Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If everyone had waited until they could promise their children a safe life , the human race would be extinct . ’ |
| 2 | The North-East gives them room to expand and offers their employees a higher quality of life . |
| 3 | In any large firm the managers have considerable scope for indulging in actions which may not be in the best interests of the owners , or for allowing their subordinates a freer rein than might be in the owners ' interests . |
| 4 | Some friends of mine have given their Oscars a ping-pong ball ( the plain white type — avoid the coloured ones as they seem to be painted ) . |
| 5 | Many parents who have given their children a clear understanding of right and wrong , and those who have laid the foundation of Christian faith , may feel at this stage that their children are rejecting their values once and for all . |
| 6 | This had been quite difficult and the Gnomes had scratched their heads a good deal , because , although people did not openly refer to it , everyone knew that Flame 's father was Fael-Inis and it had meant a lot of worrisome discussions as to whether this fact ought to be openly acknowledged , or whether it might be discourteous to draw attention to it . |
| 7 | It would be far better if employers paid their workers a decent wage , says Tracey , 44 . |
| 8 | ADAM & EVE is a simple to use but sophisticated piece of software to help all language teachers give their students a wide variety of exercise material tailored to their needs . |
| 9 | To raise the cash they need , managers give their bankers a three-year business plan . |
| 10 | Non-cumulative preference shares , by their nature , give their shareholders a preferential interest in the company 's profits for the year , and on liquidation of the company , after settlement of all creditors , entitle the holder to repayment of the nominal value of the shares before the ordinary shareholders are repaid . |
| 11 | Far from hurling a newly laddered pair into the nearest rubbish bin in a rage , three-quarters of women give their stockings a second chance . |
| 12 | More than 40 per cent of men give their cars a once-a-fortnight wash , compared to 22 per cent of women . |
| 13 | They had set off on a sunny morning to paddle their canoes a short distance along the Dorset coastline from the St Albans Centre , Lyme Regis . |
| 14 | In defence , the dismounted men-at-arms and archers ( the archers being either in ‘ wedges ’ or set out before the men-at-arms ) provided density of resistance , giving each other support , the men-at-arms being all the better protected , since the archers were able to fire their weapons a considerable distance against an advancing enemy , thus disrupting them before they reached the defending men-at-arms who , with their own cavalry , could then mount a counter-attack . |
| 15 | The men also look very fine in their long curly wigs ( even if it takes their partners a little while to get used to them ) . |
| 16 | One does get the feeling , none the less , that many traditional teachers still think of film as being a classroom novelty useful to give their students a welcome treat : yet many students , watching the grey , flickering images uncertainly projected on to unsuitable screens by elderly and noisy equipment in stuffy ill-curtained rooms , may be forgiven for wanting a bit of first-rate formal teaching as a relief . |
| 17 | The scale and importance of the nationalized concerns are so great that ministers are not prepared to give their managers a free hand . |
| 18 | But that opportunity is circumscribed , nonetheless , and in a country where Rupert Murdoch , Robert Maxwell and Lord Rothermere , with their powerful and partisan views , control 80 per cent of national newspapers , there is an understandable reluctance to give their newspapers a blank cheque to attack political enemies . |
| 19 | to give their purchasers a nice surprise . ) |
| 20 | " The dangerous feature of these unions " , wrote one such shipowner , " is that they really are benevolent societies and as such will necessarily accumulate funds , giving their members a contingent interest in those funds and therefore if a man should wish to retire from them as combinations , he is held by interest in them and consequently they must always be in operation " . |
| 21 | As the number of these specialists increased , they tried to use the idea of evolution as a means of giving their disciplines a vague unity , thus creating the first science of ‘ biology ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ Some residents who were moved after the last round of home closures are now faced with losing their homes a second time , ’ said Mr Common . |
| 23 | Staff at Watford Gap say they 're not looking for a place in the annals of high cuisine , just to continue making their customers a nice cup of tea in the morning or a nice cup of tea with their tea . |
| 24 | Blay 's Guides , the financial information publishing company , has launched a new range of databases to help financial advisers offer their clients a wider range of advice . |
| 25 | As he noted at the time , new houses intended for single families were subdivided into tenements on their first letting , for the very poor simply could not afford to pay their landlords a realistic return on their investment . |
| 26 | I have in mind that point beyond which parents are no longer flexible , do n't allow their children a certain amount of leeway , are not prepared to overlook or make light of mistakes or misdemeanours . |
| 27 | The situation was abnormal in that the substance of the bill had been agreed between the two frontbenches , but when the inter-party talks broke down ( over a Rhodesian order ) , the Shadow Cabinet gave their members a free vote and a group of them resisted the measure . |
| 28 | Even with housed animals they normally gave their husbands a helping hand . |
| 29 | Every parent wants to offer their children a positive vision of the future . |
| 30 | Here , above , we have teachers who in their different ways are having partial , and perhaps important successes , without offering their pupils a complete diet . |