Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun pl] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ] . |
| 2 | They shared their responsibilities for the smooth running of Zone I with the enthusiasm of those bound by a loveless marriage . |
| 3 | He asked their Lordships for the forthcoming Proof before the Sheriff to be heard away from Orkney in mainland Scotland . |
| 4 | But there were others who , despite their disaffection to Hanover , had little desire to risk their necks for the positive alternative the Pretender represented . |
| 5 | Several chandlers are revising their catalogues for the new year . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Yesterday , Darlington and South West Durham health authorities unveiled their plans for the new Patient 's Charter at a press conference in Darlington . |
| 8 | Directors are required to exercise their powers for the proper purpose , ie for the benefit of the company , and it has been held that the power of allotment is given to the directors to get capital for the company . |
| 9 | Although the children at the La Mane Centre were made to use their powers for the wrong reasons , when it came to using their powers when it mattered , both Carrie and Michael used them in order to kill and destroy . |
| 10 | And a couple of young clerks , that 's where they bred their clerks for the future use sort of thing you know . |
| 11 | He was short and deeply unpopular with everyone because he had cheated them out of their money when he collected their taxes for the Roman army . |
| 12 | Examine the conditions for local stability and discuss their implications for the comparative static results . |
| 13 | Brokers have cut their expectations for the full year from £30m to £28m , suggesting earnings of just under 15p . |
| 14 | At the last , Marion and Elizabeth brought their babies for the old man to bless . |
| 15 | Far from trying to develop their targets for the long haul , the Milken minions broke them up for quick gain . |
| 16 | However , on each process switch we need to save the contents of all processor registers for the old process ( the process context ) and restore their contents for the new process . |
| 17 | Gallup Poll data showed that in these four elections , 79% or more of upper-middle-class voters and 69% or more of middle-class voters cast their votes for the Conservative party , while more than 50% of working-class and very poor voters voted for the Labour party . |
| 18 | Presumably , after carrying out their assignments , they had been returning at irregular intervals and were now preparing their reports for the final session of the afternoon . |
| 19 | As they clustered at the door , preparing their faces for the raw air , she still sensed those eyes burning into her . |
| 20 | The durability of the peace will soon be tested as the political parties choose their candidates for the general election due in March 1994 . |
| 21 | A more recent collection , which reflects some of the same debates and also considers their implications for the economic geography of the UK is The Geography of De-Industrialisation edited by Ron Martin and Bob Rowthorn ( London and Basingstoke , Macmillan ; 1986 ) . |
| 22 | Many councils have employed too many staff over the years , have been too inefficient , and have not maintained their homes for the elderly and residential care homes as well as they should have done . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |