Example sentences of "they [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What all of them contend is that the auditory effect of all English-language verse can only in a schematic and starveling fashion be pin-pointed by applying the only two measurements that traditional scansion recognizes : on the one hand the number of syllables , on the other the number of occurrences of ictus or ‘ stress ’ . |
| 2 | There are laws against discrimination but to get them respected is another matter . |
| 3 | For them driving is a relaxing hobby and its all about having fun … except that is when the judge is watching … |
| 4 | They do n't mind if they play , but a lot of them want 's it , watch it on , watch cricket . |
| 5 | The number of images per second needed to make them merge is called the flicker fusion frequency . |
| 6 | Children do n't have as many inhibitions and for them acting is an innate ability . |
| 7 | Another point for them to remember is not to speak directly at the microphone but to aim instead just over the top of it ; this is to reduce the pick-up of breath noises and the distortion of plosive consonants . |
| 8 | One thing that certainly gets them going is the availability of good bedding material . |
| 9 | Just remember that the invisible spiritual force that makes them work is evil and harmful , so leave them all well alone . |
| 10 | One of the messages from the Bill may be that bringing in those schemes and making them work is one way in which the engineers can show that they have as much to contribute in cutting the number of casualties as those who deal with the behavioural side of driving and those who build the bypasses that take traffic away from towns and villages . |
| 11 | The leader may believe that the most important role for them to play is that of a co-ordinator . |
| 12 | ‘ All we ask them to do is to visit any Royal Bank Branch , answer a few questions — and we 'll provide a quotation within three days , ’ said Norman . |
| 13 | What we 'd like them to do is come clean sit round a table and talk about running it properly |
| 14 | Well , if they really tried to do it again and they failed , there 's not much else that we could ask them to do is there ? |
| 15 | Well , you 'll all have the same so , I do n't know any of them get 's any ice cream . |
| 16 | Depending on the replies from them in relation to those that have lapsed we then send a second letter to them saying is there anybody that will take over the scheme , if not , right we we intend to remove the signs from the er from the area and then if there is no reply to this letter within fourteen days we you know we 'll come and remove the signs . |
| 17 | They are no longer refusing to accept the evidence of their own eyes but are hoping there may be some sort of rational explanation for what they fear is an irrational event . |
| 18 | Almost all the information they gain is given freely and with the tacit or blind approval of Western governments . |
| 19 | The extreme sensitivity they gain is invaluable in their quiet desert home . |
| 20 | The knowledge they gain is often fascinating in its own right , but economic and social historians believe that an understanding of past change is also vital in helping us to understand today 's society . |
| 21 | But whereas , in the former , the lovers are effete , foppish and ultimately doomed , in They Wouldn't 's Gay Yardie routine , the characters Rupert and Denzel are ‘ two rough-up , ragamuffin characters ’ who exit the stage arm in arm and very much alive , leaving the audience with no option but to confront their own prejudices . |
| 22 | ‘ They got a governmen' like they theenk this one real country excep' all they got is couple hun'red thousan' people . ’ |
| 23 | What they lack is the courage and confidence to pursue their conclusions to their logical outcome . |
| 24 | Under the Food Safety Act , they have an obligation to show everything they sell is a wholesome product on which the consumer can rely . |
| 25 | he believes that the issues have been oversimplified and that , for example , caterers should start thinking hard about how the food they sell is produced . |
| 26 | I 've had people come up and buy records and tapes and things and they 've gone back to their stall which is all they sell is records and tapes . |
| 27 | The answer they devised is called Compact Disc Interactive ( CD-I ) . |
| 28 | They are ‘ natural ’ because they are not planned and because the order they display is not the result of design … |
| 29 | The issue they raise is charged with the heaviest moral and political overtones : did de Gaulle at any point give the go-ahead for Operation Resurrection ? |
| 30 | A lot of the food they eat is n't natural food , but in fact is synthetic organic food . |