Example sentences of "[be] [verb] their [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The employees are accepting their fate with the usual mix of bitterness and resignation . |
| 2 | The earliest the matter can be raised again is in January when the new Congress returns , and although if the benefit is reintroduced it may well be retroactive to1 January , potential donors are biding their time for the moment . |
| 3 | Will the Prime Minister now tell us whether he accepts that , in addition to the massive number of homes repossessed last year , a further 80,000 families are to lose their homes in the current year ? |
| 4 | Two hundred and ninety people are to lose their jobs with the closure of one of the country 's leading leather manufacturers . |
| 5 | But in promoting it to MPs we 've been drawing their attention to the kinds of organizations which in turn in their eyes just sort of represent that pyramid or structure of votes that . |
| 6 | During June and July many artists living and working in East and South East London have been opening their studios to the public , coordinated and publicised by the Whitechapel Gallery . |
| 7 | It is not the West End galleries however who have been opening their doors to the new generation . |
| 8 | So to raise funds , some of the villagers are opening their gardens to the public on Saturday . |
| 9 | Writers and actors have been pledging their support at the start of National Library Week . |
| 10 | It is a warm Saturday towards the end of the 1989–90 season , leagues are being decided , the unfortunates are being relegated and Scotland 's itinerant football fans are weaving their way to the citadels of Brechin , Forfar , and Cowdenbeath . |
| 11 | And finally , surfers and canoeists have been pitting their skills against the biggest River Severn tidal wave of the year . |
| 12 | Monitoring rivals closely to copy good ideas and ensure that they are keeping their service in the forefront of developments |
| 13 | Legal and General Property have been presented their plans to the City Lands Policy Group and traders at the centre . |
| 14 | The Miami Cubans are flexing their wallets for the return to a country whose people are healthier , better educated and less racially divided than when the exiles left . |
| 15 | The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate . |
| 16 | Several chandlers are revising their catalogues for the new year . |
| 17 | Market forces are pushing their way into the whole arena of debt servicing and conditions of grant aid so that the international rhetoric is moving away from comprehensive Primary Health Care to ‘ cost recovery ’ . |
| 18 | At present all CAD companies are pushing their techniques from the low to the mid level of involvement . |
| 19 | For weeks prior to this , provincial and national newspapers had been expressing their outrage at the title of the album . |
| 20 | They 're breaking their part of the contract now . |
| 21 | I think they like to hold that position that they 're doing their bit for the school . |
| 22 | And it 's dangerous ground , because before you know it they 're not just honouring millionaires by putting their names on degrees , they 're putting their names over the door . |
| 23 | They 're depriving their children of the maternal love that is the child 's by right . |
| 24 | Over in Nottinghamshire , Hucknall Town are marking their elevation to the Central Midlands League by producing a programme that would put many full-time clubs to shame . |
| 25 | Throughout the week the pupils of the council 's art class in Ballyclare High School and their tutor , Di Whitla , have been exhibiting their work in the Town Hall . |
| 26 | Detainees in Nylstroom said they had been offered their release on the condition that they agreed to become police informers . |
| 27 | The stated reason for doing so is that an increasing number of cardholders are paying their bill at the end of each month , pay nothing for the card , and are therefore being subsidised by those who do use the credit facility . |
| 28 | The club has criticised the fans for not turning up in bigger numbers to support the club but now they are turning their criticism on the manager . |
| 29 | They are turning their backs on the low paid workers . |
| 30 | And runners like Wimpey Homes site manager Paul Hatfield are turning their attention to the 30 mile , 50km , 40/50 mile and 100km ( 62.1 mile ) distances — for fun ! |