Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [adj] [verb] their [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under this agreement the Federated States are competent to conduct their own foreign affairs , including the power to join regional arrangements , subject ‘ to the full authority of the United States in security and defence matters relating to the Freely Associated State . ’ |
| 2 | With the latter form of regional economics association , nation states are free to adopt their own tariff levels upon goods imported from the rest of the world . |
| 3 | ( Incidentally if budding authors are happy to type their own scripts on a word processor , that would usually be helpful . |
| 4 | In theory , parties were free to frame their own transactions , which could then be carried out without legal impediment ; in the event that a bargain fell through , or if one party balked or proved unable to perform , the law of contract made freely available the regular judicial processes of the court system , in which economic damages would be awarded to the party aggrieved . |
| 5 | At HCI Clubs we look after the children so that parents are free to enjoy their own holiday . |
| 6 | The Secretariat has stated that individual countries are free to set their own environmental standards , as long as they do not impede free trade . |
| 7 | Such were the tolerant conditions still prevailing that the Left Communists were able to publish their own journal — Kommunist — and Lenin had to argue policy questions with them publicly ; just as had been the case over the Brest Litovsk peace treaty . |
| 8 | The island spans over 200 miles by road from north to south and within its borders the proud Sardinians are happy to boast their own language , customs and intriguing culture . |
| 9 | For security reasons , most City organisations are reluctant to discuss their own contingency plans . |
| 10 | And again one of the great concerns that we have with the development of N H S Trusts , is those Trust Boards are able to determine their own policies in respect to staffing , to set their own pay scales for staff , also they are able to do their business to a large extent behind closed doors . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , there is concern that if wealthy individuals are able to purchase their own higher-priced coverage , a two-tiered health system will develop . |
| 12 | This prevents competition by helping to ensure the power of the incumbent and increasingly wealthy individuals are able to launch their own campaigns from personal funds . |
| 13 | All the construction workers were busy repairing their own properties . |
| 14 | Through project work , learners are able to express their own ideas and opinions in English . |
| 15 | Farmers were free to use their own initiative more and had an incentive to increase crop-yields , i.e. profits . |
| 16 | Tactically , both skippers were able to hold their own in the starts ; indeed , although Schumann did not win a race , he was ahead in the weather mark in four of his matches . |
| 17 | For absences of seven calendar days or less ( short spells ) , civil servants were able to complete their own certificate explaining their absence . |
| 18 | Most homosexuals are content to lead their own lives and pursue their own relationships with others of like feeling — or would be , if they were allowed to do so . |
| 19 | Had not the American players been prepared to meet their own expenses , which included travel from often distant points of the continent , the game would never have taken place . |
| 20 | He also found that in many instances children were able to correct their own errors when their attention was drawn to them . |
| 21 | In each unit there is a kitchen where the residents are able to make their own snacks and a communal television and activity room . |
| 22 | The local authority can provide them , but employees are free to wear their own if they wish . |