Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many students told me that they only joined the League because it was the correct thing to do at middle school and at university they maintained their membership for the social functions the League organised , such as outings and dances . |
| 2 | Will the Lord President urge the security services to concentrate their search for the alleged theft of information from hon. Members on the organisations that regularly spy on hon. Members , including the organisation that last week published a ludicrous volume full of slanders and innuendos about hon. Members ? |
| 3 | Most people find it easy to drink large quantities of calorific drinks , sweet or alcoholic , without in any way lessening or delaying their appetite for the next meal — and these drinks , and sugar itself , are perhaps the ultimate example of fibre-free calories . |
| 4 | The question may have niggled at the 7,776 advertising talents who entered their work for the prestigious Design & Art Direction Awards , some of whom will turn up tonight at a glittering Grosvenor House junket to find out whether they have won one of the silver or gold pencils . |
| 5 | As the contribution of Britain to the UNHCR is very much greater than that of France or Germany , will my right hon. Friend encourage our European partners to increase their support for the vital work of refugee relief ? |
| 6 | should now have received their list for the next two months . |
| 7 | Gooch and the England selectors meet in Manchester to choose their squad for the second Test at Lord 's , and Atherton 's place as Gooch 's opening partner is one of those up for discussion . |
| 8 | The visiting party , including an HMI in attendance , was horrified , dropped their agenda for the second day and went through the problems as they had perceived them with the management group and the Academic Board : |
| 9 | In 1948 , Francis Rogallo and his wife Gertrude were granted their patent for the flexible kite that has been credited so often as the origin of the ‘ modern ’ species . |
| 10 | The Gulamalis received their rent for the first three months , then nothing for four months , and were told the computer was broken , the accounts were being moved , the cheque was in the post , and so on . |
| 11 | Horses out riding can show their intolerance for the same daily routine and their need for excitement . |
| 12 | However , it must be stressed that the High Anglicans reserved their contempt for the Whig bishops ; they recognised that there were some sound bishops ( though not as many as they would like ) , and they remained committed to the defence of the institution of episcopacy . |
| 13 | But miners in Russia 's biggest coalfield , Kuzbass in western Siberia , declared their support for the embattled president and threatened to strike . |
| 14 | Central Council would like to express their gratitude for the many generous donations and gifts which help to maintain the high standard of care given to the Home 's guests . |
| 15 | The families , she said , had asked her to express their gratitude for the warm and caring support from everyone there ; they were grateful , too , for the many messages of support and sympathy coming from outside Orkney . |
| 16 | Thus Leo I thought it better that his congregation should keep their fasting for the proper liturgical seasons publicly set aside for it , rather than carry it out as a private ascetic exercise . |
| 17 | But just three days before the England selectors name their team for the second Test against Australia at Lord 's , Fletcher was not too concerned about Gower 's injury-enforced absence . |
| 18 | Instead of putting their money into business , people lent it to the government in the hope that ERNIE ( the nickname of the Electronic Random Number Indicator ) would select their number for the top prize ( then ) of a modest £1,000 . |
| 19 | He accused Scottish Office ministers of ‘ doing their bit for the ideological shift on road building in the Department of Transport ’ . |
| 20 | Heroism presented itself to her still as sacrifice ; but she turned her mind in pity to the heroines who had suffered atrocious torments to keep their bud for the eternal bridegroom ; surely , and the paradox hit her humour with satisfying logic , the most excellent act of selflessness for a virgin was to surrender up her state ? |
| 21 | Patients were assessed in a special gallstone clinic to determine their suitability for the various treatment techniques available in our unit . |
| 22 | Some thought that far too many opulent and now half-empty movie palaces had been built for the elusive fashionable trade whilst others detected a more general dulling of the palate as the masses lost their enthusiasm for the old stories and seemed all too ready for something new . |
| 23 | The Irish in Britain Representation Group led a march from Whittington Park calling for the release of the Birmingham 6 and the Guildford 4 , who have been protesting their innocence for the past 14 years . |
| 24 | Tickets for the game — Rangers ' allocation will roughly match their share for the European Champions ' League tie with FC Brugge in Belgium three days earlier — will go on sale on Saturday . |
| 25 | The question is whether England reached their peak for the first 45 minutes of Hamilton or whether they have the resources of skill and spirit to play even better seven days later at Pukekohe . |
| 26 | Here , within three minutes , Mark Bailey had rounded their defence for the first of his side 's dozen tries . |
| 27 | Although former minisupercomputer maker Elxsi Corp disappeared from radar screens a year or three back , its Tata Elxsi Ltd former joint venture with the giant Indian conglomerate J R Tata Sons & Co Pte Ltd of Bombay is still in existence , and has just announced a joint venture with Mountain View , California-based Silicon Graphics Inc to expand their collaboration for the Indian market . |
| 28 | Whatever enforced their absence for the last couple of years , it was n't an extensive search for a new musical direction . |
| 29 | IAN RUTHERFORD Taking steps : marchers take part in the demonstration in Dundee at the weekend showing their support for the 340 strikers sacked by Timex |
| 30 | Indeed , none of the candidates sitting their referral for the first time passed . |