Example sentences of "to the [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of machinery it often makes operators indifferent to the dangers they are involved with every working day . |
| 2 | Stephen left parliament disillusioned ; virtually all the colonies passed legislation by 1820 , and although it was unsatisfactory in some respects to the reformers they were constrained by the existence of the legislation . |
| 3 | Indeed the same evidence has been tendered , the same facts had been brought to the attention of the same Committee in 1972 ; but the Committee had reported to Parliament in the opposite sense , stating the opposite to the evidence they had actually received from those who were competent to tender it . |
| 4 | During the short drive back to the inn they were all three monosyllabic , suddenly isolated in private cells of weariness and preoccupation . |
| 5 | Wood arrived at the conclusion that the compass error they were experiencing was opposite to the error they had found coming south over the Timor Sea , and decided he had to trust Darwin 's bearings implicitly . |
| 6 | When political considerations took primacy over whether qualifications it is not surprising that some of the appointments were given to candidates ill-suited to the duties they were called upon to perform , such as the Lanarkshire freeholder appointed macer of the Court of Session who , according to James Boswell , ‘ had a constant hoarseness , so that he could scarcely be heard when he called the causes and the lawyers , and was indeed as unfit for a crier of court as a man could be . |
| 7 | To the wealth they received from their estates and taxation , successful Merovingians could also add plunder and tribute from neighbouring peoples . |
| 8 | There was a tendency from the beginning for British negotiators in particular to ignore the ‘ preambles ’ to the Treaties they agreed to sign . |
| 9 | Once people have become accustomed to the idea they will be very happy to pay 20p for a vacant parking space in such a delightful town as Barnard Mr D M Mockford , Yeast House , The Bank , Barnard Castle . |
| 10 | Obviously the way in which powers are used by different agencies , such as the Inland Revenue , DSS or the police , depend largely to the support they feel they will receive from the media , the Government and the public . |
| 11 | The roles of assessment centre manager , adviser and assessor can be combined in a number of ways to provide candidates with easy access to the support they need to qualify . |
| 12 | ‘ Black users who have difficulty gaining access to statutory services go to the groups they know ’ , says Barry Mussenden of the Black Community care Alliance , a forum for voluntary sector providers . |
| 13 | In the few years since they have been in existence , the colleges of higher education have had little or no guidance , from the DES or anywhere else , as to the directions they might follow . |
| 14 | ‘ The Arts Council have problems , too : I do n't see them as the enemy , but they create a situation which gives rise to the criticisms they make . ’ |
| 15 | So , under a surface appearance of Mannaia victory ( ‘ We have eaten everything ’ , a shaikh 's son commented ) were signs of a more conciliatory spirit , perhaps reflecting Zuwaya awareness that they ought not to fight among themselves : a solidarity only partly abstract or ethical , related in some degree to the unity they had achieved against the menaced Tibbu-ownership of their land . |
| 16 | The natural effort of hearers and readers alike is to attribute relevance and coherence to the text they encounter until they are forced not to . |
| 17 | I said oh just when it got dark really I said we 're having it down the house , I said erm drank more port I said every time we went to the loo they filled up my glass |
| 18 | A party of soldiers arrived at the inn ; the travellers had earlier met them road-building between Fort Augustus and Anoch and in deference to the hospitality they had received from Mr Trapaud , Johnson and Boswell gave the men cash to buy drink — which now they did . |
| 19 | The first foragers to a feeding site were captured and their light-sensitive cells were painted so that when they returned to the hive they orientated their dances with respect to gravity . |
| 20 | A group of lesser Khans stood muttering in one corner of the room , and when Alexei came through the hangings which provided access to the bedchamber they fell guiltily silent . |
| 21 | They were not allowed to tarry , however , but were taken upstairs , along a gallery and into a small chamber , its simplicity in stark contrast to the splendour they had just witnessed . |
| 22 | Electric bite alarms are useful for night fishing , and many night anglers I know would not fish without them , and no matter what they tell you to the contrary they are mainly used to wake you up when you have a bite ! |
| 23 | George MacDonald saw the people from Strathnaver arriving at the sea : ‘ When they came down from the Strath to the sea-shore they suffered very much from want of houses . |
| 24 | They were entitled in my judgment to take into account the actual use by the defendant company and the previous owner in determining what the ordinary use of that vehicle was on the road so far as it is relevant to the question they had to answer . |
| 25 | Their answer to the question they pose is to say that education systems are to be justified on the grounds that they develop ‘ intellectual competence that would otherwise go largely undeveloped ’ ( 1978 , p. 4 ) . |
| 26 | As they got closer to the centre they appeared to change colour . |
| 27 | To maintain their own self-esteem , long-distance migrants are nevertheless obliged to repeat the myth of urban success when they return to the society they have left . |
| 28 | Now , they want to make a commitment to the child they handed back . |
| 29 | Some people even leave radios on in the house , so that there 's not only the light on , but if somebody does walk up the drive intending to knock on the door to test it , before they get to the door they can hear a noise , they turn around and go back . |
| 30 | The 13 treks outlined in Trekking — Great Walks of the World are all written by experienced travel writers who give engaging accounts of their various adventures along with a real insight to the areas they visit . |