Nor are glamorous stiletto shoes safe until you are at the bottom of the stairs ; do not attempt to come down wearing them as the danger is very real — Winston Churchill 's mother lost a leg that way . |
| 23 | After sowing and gently firming in seeds with a circular tamper , water them in by placing pots in a bowl of water and removing them when the compost is dark and moist . |
| 24 | Having entered the fieldnames you use the command /Data , Query , Criteria to specify the range containing them and the row directly below ( to be used to enter the conditions ) as the Criteria range . |
| 25 | Mr Milken offered a stamp of approval to both sides : investors trusted that he offered only good deals , not bad ones ; takeover bidders and bank lenders to the bids got a ‘ comfort letter ’ from Mr Milken assuring them that the finance would be there if the takeover went ahead . |
| 26 | The Fabians have now written to all the contenders assuring them that the decision was made on a purely commercial basis . |
| 27 | The Vice Mayor of Beijing came to address them and appealed for calm , assuring them that the ‘ murder ’ would be dealt with speedily and according to proper legal procedures . |
| 28 | The success of these courses in influencing the quality of school and classroom practice depended on a number of factors , some of them — like the receptiveness of teachers attending them and the willingness of schools to encourage and accommodate change — beyond the control of the course providers . |
| 29 | Sotheby 's then heard from Michael Hebecker , Director of Schlossmuseum Gotha , informing them that , while the auction house had behaved fairly and correctly in offering the picture to the museum first , the permission to sell the Wtewael had been granted in his absence and with neither his knowledge nor consent , and asking them if the picture could be withdrawn for the time being . |
| 30 | It showed an elderly couple being given their meal by a uniformed WRVS woman who was asking them if the food had been all right the last time . |