Example sentences of "for their [det] " in BNC.

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1 Ironically , they both live there now ; and Leonard does not , having opted for their former , downtown , districts !
2 Others have overwhelming compassion for their former president .
3 By the inter-war years such Sikh artisans had a number of Kenyan assistants adopting their skills ; by the 1950s the Sikhs were moving on to the role of investor and entrepreneur in both construction and industry , leaving the way clear for their former assistants to take on the role of artisan .
4 Yet , until very recently , the local health authority made no attempt to provide any kind of rehabilitation for their former patient .
5 Quite predictably , the revolutionary government refused to pay any outstanding bills for their former masters ' frivolous luxuries , a state of affairs which had disastrous consequences for champagne houses , like Roederer , whose main market was Russian .
6 STAMFORD AND Tutbury in Staffordshire are unique in England for their former indulgence in the peculiar ‘ sport ’ of bull-running .
7 ALL ABOUT EVE : ‘ Winter Words , Hits And Rarities ’ retrospective compilation , recently lambasted by Julianne Regan , featuring 19 gothic workouts recorded by the band for their former label
8 But if apprenticeship was to work as its devisers hoped it relied upon the interest of freedmen in working for themselves in the time they were allotted and their generosity if their work for their former masters was to be energetic .
9 But farmers have short memories : within a couple of years economic stagnation had stemmed the labour outflow and even led ex-farm workers in some areas to ask for their former jobs back .
10 But the fee is still likely to go to an independent tribunal with Forest apparently asking £3m for their former manager 's son .
11 There was a special ovation at the end from the Brighton fans for their former striker John Byrne , who still looked jaded after being left out of the derby victory over Middlesbrough , and a painful knock on the ankle early in the game did not help his mobility .
12 A veil of secrecy has been thrown over Derry 's final preparations for their All Ireland senior football championship decider against Cork .
13 In a detailed study of the Stormont archives , Bew , Gibbon , and Patterson ( 1979 ) have shown that there were indeed different currents within the Stormont administration but the ones which predominated belonged to those among the ruling protestant classes who were bent on preservation of the status quo for their own purposes , including their own dominance of the protestant alliance as well as their particular sectional interests .
14 Please note that apart from MAC , venues will not be taking advance bookings for their own events and screenings .
15 Some of them tried to make amends for their own earlier contribution to this state of affairs and moved to include me more fully in the life of the school — a few even started to invite me back home for meals and things .
16 Where there does exist a genuine public expression of concern about the way the police operate this can not just be dismissed as a matter of misunderstanding or be written off as the foolish ramblings of that police ‘ folk devil ’ the ‘ loony left ’ , who would dismantle the system for their own political ends .
17 Although this sounds silly , it happens quite often that contestants act with no regard at all for their own safety .
18 By now they were in among thickening crowds of people , nodding to acquaintances and looking out for their own key men from down the valley .
19 Donald McLaggan was speaking in a loud high voice , for their own benefit , they guessed .
20 Prior to the establishment of the Federation Cup by the ILTF ( now the ITF ) in 1962 , the former US player , Margaret du Pont , together with former Australian pro , Thelma Coyne Long and supported by the USTA , had drawn up plans for their own women 's international team competition and had even offered to donate a cup for the event .
21 This factsheet is designed to help those people who have to organise someone 's funeral and/or those people who want to plan ahead for their own funeral .
22 It is important to check whether the deceased has already made arrangements for their own funeral , or carried funeral insurance ( see Section 6 ) .
23 Agencies may charge an agency or booking fee , and staff may be self-employed and responsible for their own tax and national insurance contributions .
24 ‘ We are also concerned about arrangements made by individuals or organisations like outdoor centres negotiating their own arrangements for their own benefit .
25 Sir : Has anyone a suggestion about how , once we have made all our graduates pay for their own education through some sort of lifelong surtax , we should set about stopping those with any marketable skills and sense leaving the country as soon as they possibly can ?
26 There will be a few people , beginning with Mr Fallon , looking for their own McGoolies when this is over . ’
27 From then , licencees will be responsible for their own transmitters , either owning or leasing them .
28 STERLING hung like a pall over commodity markets which have been growing more gloomy for their own reasons in recent months .
29 Politicians tend to act from baser motives , of which the strongest of all is an instinct for their own survival .
30 Octavia Hill , too , adopted the principle that her housing ventures must be self-supporting , and that the tenants should pay an economic rent ; she maintained that rate-aided housing might be a danger to poorer tenants , who would be in the position of having to contribute through the rates to council housing , when they could scarcely afford the rent for their own inferior accommodation .
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