Example sentences of "of [noun] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | John produced the remains of a bottle of whisky and they all had a dram to celebrate . |
| 2 | Lassa Java pushed him early on … what a night it was for the Meek family from the Forest of Dean as they watched their dogs dominate … |
| 3 | In winter the ground becomes cold and the trees are unable to take in the same amount of moisture as they do in summer . |
| 4 | Their bodies were covered in a mist of moisture as they lay side by side . |
| 5 | Packet of crunchies if they 've got any . |
| 6 | I , I really feel two pound fifty is low for the quality of , of play that they 're seeing I mean other amateur groups not that we 're comparing ourselves , but they certainly charge more than us and quite honestly the end product on some of them is not up to our end product . |
| 7 | Confidence is particularly important during the development of inventions before they are granted patents because a patent will be refused if details of the invention have been made available to the public , as we shall see . |
| 8 | The law of confidence is concerned with the protection of secrets whether they be trade secrets , secrets of a personal nature or concerning the government of the country . |
| 9 | It is a well known fact that designers plant a line of bollards when they do not know what to do . |
| 10 | Do you feel that you 're giving the parents the kind of support that they require ? |
| 11 | The support from those in the demonstration and those shouting messages of support as they passed was greatly appreciated . |
| 12 | In any long-standing power relationship the person or group losing each conflict must have interests which are suppressed , and either do not appear in the public realm or quickly founder for lack of support when they do materialize . |
| 13 | When farmers and farm workers refer to the ‘ loss of community ’ in their village it is usually to this kind of change that they are implicitly referring , for there are bound to be changing patterns of sociability developing in the village to which they are unaccustomed or from which they feel excluded . |
| 14 | Glaxo Group Research says it does not have a career break scheme because it believes that ‘ it would be too difficult for our scientists to keep up with the pace of change if they were away from work for an extended period ’ . |
| 15 | Mechanistic systems are unsuitable in conditions of change because they tend to deal with change by cumbersome methods . |
| 16 | The insectivorous bats use such an intricate system of echolocation that they can pluck flying insects out of the air in total darkness . |
| 17 | In these cases some psychiatrists resort to the description ‘ schizoaffective ’ which , although itself an old term , is now often used in recognition of the fact that the traditional categories of schizophrenia and affective psychosis really only represent varieties of insanity as they occur in their pure forms . |
| 18 | Well the tom tiddlers of British political life I suppose write their memoirs for a couple of reasons because they ca n't ever admit to themselves they are tom tiddlers . |
| 19 | What those industries fear more than anything else is interference by the Government and the European Commission , interference in the choice of products that they can make , interference in the work patterns that they can enjoy and interference in their wage rates . |
| 20 | In a buffet car a group of five regular commuters toasted the memory of absent friends with glasses of champagne while they tucked into quails ' eggs . |
| 21 | After the congratulatory hugs and tears and kisses , they opened a bottle of champagne before they went for a drive round London nursing their secret . |
| 22 | The rabbit 's breeding chamber is some 4 or 5 feet ( 1.25 – 1.5 metres ) long and the young are born in a nest of hair where they stay for a month . |
| 23 | Both gain from being surrounded by the same protective shell , though they diverge from one another in the precise thickness of shell that they ‘ prefer ’ . |
| 24 | These examples will not immediately take you to being chairperson of ICI but they will give you personally , as well as potential employers , a more positive image of you as a candidate in an interview . |
| 25 | I can still hear the clatter of coins as they rained on the stage in a steady downpour of acclaim , a habit derived from the days of the gold rush . |
| 26 | Both of hope that they include ideas to inspire and encourage those with even the smallest of gardens to create their own interesting , colourful features . ’ |
| 27 | Erm any bit of hope that they 've got erm i is going to be gradually eroded as far as I can see . |
| 28 | Town needed a win more to boost their confidence than anything else , and there were signs of hope as they fired in the high balls . |
| 29 | They were also a symbol of hope as they lit the fire , the signal sent out to get rescue . |
| 30 | They can be used to completely encompass a big warren system , they can be used to divide up areas of woodland and they can be operated both at night and by day when conditions are favourable . |