Example sentences of "they [vb base] [subord] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Agency working , again a relatively " traditional " form of temporary working , has also been vigorously rejected by unions , partly because of its association with the fee-charging private placement bureaux ( which many agencies simultaneously are ) to which they object as undermining the public employment service [ see Chapter 5 ] .
2 The Bible is treated as one of many sources of faith , but many tend to dismiss the bits they dislike while embracing the more comforting sayings .
3 The twenty Councils ordered to cut their Poll Tax levels are taking more legal advice before they decide whether to challenge the Government in court .
4 Thirdly while both the Act and The Stock Exchange rules allow fractional entitlements to be ignored , they differ as regards the treatment of rights that are not taken up .
5 It is extraordinary that many more people have an inspection when buying a second-hand car than they do when purchasing a house .
6 They believe that personal ‘ gaffer-to-man ’ contact has been responsible for removing much of the industrial conflict which they regard as plaguing the remainder of British industry .
7 Too many people entrust their psyche to a therapist with less thought than they take when finding a garage to service their car .
8 They widen this to encompass the landscape and flows of energy across the land , which they see as providing a climate which may be conducive to or destructive of health and well-being .
9 It is their opposition to private placement bureau , which they see as undermining the public employment service , which has been the main explanation for trade union hostility to agency working and , until recently , for their reluctance to recruit or organise agency workers ( on this last see Towers/Harrison 1981 ) .
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