Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] their [noun pl] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've been encouraging local authorities to tighten their belts for the last 14 years , ’ he protests . |
| 2 | During November the three largest parties announced their candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for April 26 , 1992 , to elect a successor to Kurt Waldheim , who had in June 1991 declined to stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 3 | Other unions were equally alarmed by the potential scale of the problem , which was just emerging as schools received their budgets for the new financial year . |
| 4 | To encourage schools to define their objectives for the school library in terms of the curriculum and the educational benefit anticipated for their pupils , including the development of reading and learning skills . |
| 5 | To encourage schools to define their objectives for the school library in terms of the curriculum and the educational benefit anticipated for their pupils , including the development of reading and learning skills . |
| 6 | It has also encouraged LEAs to exercise their responsibilities for the curriculum and encouraged those outside schools , such as governors and people in industry , to play a more important part in discussions about the curriculum . |
| 7 | A favoured means of hosting a concert was the ‘ kvartir-nik ’ ( flat-nik ) : loyal fans surrendering their flats for the purposes of performance . |
| 8 | Journalists risk their lives for the truth in Yugoslav conflict |
| 9 | The durability of the peace will soon be tested as the political parties choose their candidates for the general election due in March 1994 . |
| 10 | 28th August 1930 was a sad day , as the islanders closed their doors for the last time . |
| 11 | ‘ Those people — and thousands of them went through the proper procedure — will be contacted later this month and given the opportunity to purchase their tickets for the next home game . ’ |
| 12 | NATIONAL Trust houses and gardens open their gates for a new season of visiting , starting on Wednesday , April 1st . |
| 13 | On 25th May , while the German army raced ruthlessly across Belgium and the inhabitants of England watched their skies for the first signs of airborne invasion , the scientists in the Oxford Pathology Department performed a crucial experiment . |
| 14 | The committee express their thanks for the work he has done in a voluntary capacity over the past months . |
| 15 | Yesterday , Darlington and South West Durham health authorities unveiled their plans for the new Patient 's Charter at a press conference in Darlington . |
| 16 | But there were others who , despite their disaffection to Hanover , had little desire to risk their necks for the positive alternative the Pretender represented . |
| 17 | University students were particularly angered by the government 's refusal to meet their demands for a minimum monthly grant in line with the country 's average wage . |
| 18 | His team dismissed their opponents for a record low score . |
| 19 | These commonly give optionholders the right to exercise their options for a fixed period following a scheme of arrangement becoming effective . |
| 20 | This year , as the locos dropped their fires for the last time , the cash bag totalled more than £1243.72 . |
| 21 | Clerical staff at Oxford Polytechnic vacated their desks for the picket line . |
| 22 | Chief officers prepare their estimates for the coming year , setting out present spending plus price increases and what would be necessary to meet existing commitments . |
| 23 | He paid a brief homage to the Gnomes , who had journeyed all the way from the Gallan Mountains to bring their ideas for the new Queen 's Crown Jewels and did not refer to the fact that they were four days late on account of getting lost on the way . |
| 24 | Her hair was put up with rhinestone forget-me-nots instead of diamanté ones and when her friend Mr Lewis says : ‘ might I divest you of your plastic mac ? ’ the whole process shut down for an hour or so whilst six fairly literate people racked their brains for a ‘ mac ’ substitute . |
| 25 | By 1953 , however , with Conservative rural constituencies pressing their MPs for a rural electrification subsidy , and the Minister looking more favourably on capital expenditure for this purpose , the Area Board chairmen hammered out a national plan for rural electrification , which was finally agreed at an extended and controversial meeting at a country hotel in Moretonhampstead in 1953 . |
| 26 | THE TRIALS of poor Ingatestone continued in the T Rippon Mid Essex League as South Weald skipper Gary Fisher carved their bowlers for an unbeaten 140 . |
| 27 | Like generals marshalling their forces for a ‘ big push ’ campaign , Eddie Thorning and Chris Pomfret pore over a map of Eastern Europe . |
| 28 | There is no provision for GPs to refer their patients for an ‘ estimate ’ before deciding whether or not they wish to proceed and pay for treatment — a provision which , whilst solving some of the problems outlined above , would create unacceptable ethical problems of its own . |
| 29 | In every production there comes an awkward jerky stage when the cast abandon their books for the first time , but for The Hooded Owl it seemed to be going on longer than usual . |
| 30 | They make adequate monitoring of children 's learning a particularly demanding task and children themselves may find that such arrangements reduce their opportunities for the quiet , concentrated study required by the reading and writing activities which dominate their curriculum . |