Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | STANDARD LEVEL OF SERVICE : These amounts are the Government 's view , for the purpose of sharing out Government Standard Spending Grant ( see next note ) , of the appropriate level of spending for the authorities in your area to enable them to provide broadly a standard level of service , taking into account the particular circumstances of the area . |
| 2 | Students will appreciate the word-list ( over 800 terms with a phonetic transcription ) and the index of grammar exercises which enables them to find immediately a range of exercises on a number of key grammar points . |
| 3 | Make them feel almost a part of it , thought Dalziel . |
| 4 | But chief executive Colin Spencer said the Government inspector would expect them to put forward a preferred route as a matter of policy . |
| 5 | They clamp the butt and place a weight near the tip which enables them to derive both a measure of the bending stiffness and the ‘ kickpoint ’ . |
| 6 | Pupils ' knowledge was studied by asking them to mark appropriately a diagram of a rectangle and its diagonal drawn in a dotted outline . |
| 7 | Hibs turned out to be the kind of compliant opponents Rangers needed to help them develop only a fine film of sweat before their European Champions league match against FC Brugge on Wednesday . |
| 8 | After dinner , all six finalists were treated to an evening at the West End award-winning musical The Forbidden Planet and each of them took home a Supersoft goodie bag , full of luxurious styling and finishing products from the range . |
| 9 | As far as Paul and Granville are concerned , they 've already come an unfeasibly long way since they got together a couple of years ago at college in Derby . |
| 10 | When they got there a group of men were already pulling the monster off the sharpened stakes they had set in the bottom of a pit . |
| 11 | And I think — ’ her eyes wandered doubtfully to Ferryman , who was still grinning , wondering what all the fuss was about — ‘ they got quite a lot out of it . ’ |
| 12 | As personal traits and gifts , as the fruits of experience or as the outcome of maturity they remain essentially a private matter , not amenable to management training but open to approaches which might be based on good practice in counselling or on well-handled programmes about the development of interpersonal skills . |
| 13 | That is another way of saying he wants his team to win , because they remain only a point clear , although after tonight they will still have a match in hand . |
| 14 | They remain merely an intriguing possibility , showing more about the human addiction to order than allowing the Earth to show her own organic nature . |
| 15 | What distinguishes the series of Criminal Justice Acts is the comprehensiveness with which they bring together a range of generally disparate proposals , originating from different sources , bearing on the content of the criminal law , the powers and procedure of the courts , and the treatment ( in the widest sense ) of offenders . |
| 16 | They bring together a range of information not otherwise collected . |
| 17 | From being a central coordinator determining a common line to be followed by all member firms , they became more a centre to which their members might turn for advice and industrial relations services , particularly those relating to the expanding field of labour law and other consequences of government action such as incomes policy requirements . |
| 18 | I kept them to myself , where they constantly grew in depth and where they became merely a backdrop to my private obsession : home , family , school , everything . |
| 19 | David Penney the scorer and after what happened against Portsmouth last week they realised even a 3-goal lead is n't safe these days . |
| 20 | They made only a short distance in the remainder of that day , for Miss Fergusson demanded frequent rests . |
| 21 | They made quite a little group at train call . |
| 22 | So they made quite a party of it , and had tremendous fun . |
| 23 | They made quite a lot of noise . ’ |
| 24 | The Bradens moved to Toronto where they did well in CBC productions , and in 1949 moved on to London where for the next 30 years they made quite an impression at the BBC , both in radio and in television . |
| 25 | They cite instead a report by representatives of Ramsar , the international wetlands convention , which warns that extensive mining would be sure to cause irreparable damage to the area . |
| 26 | And not only have they consumed practically a quart of maple ice-cream , but just before I came in here they were ordering some pizzas ! |
| 27 | Or if liver and limb bud cells are mixed they too sort out into large clumps ; but they make neither a proper liver nor limbs . |
| 28 | Is the first offer that they make simply an opening shot ? |
| 29 | And er , I know they want over a hundred pound just for a caravan for a week do n't they ? |
| 30 | They proposed instead a new list of candidates which included themselves ‘ and certain other painters whom we knew to a greater or lesser extent … who seemed to us capable of representing if not a particular tendency at least a certain standard ’ . |