Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] their [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We therefore have to ask our members to contribute to the upkeep by way of fund-raising activities and this increases their spending on the Institute by many pounds per annum . |
| 2 | I am fundamentally lazy and decided that we would inevitably be scrambled so it was less effort to remain in my aircraft and wait for it , helmet on and listening to the R T. The next thing I saw was people running — I still could not hear anything due to my helmet — and on looking round saw the 109s starting their dive on the field . |
| 3 | However , on the whole , English teachers at this time were content to defend their discipline on the grounds of its singular capacity to provide those " human " values upon which the idea of a liberal education depended , and to present science and technology as merely an aspect of that mechanical world against which the " battle of culture " needed to be pitched . |
| 4 | The local trade unionists were quick to give their verdict on the SDLP and the document drawn up after the meeting stated : |
| 5 | These physical constraints all take their toll on the accuracy , readability and good English of the magazine . |
| 6 | The task , time pressure and members ' interests all have their effect on the four commonly cited stages in the process of group formation : forming , storming , norming , performing . |
| 7 | Indeed , we might even be inclined to suggest that third parties that are buoyant in the opinion polls , and have a diffuse appeal beyond specific regions , are only able to sustain their support on the basis of an attractive ambiguity about their main policy objectives that precludes the presentation of crisp programmes and , therefore , the possibility of programmatic support . |
| 8 | As an American commentator put it , ‘ a duchess abdicates when her son comes to his title ; she is turned out of the mansion where she once presided … ’ especially through this single-minded concentration of resources through inheritance on a principal heir that the English aristocracy were able to tighten their grip on the land . |
| 9 | He is also concerned about being unable to control their value on the open market , with individuals making money out of what had originally been a means of raising money for charity . |
| 10 | 6 Enter their name on the diagram in your preferred arrangement , taking into account height as well as spread , whether they are evergreen , perennial , annual , flowering or non-flowering . |
| 11 | In October 1974 Labour won only a small majority of seats but that majority had disappeared by 1976 , because a number of minor nationalist parties were able to maximize their effect on the electoral system by virtue of their votes being concentrated into a limited number of constituencies , and because by-elections were lost . |
| 12 | who are inclined to impose their choice on the bride and groom in a lot of cases ? |
| 13 | Its characteristics are personal acquisitiveness , set free by generous tax cuts for the rich and a licensed pursuit of the fast buck ; markets , including foreign exchange , left unfettered to bestow their dynamism on the economy ; a state rolled as far back as is electorally tenable ; and a participatory capitalism , based on profit rather than ownership , where almost anything is a commodity to be traded . |
| 14 | The players will be keen to get their season on the East Region circuit off to a good start in the 36 hole Senate Charity Open which starts tomorrow , and the man they will all be out to beat is European Tour regular Paul Curry . |
| 15 | The radial shields are also covered with rugose granules but it is possible to distinguish their position on the disk . |
| 16 | Editor , — We sympathise with A Esmail and S Everington over the medicolegal problems resulting from their study but were sorry to note their observation on the ‘ comparative unpopularity ’ of psychiatry . |
| 17 | The night sky was full of rain clouds , swollen and ready to spill their load on the city below . |