Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] their [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Executive wrote to the four signatories and supporters who were most closely identified with the Petition campaign , Bevan , Strauss , Cdr Young , and W. Bruce , asking them to discontinue their support for the campaign or face expulsion from the Party . |
| 2 | Animal welfarists , because they are committed to promoting the good of these and other animals , seem to have an intelligible basis on which to rest their call for the preservation of natural habitat . |
| 3 | The Party loved it , they gave him a standing ovation and Mr Kinnock went back for an encore to tell them to save their strength for the election . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A national " mass of reconciliation " was proposed for Aug. 15 by the " revolutionary Peronism " faction of the ruling Justicialist Party , including the remnants of the Montoneros , who called for reconciliation with the armed forces and an amnesty for their imprisoned leader Mario Firmenich [ see p. 35561 ] ; this mass was to have been attended both by former Montonero guerrillas and by military officers from the dirty war , but was cancelled by the Church when it became clear that certain officers were using it to support their demand for an amnesty . |