Example sentences of "[noun pl] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is alarming to hear how many relatively inexperienced pilots seem completely unaware of the risks they take when pitting their skills against the forces of nature . |
| 2 | People expect risks they did not ask for and can not control to be much lower -by 10 or 100 times — than those which they run willingly . |
| 3 | This came somewhat late to the RUC because of the added security risks its members run by admitting outsiders , and because police authorities in divided societies like Northern Ireland have to be more sensitive about public perceptions of the police and therefore more conscious of the risks they run through research . |
| 4 | But they were encouraged to take other risks because their basic business ( lending for house purchase ) was getting unprofitable , because supervision by federal examiners was weak and because federal deposit insurance in effect underwrote any risks they cared to take . |
| 5 | They prove time and time again the risks they are prepared to take . |
| 6 | They had volunteered and were prepared to masquerade in German uniform , knowing full well the risks they ran if caught . |
| 7 | Trade unions began , if slowly and unadventurously , to assert that they did n't give a hoot : their members were not going to run risks they did n't like . |
| 8 | The theory of risk compensation , which has been around for years , says that drivers adjust the amount of risks they take to keep their perceived level of risk constant . |
| 9 | To safeguard their health in the meantime you could give them advice about how to reduce the risks they are taking . |
| 10 | But if we are to be able to talk to our children about this at all , then we must have some understanding of the choices and risks they face . |
| 11 | Around two in 10 policy holders with big insurers are smokers and they 're made to cough up bigger premiums to match the health risks they run . |
| 12 | Still , George , has got bottle , takes risks they would n't dare take , got to hand him that . |
| 13 | They are also changing the nature of the risks they choose to manage . |
| 14 | Moreover , I should warn those present of the risks they expose themselves to under McNab 's treatment … which is , however , not a treatment at all , but a waste of time . |
| 15 | " Why did n't you use anything ? " is a familiar question , and there are various explanations — getting pregnant may have an unreal quality about it , something which younger teenagers in particular may feel , and even if they know the risks they assume that they 'll be lucky . |
| 16 | Some sufferers have been known to jog themselves literally to death , despite being told by doctors of the specific risks they would incur by taking further exercise . |
| 17 | For once a company has taken on the risks they are not easy to transfer . |
| 18 | Some of these regulations may not promote efficiency but be justified on paternalistic grounds : workers are held not to be the best judges of their own interests and so are prevented by law from taking risks they would voluntarily undertake for money . |
| 19 | ‘ Left to play on their own in a playground , they wo n't promptly break a leg — they will make good choices about the risks they run . |
| 20 | Conversely , where the futures markets are used purely for hedging purposes or by sophisticated investors who are able to assess the risks they are taking and to integrate those risks into an overall investment strategy , there is less need for stringent regulation . |
| 21 | Anything to warn the pupils of the risks they run . |
| 22 | It 's okay for Australians to bang on about the risks they get a summer . |
| 23 | But nobody can argue that boxers should not be given the fullest possible information on the long-term risks they run . |
| 24 | ‘ Our visit has impressed us with the skill and the quality of our soldiers , and with the risks they run . |
| 25 | However others of an older generation say women should know the risks they take once they take their clothes off . |
| 26 | Five Law Lords said , Banks must warn wives and partners of the risks they 're taking before granting loans . |
| 27 | Genetic engineering has reached a point of such sophistication that there are clear benefits to be gained by releasing from the laboratory living organisms upon which have been conferred characteristics they could never have acquired through the normal processes of evolution or selective breeding . |
| 28 | In their handling characteristics they could scarcely be more different . |
| 29 | They would suggest that , when new technologies are being introduced , care should be taken to design jobs associated with those technologies which have the core job characteristics they specify . |
| 30 | Westerners , on the other hand , attribute to themselves many characteristics they most dislike and , moreover , grant these a powerful explanatory role . |