Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] they [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 It was n't until 8 pm. that they let the Red Cross through .
2 The improved neutron detector was finally ready ‘ later in the year ’ and ‘ within a few weeks ’ the results were positive enough that they formed the basis of the paper that was sent for publication on 23 March 1989 , the paper that should have been sibling to that of Fleischmann and Pons .
3 The bulk of Germany 's railways were established between 1848 and 1877 , but even then they served the west of Germany far better than they served the east .
4 and he treated his horse well I mean a lot of these horseman , good horseman treated the horse better than they did the wife !
5 ‘ People realise deep down that they have the talent to be among the best in the world .
6 No sooner had they sat down than they heard the distant ring of the telephone .
7 The rubber takes a grip on the shell and forces it between the rollers , which are set at just the right distance apart so that they crack the shell without damaging the kernel .
8 The tools are designed to provide developers with a superset of features from the varied operating systems , so that they gain the value of unique operating system characteristics , yet still deliver portable applications — for example , a common programming interface set enables a programmer to write a single application that supports the Macintosh , OSF/Motif , Presentation Manager , Windows , or future graphical user interfaces .
9 The tools are designed to provide developers with a superset of features from the varied operating systems , so that they gain the value of unique operating system characteristics , yet still deliver portable applications — for example , a common programming interface set enables a programmer to write a single application that supports the Macintosh , OSF/Motif , Presentation Manager , Windows , or future graphical user interfaces .
10 Will the centre require knowledge of the needs of the nurses , so that they use the visit to their best advantage ?
11 Simply expressed , and taking these two points together , pluralists are charged with asking the wrong question ( who participates instead of who benefits ) about just the public aspect of policy-making so that they ignore the " private " aspect of power and policy-making altogether .
12 Additionally , they could be mixed with their neighbouring emotions so that they formed the secondary emotions of : submission , awe , disappointment , remorse , contempt , aggression , optimism , and love .
13 Or they were until the potato failed ; turned black and rotten and stinking with corruption , so that they killed the pigs and the people got fever .
14 They wore clothes that he thought beautiful , when he could see for envy : jackets with Napoleonic pockets , trousers cut so that they reached the ground at the back , pink shirts , print ties .
15 They need stretching and filling out so that they reflect the fullness and adequacy of who God is .
16 Sometimes she would climax first , sometimes he , and on good nights they would explode together so that they felt the same tingling in the very tips of their toes and even then he 'd had to remember to withdraw — just in case .
17 McDonald outlines it thus : ‘ A : find the best artists you can ; B : keep them in a creative mood so that they make the best records they can , and C : maximise the sales of the records everywhere without turning it into a real form of drudgery for them . ’
18 Their profitability must depend on successful technology transfer so that they make the effort to market and sell their wares , they follow up all the awareness campaigns , and they actively seek out clients with the aim of transferring technology in a partnership of mutual benefit .
19 Can he give some information about the way in which the Government can encourage the greater recruitment of traffic wardens up to full complement in police forces and encourage the better use of those wardens so that they make the best possible contribution to the maintenance of traffic flow and the release of police officers for the control of crime ?
20 Pre-Course advice — nominators or candidates are helped to choose the most appropriate course , so that they make the best possible investment .
21 Thus , these subcultures respectively enable corporate officials and lower-class adolescent males to commit crimes without too many pangs of conscience ; through their sanitizing prism , each sub-culture softens criminal acts so that they assume the appearance of ‘ not really ’ being against the law , or it transforms them into acts required by a morality higher than that enshrined in a parochial criminal law .
22 Specialist sectors are identified and firms either decide to concentrate on one or two of these or arrange their activities so that they cover the whole range of sectors .
23 Enhancement techniques spread the range of pixel values so that they cover the full dynamic range of the image display system .
24 From the earliest possible age children should be appraised of this so that they know the importance of accepting any education offered them .
25 I like to think I 've been helpful to somebody else , so that they do n't make the same mistake as I made , or so that they know the responsibilities they 're taking on if they do have the baby .
26 Lay down all pads on the intersections of the 0.1″ matrix so that they match the pinouts of the various components used .
27 As well as the company brochure , employees were given documentation on the five counties surrounding the relocation area so that they had the opportunity to get to know the areas before visiting them .
28 The adoral shields are long and narrow , flared distally so that they separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate .
29 The adoral shields are long with a straight proximal edge and widening distally so that they separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate .
30 supervision and they 're used until the head of the femur right , the head of the femur is fixed back into the socket joint and the muscles and ligaments have tightened up so that they hold the bone in place and treatment can go on until they 're about a year the consequences of not treating this condition are quite severe , the child will grow up with a very odd gait .
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