Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] them [prep] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 At this stage we merely introduce them in passing ; we will return to them in greater detail later on .
2 In other words , controlling as he did the nominations to all learned appointments in whichever of the areas he was then kazasker , he would urge young scholars to enter the relative dead end of the career of kasabat kadi and thereby prevent them from passing up through the ranks of medreses to become candidates for mevleviyets and thus rivals to his own position .
3 The extreme toxicity of their venom enables them to kill their main prey — eels — very rapidly and thus prevent them from wriggling free .
4 Do you think that teachers really do n't expect them to do well in the sciences and perhaps even positively discourage them from going into science ?
5 But if we are going to accuse them of this then we had better also accuse them of inventing the doctrine of the Trinity , for although the New Testament provides evidence for such a cardinal Christian belief it does not set it out in a clear or distinct fashion .
6 A new type of knowledge , Said contends , must be produced that can analyse plural objects as such rather than offering forms of integrated understanding that simply comprehend them within totalizing schemas .
7 The fourth and fifth relate to a long-standing debate about the purpose of RE — this is the " confessional " approach which starts off from the assumption of the truth of a particular religious viewpoint and seeks to nurture pupils within , or strongly encourage them towards accepting , that viewpoint .
8 Bending your arms , lower your upper body backwards towards the ground and then straighten them without locking the elbows .
9 They know that the recruitment specialist will look after their interests , advise them if they are flying too high , encourage them if they are ready for advancement and indeed assist them in planning their careers over a period of time .
10 The test of that is , that the local people treat the experiences they claim to have had as perfectly acceptable — almost take them for granted .
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