Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [modal v] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Soviet citizens began to question the merits of nuclear energy , they were questioning one of the most basic assumptions of their system : that communism would lead them into the high-tech future , and that the high-tech future would be greatly better than the present . |
| 2 | And if Third World countries defaulted together , the very size of their combined debts could give them massive bargaining power . |
| 3 | As strategic proposals emerge , each subsystem will evaluate them against developments in other subsystems , in so far as it perceives them to affect it too . |
| 4 | The evidence is that communications from the judiciary to the Home Secretary on this topic are confidential ; and I accept that there is at least a tacit agreement that neither side will disclose them without the consent of the other . |
| 5 | The closure would probably have to be done in stages , eg one weekday a week to start with , though that could be worse than total closure because motorists would switch to local roads for one day , but total closure might force them to switch modes altogether . |
| 6 | ‘ There are thy dew drops marvellously reformed in the heavens , and the clownish foot will trample them no more . ’ |
| 7 | But always some clerk would gather them up and shower them back from an upper window . |
| 8 | The cost of a funeral or cremation is considerable and many people have the feeling that the dead person should have the very best , but this decision can put them in debt for some time to come . |
| 9 | A sudden movement or an abrupt noise will send them skittering back to the safety of the water . |
| 10 | Soon after the introduction of GREAs the government recognized a danger that some authorities might use them as targets , with the consequence that some authorities spending below their GREAs might be encouraged to spend more , while those spending far above them might find the task of cutting back to GREA level too difficult . |
| 11 | Open all hours , blending left literature , the Beats , the new absurdists , it attracted a clientele whose Scottish consciousness might repel them from London , the ‘ imperial capital ’ , but attract them towards Paris , and New York , free of the effeteness of English culture . |
| 12 | Next year another cut will bring them to a mere £182m . |
| 13 | When you fill in a tax return you will have to declare all sources of income and the Inland Revenue will ignore them or deduct tax as necessary . |
| 14 | Substitute forms must be approved before the Inland Revenue can accept them . |
| 15 | This chapter may stimulate them to contribute to the effort of welding together insights from different disciplines , rather than , as the majority of students seem to do , keeping their finance lenses firmly in place when reading finance texts and then changing to sociological lenses when reading sociology . |
| 16 | They reckon that dubbing French dialogue on to the kids ' favourite soaps will keep them switched on in class . |
| 17 | Interested parties can contact them in New York on 0101 212 967 7711 ext 9226 . |
| 18 | Perhaps more important , the Administration is again under pressure from US exporters who fear that the high dollar will drive them out of international markets . |
| 19 | They will share a similar life style which to some degree will distinguish them from members of other social strata . |
| 20 | However fast and unpredictable the changes to their world , this resourcefulness will help them make the best of it . |
| 21 | New-age traveller Jim says that under European law , the new-age travellers are recognised as needing sites and British law should recognise them too . |
| 22 | As the granddaughter grew into a young woman , they still ‘ always got on , and she always stuck by me ; ’ When she was told off by her parents for coming home late at night , the old lady would ask them , ‘ Were you never young once ? ’ |
| 23 | These fish often feed within 20 yards of the beach and the slightest light reflection will spook them . |
| 24 | Having said this , I 'm sure some folk would prefer them a bit tighter round the seat and hips . |
| 25 | And then the when they were built Sometimes some folk used to build them into what they called a hay soo It was a square kind of a thing but er and I do n't know why they put it into a hays hay soo as we say , but it seemed to er it seemed to be better to keep the h the wet out I suppose . |
| 26 | Plastic bags can choke animals and broken bottles can cut them . |
| 27 | He and others fear that ‘ safety net ’ losses to be suffered by some areas will cost them key metropolitan councils in next May 's elections . |
| 28 | Old acquaintances would cut them dead when they chanced to meet in the Covered Market . |
| 29 | They were wary , reticent children , yet this joke would reduce them to screams of helpless laughter . |
| 30 | Chairman Barrie Liss said : ‘ Shopkeepers have a duty to help prevent solvent abuse and this initiative will help them do just that . |