They had to take blood samples to the laboratory to test them, for one thing, and there was much required preliminary procedure.

`` They straggle at such a rate '', he told the commander-in-chief, `` that if the enemy were enterprising, they might get two from us, when we would take one of them, which makes me wish General Howe would go on, lest any incident happen to us ''.

They may be unaware of the existence of lower-class values and consequently fail to take them into account.

They love to dust, scrub, polish, wax floors, move the furniture around from place to place, take down the curtains, put up new ones and have themselves a real ball.

They learn how to take care of children and sick members of the family.

They will take a wedding trip later.

They say that when they take a car, Gloriana doesn't take her car, but rides with them.

They showed they were glad that Carnegie would have a major orchestra playing there so often next season to take up the slack with the departure to Lincoln Center of the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Boston Symphony.

Biological anthropologists are interested in both human variation and in the possibility of human universals ( behaviors, ideas or concepts shared by virtually all human cultures ) They use many different methods of study, but modern population genetics, participant observation and other techniques often take anthropologists " into the field ," which means traveling to a community in its own setting, to do something called " fieldwork.

They take special care not to destroy the termite mound or consume the entire colony, which ensures that the termites can rebuild and provide a continuous supply of food.

They also meet in England where Poirot often helps Japp solve a case and lets him take credit in return for special favours.

They had been going to meet the steamer which would take them to Scotland for potato picking.

They pointed out that astrologers have only a small knowledge of astronomy and that they often do not take into account basic features such as the precession of the equinoxes which would change the position of the sun with time ; they commented on the example of Elizabeth Teissier who claimed that " the sun ends up in the same place in the sky on the same date each year " as the basis for claims that two people with the same birthday but a number of years apart should be under the same planetary influence.

They bully Stewart and regularly take advantage of his attempts to befriend them, which usually results in Stewart getting in trouble with his parents for something actually done by Beavis and Butt-Head.

They decided not to take up his proposal.

They arrive at the borders of Canaan and send spies into the land, but on hearing the spies ' report the Israelites refuse to take possession of Canaan and God condemns them to death in the wilderness until a new generation can grow up and carry out the task.

They can sometimes be effective in the short-term treatment of psychiatric emergencies such as acute psychosis as in schizophrenia or mania, bringing about rapid tranquillization and sedation until the effects of lithium or neuroleptics ( antipsychotics ) take effect.

They eat insects, fruit, and the sap or gum from trees ; occasionally they will take small vertebrates.

They may wish to take advantage of a spike in demand for a particular coin ( for example, during the annual release of Canadian numismatic collectibles from the Royal Canadian Mint ).

They had to take care of the temples ( whence their title, from the Latin aedes, " temple "), organize games, and be responsible for the maintenance of the public buildings in Rome.

They may on such elevation take a vacant " title " ( a church allotted to a cardinal priest as the Roman church with which he is associated ) or their diaconal church may be temporarily elevated to a cardinal priest's " title " for that occasion.

They made a pact to take alternate years at college while the other worked, in order to earn the tuitions.

They can be declined for number when they are used as substitutes for nouns ( as in, " I'll take the reds ", meaning " I'll take the red ones " or as shorthand for " I'll take the red wines ", for example ).

They were, in effect his last testament to non-objective art.

They made it, killed every last one of the Krauts, took the village on schedule.

They feel that World War 3, has already begun, and they are setting themselves up as a `` last line of defense '' against the Communist advance.

They were eight feet apart when Roberts cleared the last step.

They honored the battling Billikens last night.

They would ride with streaming amulets, their colors ripening in the sun, shouting the last bellicosity of a nation in the throes of death.

The last film is not based on any Christie work but displays a few plot elements from They Do It With Mirrors ( viz., the ship is used as a reform school for wayward boys and one of the teachers uses them as a crime force ), and there is a kind of salute to The Mousetrap.

They were tried and executed one after the other until, when only one was still alive, the accounting error was discovered and that last surviving treasurer was acquitted.

They are at last succeeded by the Trossingen Formation already belonging to the Late Triassic.

They won three straight pennants, and participated in all four of the Temple Cup Championship Series, winning the last two of them.

They were also to be his last formal recording studio sessions.

They had finished in last place for two successive seasons, although they contained a number of promising young players.

They led the Wild Card by 1. 5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Cubs a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2. 5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, and the Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card.

They mounted a spirited rally in the last month of the 2007 regular season, winning 21 of their final 22 games, and qualified for the 2007 World Series.

They won their last 14 of 15 games, including 11 in a row, the most of any team in the 2007 season and an all-time franchise record.

They were divorced in 1951, his second and last divorce.

They were built for the China tea trade and began with the Falcon in 1859, and finished with the last ships built in 1870.

They also noted that the flag currently used had lengths, of the last two fields, anywhere between 7 / 4 to 13 / 6.

They were plagued by injuries throughout the season and lost the second most man-games to injury, with only the last place Edmonton Oilers losing more.

They estimated that 60 percent of the modern species of cats developed within the last million years.

They chose the last and prayed for help, whereupon a thirteenth man appeared, with a golden axe on his shoulder.

They had six children, the last ( Rudolph ) born in 1886.

They declared that Son of Golden Turkey Awards " is our last word ... we hereby solemnly pledge that the years ahead will produce no further Golden Turkey publications by the Medved Brothers ... we now pass the torch to whichever brave souls feel ready to take up the challenge.

They are en route to finish last in the major leagues.