Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They rarely mean real harm , and go too far only infrequently .
2 While forums such as these can take a community-wide approach , they rarely have executive power , being largely bodies for debate and comment .
3 And the specialists ' impact on other classes was limited ‘ because they rarely have sufficient time to work alongside their colleagues ’ .
4 Their social and economic pre-eminence was just beginning to seem more precarious and they wholeheartedly welcomed vigorous confirmation of the regime 's commitment to the status quo .
5 Many children feel the need to pour from one container to another continuously as they slowly acquire manual skill .
6 In 1875 , however , they eventually defied public criticism and family opposition , and married in Switzerland where , under Swiss law , their marriage was legal .
7 They did n't believe in selling endowments , they only sold whole life you see ?
8 One view is that since France and Britain have developed only semi-token nuclear deterrents , they only require semi-token space programmes .
9 They only allow smokeless fuel these days , ’ said Preston .
10 They only have vegetarian food but they 'll use it .
11 In view of the importance and extent of quasi-government they perhaps deserve serious consideration .
12 They constantly used interventionist language , but this often involved little more than a legislative declaration in favour of good , and they relied to an extraordinary degree on individual and voluntary effort .
13 As such they literally situate social change despite the fact that such change is increasingly the product of centralised authority and power .
14 Conversely , CD68 + L1 - macrophages abounded in the dome area ( Fig 2B and Table IV ) , and such large cells were also frequently seen in the germinal centres where they apparently represented tingible body macrophages .
15 Such acts did not , however , amount to a programme of action ; they merely represented instinctive hostility to outsiders .
16 If targets are too simple they merely reflect current behaviour .
17 The latter were forced to repair to the waiting area where they enviously sipped ginger beer while waiting their turn and watching the old horses pull the machines into the water , one after another .
18 They just had plain wood , yes .
19 They look as if they just heard bad news .
20 Remember , machine knitters never make mistakes , they just invent new stitch patterns !
21 Although , as shown in Figures 4–6 , above , the proportion of ‘ initial failures ’ was relatively small , with none recorded in the case of material issued from the Advocates ' Library , and with only 4% and 3% of all deliveries from the Main Building and the Annexe falling into this category , they nevertheless merit close attention , since delays in the provision of items which are in fact available on the shelves can be a considerable source of irritation for both readers and members of staff .
22 they already get special dispensation .
23 Of the five who reported that their practice had not altered , three said they already gave high priority to involving all the relevant people .
24 Under s47(6) they must take " such steps as are reasonably practicable " to obtain access to the child unless satisfied that they already have sufficient information ( s47(4) ) .
25 As well as teaching qualifications , they generally provide other degree and diploma courses , and so are similar to polytechnics and universities , although usually much smaller in size .
26 This association was confirmed by analysis of early first-century BC Greek coins ( fig. 5.5 ) from the region ; some of these coins proved to be made of brass typical of the cementation process and they thus pre-date Roman use of the alloy .
27 They thus gave specific attention to the instinctive bases of human behaviour , this being much more than an attempt to make an analogy between the human world and the struggles for survival identified by Darwin in the natural world .
28 In fact , once drivers are made aware of this they normally take compensatory action in their driving .
29 As Date points out , this is a simplified version of a B-tree , because the nodes of a B-tree need not contain the same number of data values and they normally contain free space .
30 Although both pathways culminate in the identical useful result , they have different intermediate stages leading up to that end , and they normally have different starting points .
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