Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [conj] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons are the same ; the valleyside torrents are checked when they reach the main valley floor and aggradation takes place , the fan shape usually resulting from the stream shifting its course from time to time . |
| 2 | The indirect effects of religious controversy on attitudes toward science have been stressed because they indicate the contingency of those attitudes at particular times and places . |
| 3 | EMPLOYEES are reminded that they have the chance to take part in a special bone marrow register clinic . |
| 4 | As a director of Hildale Farms Dairies , his offer of sponsorship had been accepted and they organised the purchase of the 3,000 kilos of prime English beef . |
| 5 | This burial in unconsecrated ground crap has n't been enforced since they stopped the death penalty , ’ Finn went on . |
| 6 | Their trial , on Health and Safety charges has been told that they knew the gantry was unsafe but did nothing about it . |
| 7 | In order for the information in the artefacts to become directly usable , we must then organise our affairs so that the artefacts are transformed before they reach the executive decision maker 's desk . |
| 8 | When the whistle is blown again , the leader gives instructions such as ‘ hop ’ , ‘ walk backwards ’ , ‘ jump with two feet together ’ , ‘ run slowly ’ or ‘ walk again' until the leader eventually says ‘ Bus stop ’ when all the children must continue the way they are going until they reach the entrance to the bus when they go and sit down . |
| 9 | You should also inspect the paper for any signs of mildew and throw away any sheets that are affected before they transfer the problem to the next collection of flowers and foliage . |
| 10 | So we 'll have certain sites that are counted and they have the , the equipment . |
| 11 | The jobs in the batch queue are executed when they reach the head of their particular queue , and the output is sent to the system line-printer . |
| 12 | This time , they will not dream that we are coming until they hear the trumpet and see us marching upon them . |
| 13 | Here the two sentences are linked because they follow the grammatical pattern , definite article + proper noun + copula + complement , a link whose purely formal nature is revealed by the fact that it does not really survive translation into English , where the definite articles are not needed and an indefinite one is . |
| 14 | One might even extend the idea and talk of semantic parallelism where two sentences are linked because they mean the same thing . |
| 15 | They seemed to be paralysed as they encountered the hard wall of his chest , and his lips covered hers and met no resistance at all . |
| 16 | She compromised on the kitchen garden with prayers , which seemed to be heard because they reached the stable unobserved . |
| 17 | Outward investment may be banned because it weakens the balance of payments and allows the life-blood capital to leak out of the system , whilst inflows of currency may be repulsed because they cause the exchange rate to rise to unacceptable levels or add to the domestic supply of money and thus threaten inflation . |
| 18 | Great efforts have been made to restore the salmon runs on rivers in the American north-east , only for 70-90 per cent of the fish to be caught when they reach the rich feeding grounds off the west coast of Greenland . |
| 19 | Parents need to listen as well as to talk and to let it be seen that they recognize the teenager 's viewpoint , even when they take an opposite view . |
| 20 | Although Richard claimed that he took this initiative in the hope of bringing about peace so that the crusade could get under way , his father objected strongly , presumably on the grounds that the general position of the Angevins would be weakened if they admitted the principle that their disputes could be settled in their overlord 's court . |
| 21 | Even so , they might all be shot as they crossed the moat with their explosives , or wounded before they could leave , having planted them . |
| 22 | Sorry to those who send in sensible scores but people like Gaz Hutchinson should be shot as they spoil the whole thing . |
| 23 | ’ We will be building cables with ducts leading off to every house , which can easily be connected if they want the service . ’ |
| 24 | Are there any problems that may be looming on the horizon that perhaps you ought to be addressing before they reach the door ? |
| 25 | However , it could be argued that they ignore the nature of industrial capitalism in its new locales and concentrate instead in descriptive terms on the impact on social relations in former metropolitan , specialized industrial city regions . |
| 26 | However , it is unlikely that biologists will be misunderstood when they apply the term to animals . |
| 27 | I never have it 's mine actually I told them they have to be very careful , I 'm wondering if they put the right size in , excuse me can you go right out the way |
| 28 | A draw at Fratton Park has increased Middlesbrough 's fixture pile-up , especially as the Cambridge United home match will be postponed if they reach the sixth round . |
| 29 | Even if Article 85 ( 1 ) applies to particular agreements or arrangements , if it can be shown that they benefit the production or distribution of goods or services so that the consumer benefits outweigh the restrictions on competition in the agreement , they may be exempt pursuant to Article 85(3) . |
| 30 | The argument that indirect taxes are to be preferred because they avoid the discrimination against risky investments of a direct tax system can also be rebutted . |