Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Engineers should contribute effectively to risk management within their organisation by doing everything reasonably practicable to ensure that good practice is being followed . |
| 2 | Against these factors , one must recall that in the Northern Tier countries ( Poland , GDR , Czechoslovakia ) , the earmarking of the national armed forces for participation in the cutting edge of offensive war against NATO has rarely provoked dissent from their commanders . |
| 3 | You may find yourself writing detailed advertisements for an insurance company specific enough to find favour with their actuaries , or inventing a reason for people to buy a particular chocolate bar . |
| 4 | It was Molly , of course , who introduced Medau work in the Special Needs sector and she has been followed by a number of our teachers who all deserve recognition for their work in this field . |
| 5 | And though she cherished the times when Friend soared in companionship beside her through forever , always — reluctantly , it seemed sometimes , but always — he would pluck new motes of light and weave them into new shapes for her to read , but the shapes only made sense in their beauty , not in the real world where the coarseness of eating and cleaning and going to the toilet squashed the meanings out of the corners of her eyes . |
| 6 | Worst of all , seamen rapidly came to the conclusion that the service and suffering to which the union had committed them in the name of Britain and the Empire did not extend to the shipowners , and especially not to those who were fortunate enough to escape requisitioning of their vessels by the government . |
| 7 | The four men want to open a much needed bakery in their home town of Marghita in Romania . |
| 8 | Voluntary organisations are anxious to ensure the huge prizes do not draw away much needed cash from their work . |
| 9 | ‘ Come , sir , my charges have only to give bail against their appearance at the Assize Court . |
| 10 | Other people at the Town Hall only spent part of their time working for the Tramways Department . |
| 11 | How many Welsh coaches , for example , see their role as not only achieving success for their clubs but also furnishing players of quality for the new multiplicity of Welsh squads ? |
| 12 | I am sorry that some others have apparently taken leave of their senses . |
| 13 | Thomas took himself a wife , Elizabeth Cooke , one of the three Cooke sisters , who greatly influenced society in their day . |
| 14 | These developments will help all those buying a home , moving house or taking a house to rent to choose dwellings that will not only save money on their fuel bills , but help to improve the environment . |
| 15 | Benson and Hedges used to have similar problems with Wembley , in that reports of the tournament in America and Australia , for instance , inadvertently gave credit to their rivals . |
| 16 | Teachers employed by the Region who wish to conduct research in their own school only require approval from their headteachers . |
| 17 | The Chancellor also used his statement to close the loophole whereby companies acquired other businesses merely to take advantage of their capital losses for tax purposes . |
| 18 | Dulles diplomatically expressed sympathy for their point of view only to warn that such a strategy was unlikely to succeed unless the United States expected to win a general war . |
| 19 | Unfortunately they went back to their bad old ways during the autumn in the championship , but they have now regained that hungry look which can only spell trouble for their rivals . |
| 20 | In the late nineteenth century , the pastime of rambling through open countryside had been restricted to those who not only had time at their disposal but also the financial capability to travel into rural areas . |
| 21 | Parliament must be well aware of the great burden that is imposed on senior ministers , who not only take charge of their departments but also speak for them in Parliament , attend meetings of the Cabinet and its committees , and see to their constituency affairs if they are members of the House of Commons . |
| 22 | The average person , irrespective of weight , has too much refined sugar in their food . |
| 23 | The three figures looked quite awful ; someone had painted red , blue and green panties over the mid-sections of the figures perhaps to register objection to their nudity , but this only served to accentuate it . |
| 24 | In his Politics he knew just enough to make sense of their institutions within the context of his classification . |
| 25 | And coming back from the sea , laden with fish for their young , they can only find safety in their nest holes . |
| 26 | Finance people , being relatively simple-minded , have only learnt subtraction in their arithmetic lessons at school , and that 's what traditional cost control is . |
| 27 | A second list details Hunts and Huntsmen accused of only declaring part of their income . |
| 28 | It seemed as if the instruments they held — long pipes and hand drums — were somehow becoming part of their bodies . |
| 29 | Directors do not normally expect payment for their services though a small gift might be appropriate . |
| 30 | Crabs normally catch food with their pincers . |