Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] their [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The disclosure came as the US secretary of state arrived in Egypt at the start of a tour of the Middle East and met President Mubarak and the foreign minister , Amr Moussa , in an attempt to win their support for an early resumption of the suspended peace talks |
| 2 | Recognition halted their breath for an instant . |
| 3 | ‘ Those people — and thousands of them went through the proper procedure — will be contacted later this month and given the opportunity to purchase their tickets for the next home game . ’ |
| 4 | The committee express their thanks for the work he has done in a voluntary capacity over the past months . |
| 5 | But there were others who , despite their disaffection to Hanover , had little desire to risk their necks for the positive alternative the Pretender represented . |
| 6 | Following a mailing by Aldus to all registered users of the product an initial public meeting was held in London where over 100 potential members braved the pouring rain to confirm their support for the User Group . |
| 7 | University students were particularly angered by the government 's refusal to meet their demands for a minimum monthly grant in line with the country 's average wage . |
| 8 | His team dismissed their opponents for a record low score . |
| 9 | Increasingly labour was forced off the land , and the only right workers had was the right to sell their labour for a money wage . |
| 10 | These commonly give optionholders the right to exercise their options for a fixed period following a scheme of arrangement becoming effective . |
| 11 | Is there anybody who needs anything other than a piano to do their scale for an A minor key i.e. Tuesday 's homework . |
| 12 | If that gap is n't narrowed , we could well see a backlash as business doing their bit for the environment lose heart at the apparent lack of consumer interest . |
| 13 | England require just one more point to ensure their place for the World Cup finals in Italy next summer and Robson said : ‘ Everybody knows the importance of the game . |
| 14 | In the event , the most important repercussion of the appointment was to deprive Kent of the championship , for it proved such a traumatic time for Cowdrey that his team lost their way for a few weeks , and missed the title by just one agonizing point . |
| 15 | Clerical staff at Oxford Polytechnic vacated their desks for the picket line . |
| 16 | A hard core of supporters , mostly teenage girls , gathered at the airport early in the day to show their support for the singer . |
| 17 | On 19 December 1991 the local authority made their application for an interim care order and I have said what the order was . |
| 18 | The draft contains all the essentials of her later paper ( with Gosling ) in Nature in April , which , together with one by Wilkins and his colleagues , accompanied Crick and Watson 's paper announcing their model for the structure of DNA . |
| 19 | On Aug. 23 seven of the 12 political organizations which had initially supported Pascal-Trouillot 's appointment declared their support for the Council of State and demanded the postponement of the elections until such time as the safety of voters could be guaranteed . |
| 20 | Chris Waddle 's club , who this week took their spending for the season so far to £14 million by signing the Nantes player Didier Deschamps , have signed agreements with four players which give them priority should they wish to sign any of them . |
| 21 | In every production there comes an awkward jerky stage when the cast abandon their books for the first time , but for The Hooded Owl it seemed to be going on longer than usual . |
| 22 | The Green Party failed in their efforts to find funding to back their candidate for the seat , and rumours that the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 's Natural Law Party had designs on the constituency came to nothing . |
| 23 | The heads of government pledged their support for the attempts of the Organization of American States ( OAS ) to find a solution to the crisis in Haiti [ see p. 38758 ] and condemned the attempted coup in Venezuela [ see pp. 38759-60 ] . |
| 24 | Patients were assessed in a special gallstone clinic to determine their suitability for the various treatment techniques available in our unit . |
| 25 | We had rehearsals in the morning , and by lunch-time people were already coming across the river to get their places for the play . |
| 26 | The group of councillors from across the political divide were selling appeal raffle tickets in Darlington town centre to show their support for the day centre . |
| 27 | In fluent French at a meeting in Paris , the Prince supported their fight for the country 's traditional way of life — a campaign which has included burning the Union Jack and attacking lorryloads of British meat . |
| 28 | The numerous victims of their rapacity and greed had no reason to risk their necks for the king and his favourites ; nobles such as the king 's half-brother the Earl of Norfolk , who might have expected to enjoy some influence at court , hated the Despensers for their monopoly of the king 's presence ; and the heirs of the victims of 1322 had everything to gain from the overthrow of Edward 's regime . |
| 29 | The association , all of whose members are required to sign a statement pledging their support for the use of animals in research , is planning to raise the issue with the Medical Research Council . |
| 30 | Swindon needed a win to maintain their push for a play-off spot , but they were denied when Paul Bodin , who made nearly 150 appearances for Bath City on the ground they share with Bristol Rovers , fouled Ian Alexander . |