Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb base] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve and his wife use it to keep the weight off and ensure their 3 young daughters get the balanced diet the experts say they need . |
| 2 | ‘ The experts say it dates to the first century , ’ Anna Sabatini had said when she 'd noticed Caroline admiring it . |
| 3 | The institutions say they intend to raise the equity weighting in their portfolios from under 10% to perhaps 15% by the mid-1990s . |
| 4 | ‘ The scouts say it looks at first glance as if thousands are leaving . |
| 5 | If one quarter , in value , of the creditors request him to convene a meeting to appoint a new trustee , he must do so ( s 300(3) ) . |
| 6 | But the deputies believe they 've been singled out as a obstacle to producing cheaper coal in Britain 's pits , in the run up to privatization . |
| 7 | The contracts typically say that the decision of the expert is to be final and binding , and that is what the courts say it has to be , in the absence of fraud , partiality or mistake . |
| 8 | The courts have themselves shown a willingness recently to subject the decisions of the police to the general principles developed in other areas of the law . |
| 9 | to other things , we 've kind of veered of the , one of the subjects that we were er , we did get onto which was how the police and the courts er handle er well victims and indeed criminals , I wonder if I might conflate erm both those groups into one question , its a very broad question , but I wonder if you think by and large the police do a good job , erm button one for yes and button two for no , erm and the majority here say yes , seventy seventy people say yes the , the police do a good job and since we 've talked about the courts do you think the courts do a good job by and large ? , we 've been talking specifically about erm some of the more bizarre erm statements that have come from the bench , particularly in with reference to crimes erm , that have treated against women , well now , seventy nine say no , so the police comes thumbs up , but the courts are way down , now not surprisingly there are n't many representatives from the courts er amongst this hundred |
| 10 | For the Germans say they DID make the offer . |
| 11 | ‘ The scripts make me sound very smart and I like that , ’ he said . |
| 12 | The birds do you see . |
| 13 | Even if the government backs legislation ( and even more so when it does not and the Houses find themselves confronted by a Private Member 's Bill ) no Bill will ever be passed which offends against the deeply held beliefs of Members , unless amended to accommodate them . |
| 14 | Lightweight langlauf skis have a waxed tread underneath resembling fish scales — the scales enable you to slip downhill and grip uphill . |
| 15 | There was a profit of $2.1m in the Homeowners account which compared with a loss in the same period last year of $8.3m . |
| 16 | However , I wish to stress that the racecourses have nothing to do with this idiotic piece of planning . |
| 17 | However , while the supermarkets first appeared to threaten traditional wine shops , the merchants have themselves adapted and thrived . |
| 18 | I see a man up on the hill , but when as the minutes pass he does not move it occurs to me that what I am looking at must be a stone . |
| 19 | Mrs Bottomley , 44 , has been dubbed variously ‘ the milkmaid ’ and ‘ golden Virginia ’ , but the epithets do nothing to promote her cleverness and political acumen — she coined the jibe ‘ scaring not caring ’ on Labour 's health pronouncements . |
| 20 | The authorities claim they entered to try and overthrow the government . |
| 21 | Alex , however , subscribes to the standard conspiracy theory that the authorities undermine anyone investigating these sensitive areas . |
| 22 | We have to deal with the problem ourselves , until the authorities remember we exist . ’ |
| 23 | Now the authorities say she has little chance of getting them back . |
| 24 | The cops believe they have both participated in an alleged crime and wish to get one or both to give evidence . |
| 25 | ‘ The manufacturers let her have things , you know . |
| 26 | In the immediate vicinity it linked Danzig with Stettin and Berlin via the rivers Notec and Oder and the Bromberg Canal ; via the river Nogat and the Frisches Haff it linked up with Elbing , Marienburg and Königsberg ; via the river Pregel and the river Dieme and the Kurisches Haff it reached out to Memel and Tilsit . |
| 27 | Not that the journalists let her get away with quite everything . |
| 28 | The undergrowth , rhododendrons , brambles everything , had grown through the branches do you see . |
| 29 | A couple of new songs had a few ideas ‘ borrowed ’ from The Mission and New Model Army and could give a few clues as to which market Echo & The Bunnymen see themselves operating in during their climb back up the ladder to fame and fortune . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |