Example sentences of "[to-vb] their [noun pl] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subjects affected by such apprehension will tend to modify their responses in a way they think the experimenter considers them to be healthy . |
| 2 | One way in which such factors are isolated is by comparing parents known to batter their children with a control group of parents who have no history of child abuse ( Lynch and Roberts 1977 , for example ) . |
| 3 | In its initial statement , UNITA said that Gen. Miguel N'Zau Puna and Gen. Tony da Costa Fernandes had asked to be relieved of their duties in order to concentrate their efforts on a resolution to the issue of the secession of the Cabinda enclave . |
| 4 | Ask the trainees to write their answers on a sheet of paper and hand it to you . |
| 5 | It may be necessary at this stage to release further information , such as current trading and sensitive information such as detailed customer and supplier analyses , which will enable the offerors to finalise their offers into a Heads of Agreement . |
| 6 | Director Stephen Lee said : ‘ Charities are under enormous pressure to increase their services at a time when fundraising has never been so constrained . |
| 7 | The French shared their reluctance at this time to sink their identities in a United States of Europe . |
| 8 | In all probability there were always a few freeholders in any county who could be prevailed upon in this way to swing their votes behind a candidate who offered a guarantee of advantage . |
| 9 | In higher education an estimated 400,000 students were expected to lose their grants as a result of a proposal to target the federal student grant fund of $5,800 million , a rise of 7 per cent , at students from families with incomes lower than $10,000 . |
| 10 | Ninety people are to lose their jobs at a bleach factory . |
| 11 | The Building Societies Association assured the Government at the time that , when the rule was introduced , there would be no reason to expect people to lose their homes as a result and they have not done so . |
| 12 | It was still necessary for planning to pay sensible attention to the need to provide essential public services economically , but modern industrial undertakings had to be prepared to conduct their businesses in a way which minimised ugliness and to accept any reasonable cost involved in making their buildings , plant and operations acceptable to public opinion . |
| 13 | BREWER and retailer Whitbread has begun advising more than 1,000 of its tenants that it has arranged deals to lease their pubs to a string of brewers and pub groups as part of a move to comply with the Government 's beer orders . |
| 14 | So perhaps another note for Mr Patten 's no doubt very full in-tray is to look again at the decision to close down the body responsible for developing Milton Keynes , and start a new government initiative to encourage more new settlements throughout the region , rather than leaving it to private consortia to chance their arms through a development control system which seems unable to accommodate new initiatives in planning . |
| 15 | One of these is to support their schools with a range of expert services . |
| 16 | The speculation at Westminster last night was that Mr Kinnock was preparing the ground for a dignified exit by leaving his colleagues six months in which to mount their campaigns for a contest in the autumn . |
| 17 | Pilots fell in love with the craft too ; some were eager to refresh their memories with a glance at the Meteor ; s cockpit . |
| 18 | Shareholders can protect themselves from hostile takeovers and leveraged buyouts by not agreeing to sell their shareholdings at a discount . |
| 19 | Many children were actually sold by masters into slavery in pits — Parents actually had to sell their children into a life of misery . |
| 20 | They were told to spend a maximum of fifteen minutes on this task and to restrict their accounts to a maximum of half a page . |
| 21 | In the same way six women in the area got together 5 years ago to set up a project which would bring the women together to tackle their problems as a group , to teach them new skills which will help them find alternative sources of income . |
| 22 | ‘ Britons tend to view their homes as a commodity to be traded and this has put people off having features in their homes which they think the market might find too ‘ individual . ’ |
| 23 | Walkers would find themselves diving out of the way on paths , escaping from runaway mountain bikes careering towards them on a mission to deposit their riders in a ditch . |
| 24 | Even so , some mammal parents still find it worth while to deposit their babies in a creche . |
| 25 | They start to refine their miaows in a way that wild cats never seem to do . |
| 26 | Applicants will have the opportunity to discuss their course(s) during a visit to the University . |
| 27 | The eventual extension of the index to include outposted files would bring them under closer scrutiny and control , and , although a degree of consistency would be achieved by revising the file references to the level recommended by the Working Party , branch officers would still retain considerable discretion to organise their files in a manner that suited their particular needs . |
| 28 | Overall , I would thoroughly recommend our itinerary to other pilots of light aircraft — particularly if they want to broaden their horizons with a change of scenery and culture as well as flying conditions different to those in most of the UK or France . |
| 29 | The British people have not been allowed to express their views through a referendum , although the trend in opinion as measured by opinion polls has been firmly against a Federalist structure . |
| 30 | ‘ Guilty ’ , ‘ worried ’ , ‘ miserable ’ and ‘ depressed ’ are the words which women use to express their responses to a situation in which they do not get their work done ‘ as it should be done ’ : |