Example sentences of "[prep] they [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To talk about them would be a risk , and I just do n't like taking risks . ’ |
| 2 | Similarly , although the smallness of the samples of 16th , 17th , and 18th Century publications in need of repair means that conclusions about them must be treated with some caution , it is worth noting that if all pre-1800 items are treated as a group and the proportion of them allocated to each of Categories 3–5 calculated , their pattern of distribution ( ‘ Poor' 78% ; ‘ Bad ’ 18% ; ‘ Fragile ’ 7% ) comes close to matching that already established for all defective items . |
| 3 | The index will list some of the reports and papers related to each project and give contact points to whom inquiries about them should be addressed . |
| 4 | Er after deliberate first we wondered whether they ought to go through onto the racecourse and then we decided no probably the best place for them would be round the back of the main stand . |
| 5 | Some couples whose cohabitation has worked well for them may be surprised , hurt or bewildered when , legally married , they find their relationship deteriorating . |
| 6 | To decide which effects may be relevant to subjective risk when driving the main findings in fields concerned with emotional arousal and memory and some of the theories which have been used to account for them will be briefly reviewed . |
| 7 | Unless the EC decides to treat them as a special case , it seems the only way out for them will be to give the toys away . |
| 8 | The consequences of global warming for them could be very serious indeed . |
| 9 | Simply to decide upon the basis of what we think is best for them can be a form of prejudice . |
| 10 | Since all goods are donated , most of them of high quality coming from the more affluent within and outwith the parish , charges for them can be minimal so providing a social service as well as a subsidy towards the hall expenses . |
| 11 | The Panel 's decisions are creating a kind of accounting case law , and the reasons for them should be given formally and more fully . |
| 12 | A diplomat who helped to bring peace between two belligerent states by mediating between them might be particularly well rewarded . |
| 13 | If certain organisational features , their dependence on the human resource and their national recognition are all points in common , differences between them may be more marked , more extensive and more culturally deep rooted . |
| 14 | It is also suggested that , provided we plunge below the surface of these theories , certain important links between them may be revealed . |
| 15 | I have outlined one possible approach to reading discourses , whether racist or antiracist , which suggests that what is going on in and between them may be more complex and contradictory than is often allowed . |
| 16 | However , this embraces a wide variety of behaviours ; the relationship between them may be cooperative or coercive ; their roles may be ill-defined or clearly-defined , overlapping , conflicting etc . |
| 17 | The types of functions allocated between them may be equally haphazard . |
| 18 | Thus any differences between them must be caused , not by the shock , but by the fact that the mouse in the cage with the shelf is learning an avoidance response . |
| 19 | When two businesses are both buying from and selling to one another the outstanding accounts between them can be offset and the net balance paid by whoever owes it to the other . |
| 20 | Moreover , ‘ structural ’ relations between them can be clarified , by showing for instance that this computation is or is not a necessary prerequisite or accompaniment of that one . |
| 21 | The size of the beds is much more easily appreciated , the spaces between them can be better compared to the dimensions of the beds , and the proportions of the various plants can be correctly assessed , so that mistakes in juxtaposition can be adjusted . |
| 22 | Ideally , this should be the same as P(G) for each G. The discrepancy between them can be quantified as a number , commonly called C. This is zero when each P' ( G ) equals the corresponding P(G) . |
| 23 | The standard weapon of an infantryman in the British army , a type of camera and the latest aid to computer games playing may all share the same initials but that 's about as far as any similarity between them can be made to stretch . |
| 24 | The sharper the boundaries , the more likely the dynamic between them will be articulated through more of less formal , institutionalised modes of mediation : patrons , brokers , interpreters , committees , councils and the like . |
| 25 | For example , if the pattern recogniser produces ‘ a ’ and ‘ o ’ with equal probability , the choice between them will be based on frequency statistics . |
| 26 | It is for each financial controller to decide what the balance between them will be in his or her own organization . |
| 27 | The gravitational attraction between them will be strongest between their closest points , a and a' , and weakest between their furthest points , c and c' . |
| 28 | Since each of these parties leant on the other for reassurance , relations between them will be soured as a result . |
| 29 | And with tax , spending and borrowing decisions presented in a single statement the relationship between them will be much easier to understand . ’ |
| 30 | Quite distinct from the implications for increased efficiency , where managers are seen as holding positions of power for the purpose of furthering the public interest it is appropriate that there should be public participation in the formulation of appropriate performance standards and that those who have culpably fallen below them should be held to account in a public forum . |