Example sentences of "they [vb base] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , the bias against other accents and dialects has waned in recent years and today they are appreciated for the variety they bring to the language . |
| 2 | This is true even though they bring to the search the knowledge they already possess about how spoken language works . |
| 3 | The glory of the audio-visual media is the contribution they bring to the teacher 's communication skills . |
| 4 | When there is tension in the neck and spine , particularly where they connect to the brain at the base of the skull , blood flow is impeded . |
| 5 | The reason for this is that if you put the female pupae in the tube before they hatch to the adult stage , you will ensure that females mate only with the type of male you put in the tube . |
| 6 | They correspond to the investor 's balance of expectations about the movement of the share price during the period up to the expiry date . |
| 7 | When they hear a battle is brewing they flock to the battle site , ready to cast themselves into what they regard as the final hopeless battle between good and evil . |
| 8 | Nursing includes ‘ caring ’ about the family and what they mean to the patient . |
| 9 | It could well become equally true in other systems as they grow to the size , complexity and pressures of TDC . |
| 10 | Put rather more strongly , this evaluation was in the tradition of the critical sociology of education of Sharp and Green ( 1975 ) , M F D Young and his colleagues ( Young , 1971 ) , and others whose work has been characterised by the significance they attach to the distinction between rhetoric and reality . |
| 11 | The superpowers ' activity has resulted from the importance they attach to the region . |
| 12 | They testify to the fact that a colossal amount of wealth passed through royal hands , and it is therefore not surprising that control of the royal treasury was a significant factor in Merovingian politics . |
| 13 | In general there seems to be a tendency for structural rock surfaces to be stripped where they approximate to the profile of the wavecut bench . |
| 14 | A person may be nominated for direct entry to fellowship if , by reason of public standing and professional experience , they appear to the council to be able and willing to personally advance the objectives of the Association . |
| 15 | Each available option of LIFESPAN PMR is explained , with examples of the pages as they appear to the user . |
| 16 | All of the currently available options are explained with examples of the pages as they appear to the user . |
| 17 | At the end of the article he writes : ‘ We may say , if we like , that the introspected mind is just a body and its goings on as they appear to the body in question and not to anybody else . |
| 18 | After a brief review of attempts to specify organizational characteristics and of the methodological problems they pose to the researcher , a preliminary study is reported . |
| 19 | Nominees who do not attend the party conference shall be deemed to have withdrawn their nominations unless they send to the secretary on or before the date on which the conference opens an explanation in writing of their absence , satisfactory to the party Conference Arrangements Committee . |
| 20 | Commons Members unable to attend conference through sickness or because they are abroad on parliamentary business may send instruction to the secretary of the party or to a parliamentary colleague on how their vote shall be cast provided that they send to the secretary on or before the date on which conference opens an explanation in writing of their absence . |
| 21 | The revival of small-scale farmhouses cheeses and the subsequent interest in these individual products has been brought about partly by the farmers ' need to cut the amount of milk that they send to the Milk Marketing Board and partly by the public 's demand for ‘ real ’ cheeses with traditional texture and flavour . |
| 22 | No doubt many people in advertising and public relations , as well as their professional associations , will protest that their work is not all about making money and that they do care about the communications they create and the messages they send to the public . |
| 23 | When they descend to the forest floor they walk awkwardly on all fours , treading on the sides of their clenched feet and placing their hands on the ground . |
| 24 | The value of winter green manures lies partly in the covering they provide to the soil during the wet months of the year . |
| 25 | The fact is that those hospitals south of the border that have achieved trust status are now delivering more patient care , recruiting more consultants and buying more equipment , and improving the service that they provide to the public in their areas . |
| 26 | Draw in the events , make a chart of how they build to the climax . |
| 27 | Next , you know they race to the top of there like well I reckon it 's the one just past it . |
| 28 | The bewildering ingenuity of the new classical macroeconomists is matched only by the tenacity with which they cling to the market clearing paradigm . |
| 29 | Not only then do about a quarter of respondents cite pavement parking as one of the problems for pedestrians in that they object to the loss of pavement space to the vehicle and the obstruction caused by it , but they are then subjected to considerable accident rates as a result of the broken slabs and uneven surfaces that result ( Figure 8.3 ) . |
| 30 | Most vegetarians are so , I suspect , primarily because they object to the death and what they see as the suffering to which animals are consigned by meat eating . |