Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strong normative bias in the study of social policy has led at times to a greater preoccupation with criticism of policies than with attempts to discover why they take the forms they do . |
| 2 | The Worlds Edge Mountains are extremely tall and almost impossible to cross where they border the Empire . |
| 3 | If you can get so close to barbel , with or without them knowing it , you should take the opportunity to study how they use the available cover to sneak under ; how they move like silent wraiths across the bottom , and how they rake over the gravel on the bottom with their barbules . |
| 4 | The additional shine will make the nameplate that much easier for your grandchildren to recognise when they see the piece on Antiques Roadshow in a hundred years or so ! |
| 5 | After April 1993 , couples will have greater freedom to decide how they wish the allowance to be split . |
| 6 | Mr Patten spent much of yesterday emphasising that he wanted to respect local decisions , and that once the regions and his department had worked out overall allocations , it was for local electorates to decide where they put the bricks and mortar . |
| 7 | It is hard to see how they benefit the child . |
| 8 | Thirty pupils from Lark 's Rise primary school were given a green tour of the store to see how they protect the environment , but Laura , Gregory and Rose were clear about the best part of their day . |
| 9 | I did n't like to think why they needed the local paper . |
| 10 | But I mean they actually do work , er ten percent gross yield and erm if you asked me to explain how they get the ten percent , I 'd have to use some notes they gave to me cos it 's , cos it 's complicated , but they use derivatives , and they buy in er in the shares and options market , and erm the company I 'm thinking of actually own the shares , but you take options on them , and they take commission on the options , they also take dividends , er and by the time you 've read the , the , the spiel , it sounds a bit like you 've fitted all these petrol savers to your car and you 're driving to Nottingham , and the tank overflows , it 's that sort of |
| 11 | We shall be concerned here to establish what the main kinds are , and also to ask why they take the form , and occur in the species , that they do . |
| 12 | We aim to illuminate the nature of their dilemmas and to show how they affect the bargaining relationships with foreign investors . |