Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if you left a child under 12 ( England and Wales ) or under seven ( Scotland ) in your home with an unguarded or inadequately guarded fire and they were injured as a result , you would be legally responsible . |
| 2 | The question is whether the institutions will adopt the same rather altruistic attitude that they did then now that their income from even the best-performing companies will shrink permanently unless action is taken by the companies to leave them with the same net effect . |
| 3 | In the empire of the Tsars , the twin revolutions offered such a strikingly different alternative that they overshadowed the remarkable changes elsewhere — the disintegration of the Habsburg and Ottoman empires , and the appearance of a host of new States . |
| 4 | Further , it is noticeable that those who speak of a ‘ suffering God ’ tend to employ rather different language when they speak of ‘ God in action ’ , as the report of the Doctrine Commission illustrates . |
| 5 | Salmon have been shown to be capable of the necessary olfactory discrimination , but the most direct evidence that they use their sense of smell comes from experiments , of the kind first performed by W. J. Wisby and A. D. Hasler , in which the salmon 's olfactory sense was impaired . |
| 6 | The the the in order to get by pupils writing these er rather immature things that they write on the |
| 7 | Such provisions require the most careful drafting if they are to achieve their purpose ; and have not always received it , thereby facing the courts with difficult questions of interpretation . |
| 8 | In 1065 the Northumbrians were in a less conciliatory mood when they expelled their earl , Tostig Godwinsson , marched south with men from the Danelaw , and demanded Morcar , brother of Earl Edwin of Mercia , as his replacement . |
| 9 | It was only by convincing political authorities , the religious denominations , and the agents of respectable opinion that they were responsible citizens that showmen were able to retain control of the highly profitable business that they had created . |
| 10 | What Brussels should do is to provide direct support for research students and equipment in the less advantaged areas provided they interact with major European collaborators . |
| 11 | There are also others whose role in the home has changed or who have taken perhaps lesser jobs than they once had . ’ |
| 12 | On close inspection , several of the demonstrations of a dissociation between latent inhibition and habituation turn out to be of less theoretical significance than they first seemed . |
| 13 | ‘ Inevitably , the care staff helping them are supervised to a much lesser degree than they would be in a residential establishment . ’ |
| 14 | Expatriates expect to receive no less annual leave than they are entitled to in their home countries . |
| 15 | I think it is certainly the members er input is required to balance and weight perhaps individual criteria when they have a body er of information before them , but certainly er there is no intention to er er to er weight the criteria or to imply that er one is er more or less important than twelve . |
| 16 | The intuitive explanation for the negative slope of the aggregate demand curve is that a higher price implies , ceteris paribus , a lower real quantity of money in the economy since the real quantity of money is defined to be the nominal quantity of money , M , divided by the general level of prices , P 1 that is M÷P , One way in which people may respond to finding themselves with less real money than they had before is by selling off holdings of bonds to rebuild their holdings of money . |
| 17 | They get cheaper insurance rates because their accident records are better ; they have fewer problems with their cars because they do n't thrash them ; and they probably expend far less nervous energy when they are driving , because they treat it like any other domestic activity . |
| 18 | The controversy which surrounded these events , and which periodically exercised the District Executive and enlivened the District Council , took place at a time when tutor-organisers were less established figures than they were to be in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 19 | Ever dodging the issues of principle , the Conservatives proffer only cautious protestations that they will defend the interests of women part-time workers . |
| 20 | Such details matter because western telecoms companies can make only limited investments until they know when and how they might gain a return . |
| 21 | Pressing for the abolition of the pernicious fee system had been an obvious target but he also pressed for liquor taps to be banned and the sale of drink to inmates to be closely regulated ; for the gaolers to be resident at the gaol instead of offering only minimal supervision if they lived away from it ; for the provision of chaplains and doctors and the detailing and publishing of prison rules and regulations . |
| 22 | However , where the two colours merge there is a less distinct division as they mingle in an area of dots . |
| 23 | The cards had nothing on them but apparently meaningless hieroglyphics and they were thrown to the ground to add to the litter that so distresses London Transport . |
| 24 | Mammalian babies , when they do finally emerge into the outside world , still need their mother 's milk to complete the building of their highly complex bodies and they may continue to suckle for years . |
| 25 | But perhaps more importantly , do any companies get real value from the large sums they spend trying to persuade a gullible or not so gullible public that they are modern and go-ahead — or , even more to the point , how many logos that do not contain the company name ( like BP or ICI ) are recognised unprompted by the average person ? |
| 26 | Nevertheless , there is still a sufficiently good chance that they are the father for them to undertake the major share of parental duties . |
| 27 | They were so busy talking that they did n't see the bandits at three o'clock until it was almost too late ; or , at least , the newest and youngest arrival did n't . |
| 28 | She began to feel a little differently , though when less than an hour later they entered Ven 's hotel suite and as she turned , about to give him her polite but none the less sincere thanks as they halted in the middle of the room , Ven looked down at her and got in first with , ‘ Are you tired ? ’ |
| 29 | In fact , were the correct conditions created , most Down 's children would be able to live more or less independent lives when they leave school — whether their parents were alive or dead . |
| 30 | It 's only at the end of their extremely short set that they 're gone — only to regroup before delivering a final killer punch . |