Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to them [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman Howard Wilkinson said : ‘ There is a strong feeling among managers and players that rules applying to them are not being applied to other people , namely supporters around the dug-outs . |
| 2 | The variation in name appears to be the major difference between the two types of minor authorities : the functions allocated to them are the same . |
| 3 | Deferred shares obviate a reduction of capital , and the rights attaching to them are negligible . |
| 4 | It has to succeed , not in fair competition , but in the face of ignorance and misunderstanding : ignorance , because whereas professional knowledge and informed advice on the incorporation and conduct of conventionally organised companies are generally available , whereas education and training relating to them are commonplace , this is not true for co-operatives ; misunderstanding , because the industrial co-operative sector is still often regarded as characterised by the three well-known rescue cases … and hence as supposing itself to be exempted from test by commercial criteria and the rigours of the market economy . |
| 5 | For the festa , the church , churchyard and the street leading to them are all gaily decorated with flags — some are coloured striped flags and others are white with red crosses like those used on the sails of Henry the Navigator 's ships . |