Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chief purpose of the chapter is to outline how the two opposing groups in Ireland developed their dominant beliefs in the context of the new states of Ireland , and moulded the states to support them , strengthening antagonisms between the two groups . |
| 2 | Melt into the Jungle and no-one sees them again until Vic 's researchers track them down a year ago . |
| 3 | These section 52 agreements became the object of increasing contention in the 1970s , with local authorities seeing them as a means of bargaining for planning gain , while developers , at the extreme , regarded them as blackmail . |
| 4 | In fact no recent government has reduced local authorities ' statutory duties , only the money to perform them . |
| 5 | Ghosts did n't have to be stupid and scary like in stories Mrs Mills read them . |
| 6 | He sees the deviant group as creating its own circumstances to the extent that it makes meaningful the societal reactions to it , or better generates meaning for itself in a world whose societal reactions deny them the full status of persons . |
| 7 | The drunken porter allowing them entrance after the usual altercation . |
| 8 | A team led by Basil Rose used a cloud chamber to measure the momentum of the neutrons coming from Zeta 's plasma , the measurements which they made in the spring of 1958 , showed that the fusion reactions producing them were between nuclei with on average a net directed momentum . |
| 9 | Within the British political culture it is rare for workers ( even manual industrial ‘ proletarians ’ ) to consider the wholesale expropriation of the property of another class as a reasonable political option , but if the financial institutions insist they are only guardians of the people 's savings then why should the ‘ people ’ not call them to account ? |
| 10 | The opportunity to buy two outstanding adjoining properties in that location was extremely rare and the Perots had the opportunity to acquire them both as a family compound . |
| 11 | It has never been the case that central Government would indemnify local authorities for expenditure when they are already given money through the revenue support grant to enable them to undertake their responsibilities , and that is not a way forward . |
| 12 | Till the Union made them acquainted with English manners , the culture of their lands was unskilful , and their domestic life unformed ; their tables were coarse as the feasts of Eskimeaux , and their houses as filthy as the cottages of Hottentots . ’ |
| 13 | Some of the details are nicely done such as the antiquated ceramic water bottle offered by the porter to enable them to cope with the freezing bedrooms . |
| 14 | WADE DOOLEY has written to Stoke demanding they retract comments made by spokesman Tom Maskery amid accusations of violent play made against him . |
| 15 | Had Anna and Stephan led them in ? |
| 16 | During the development of modern phonetics in the present century it was for a long time hoped that scientific study of intonation would make it possible to state what the function of each different aspect of intonation was , and that foreign learners could then be taught rules to enable them to use intonation in the way that native speakers use it . |
| 17 | Has he for instance consulted them with their rights under the Tenants Charter ? |
| 18 | Baroness Burdett-Coutts lent them £50,000 and the princess 's mother made regular contributions . |
| 19 | They are just carrying out their life in accordance with the rules given them , as all ‘ people ’ including Chewong do . |
| 20 | They refused to leave on request and attempts to eject them failed on account of the sudden arrival of reinforcements from the local station . |
| 21 | The tenant should consider deleting both clauses 11.1 and 11.2 though for the reasons given they could perhaps be tolerated if necessary . |
| 22 | Cos she was trying to find a , a reason or an excuse to sue them for it . |
| 23 | This uncertainty might , on the one hand , encourage social commentators in the attitude expressed by a writer in The Economist in 1848 : ‘ In our condition suffering and evil are nature 's admonitions ; they can not be got rid of ; and the impatient attempts of benevolence to banish them from the world by legislation , before benevolence has learnt their object and their end , have always been productive of more evil than good . ’ |
| 24 | The Russians agreed they were legally at fault . |
| 25 | How many uplifts should I use , and do I need special adaptors to connect them to the filter ? |
| 26 | a Services Division to support them for a transitional period |
| 27 | The 1977 white paper , Policy for the Inner Cities ( HMSO , 1977 ) , argued that additional powers should be granted to local authorities to enable them to assist industry . |
| 28 | There is no shortage of advice available to local authorities to enable them to decide whether , in uncertain circumstances , it is politic for them to seek to start proceedings , whether criminal or civil . |
| 29 | The hon. Gentleman will know that we have recently announced a £10 million programme to provide grants to local authorities to enable them to give priority to buses through the construction of bus lanes and by giving priority to buses at traffic lights . |
| 30 | Results will be given as quickly as possible , but some experts fear they could take up to a month if demand is high . |