Example sentences of "for their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dummies can come to life in books , as it seems they can do for their masters on the stage : and this miracle depends , not only on the author , but also on the people he knows , who may indeed be thought to participate in what he is , and who are likely to participate in his ventriloquism . |
| 2 | It took some time for their masters to curb them . |
| 3 | The cookshops were open , the awnings of the stalls pulled down , and already the apprentices were darting in and out , seeking custom for their masters . |
| 4 | In the ninth century , one poet praised its beauty , while another drowned in it ; salt-traders and vintners plied it as a matter of routine ; nobles and religious communities with estates on both sides of it had boats ready for regular crossings and landing-stages where their men could send off surplus produce for sale and unload imports for their masters ' consumption ; Vikings contemplated arduous upstream journeys , but quick getaways ; Charles the Bald , worried over strategic problems , planned the river 's blocking , and policing , and also exploited the symbolic possibilities of meetings at Orléans , Fleury , Cosne , Meung , Pouilly to which nobles must come from Aquitaine by crossing the river while Charles himself received his visitors on the Frankish side . |
| 5 | The Kennel Club launched a health-care plan to allow dog owners to get cheap hi-tech treatments like cancer therapy and cataract surgery for their pedigree pooches . |
| 6 | On the other hand , they would have been inspired by the promise that they , as loyal adherents of the Messiah , would be granted a unique recompense for their fidelity and for any suffering they had incurred . |
| 7 | It belongs to the beloved Leader 's comrades , that stout-hearted and fearless pair of white knights , the decorated killers , the implacable , the irresistible duo , ’ Franco dropped his voice till almost inaudible , ‘ Dumini , Volpi , famed for the elimination of their country 's enemies abroad , and for their service in the nation 's gangs — and gaols — and not least , for their closeness to the beloved , glorious — Long may he live ! — Leader of the people . ’ |
| 8 | It will be possible to bill the owners for their mileage . |
| 9 | Oldham received scant reward for their exploits , being sent to the winners of the Swindon v Southampton tie next week . |
| 10 | Hence managers choose carefully a position for their factory , so that transport costs are kept low . |
| 11 | Some employers introduced ‘ speed-up ’ for their factory hands , resulting in less work for homeworkers , while others gave the best paying work to their indoor hands and gave out only the inferior grades of work which required the most time spent on it to houses where the inspectors were unlikely to penetrate . |
| 12 | But the 22-year-old , whose triumph with Steve Redgrave in the Olympic coxless pairs last August suddenly seemed light years away , refused to blame Oxford errors for their surprise humiliation . |
| 13 | Fees and arrangements for their payments |
| 14 | The hotel here is a well-known resort of anglers who have a choice of a dozen nearby lochs and lochans for their sport . |
| 15 | Like climbers and fell-walkers , they frequently attract animosity , oftentimes from locals in the areas they use for their sport . |
| 16 | The Russians could not forgive the Poles for supporting their internal and external enemies , nor for their independence from Moscow . |
| 17 | The officers were selected from established units , with colonels putting forward men like Lieutenant Bernard J. Callinan who were chosen for their independence of mind as well as soldiering ability . |
| 18 | At times like this we can thank God for their independence from politicians . |
| 19 | ‘ The increased levy on petrol will really hurt a lot of disabled people in the countryside who rely on the car for their independence , ’ Mrs Hirst , of Smyth Court , Leiston , said . |
| 20 | We went on to fight alongside the North African people for their independence . |
| 21 | Although Uzell reckons there are no real dominant players , he divides the competition into four main areas : computer vendors , such as IBM Corp and ICL , which he reckons have the geographical scope and financial muscle to deal with the global demands of systems integration projects , but are unlikely to be independent , are often too hardware-oriented and lack the relevant software expertise ; management consultancies , such as Arthur Andersen and Price Waterhouse , which he believes do have the necessary business knowledge , but generally lack implementation skills and have little experience of large-scale project management ; telecommunications suppliers , such as AT&T Co and France Telecom , which again he reckons are too hardware-oriented and short of software skills ; and software houses , such as Electronic Data Systems Corp and Cap Gemini Sogeti SA , which he recommends for their independence and expertise , but feels that few are international enough or have the necessary financial clout to handle large deals . |
| 22 | The matter was exacerbated by the recent troubles in provincial republics as Muslim groups fought for their independence . |
| 23 | I was a fervent supporter of the Ibos of Biafra , who were fighting for their independence against the rest of Nigeria . |
| 24 | The primary concern of the judiciary , said Lord Hailsham , must be ‘ to retain the respect of the public for their independence which involves not merely their real independence of mind , but also the belief which the public can have that they are seen to be independent in every respect ’ . |
| 25 | Slovenia , Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina have all fought for their independence . |
| 26 | Health authorities have been urged to earn legitimacy for their contracts by consulting consumer interests closely , acting in their role as " champions of the people " when setting and monitoring them ( DOH 1990 ) . |
| 27 | They were also organising business planning courses for their doctors and dentists . |
| 28 | What are modern feminists , busily undoing gender systems , doing setting up systematics of feminism and then , as it were , awarding or withholding Brownie points for their fulfillment or omission ? |
| 29 | If one works in logarithms , the relationship between y and x becomes linear : Hence , it is quite simple for accountants to work out the learning rate for their industry/firm by converting observations of y and x to logarithms and regressing log x against log y . |
| 30 | The same style of mark-up is used both for instances of the logical objects and for their definitions . |