Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] their [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The people here want to spend their money on the more expensive imported brands , ’ say Eugen , 24 , who works for the Soros Foundation in Timisoara . |
2 | They attempt to impose their will on the firm(s) involved , that influence extending perhaps to deciding on which may be involved . |
3 | This is especially obvious , for instance , when we examine culturally stereotyped responses to danger and stress , and attempt to evaluate their impact on the feelings of our informants . |
4 | They 've got their finger on the pulse all right . |
5 | Well we 've had their director on the phone , phone yesterday and more or less demanded his twenty thousand back |
6 | In this way , such a configuration becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy , because people come to form their self-understanding on the basis of ‘ psychologism ’ and the theory seems to be confirmed in people 's experience as a result of this process . |
7 | They have imposed their will on the House . |
8 | Many of them have had their terms and conditions reduced , some have been dismissed and they now have no one to turn to as they have turned their back on the Trade Union which is their only guarantee of protection ’ . |
9 | Ferguson accompanied the European Ryder Cup team as Colin Montgomery 's personal guru to Kiawah Island last year and has groomed many leading amateurs , several of whom who have made their mark on the European professional circuit . |
10 | The ones that have got their , Shirley and Terry that have got their house on the market ? |
11 | Only two out of 15 well-known media pundits , whose outspoken role in the campaign Bush has ridiculed , have staked their reputation on the President winning a second term . |
12 | If the system does not provide for supervision , then the health authority could be primarily liable because it is well established that doctors need to do their training on the job . |
13 | The board of directors of the target company have to give their opinion on the offer and make it clear whether or not they recommend it . |
14 | The practical nature of this course has meant that even past graduates in textile design have found their year on the machine knitting business course invaluable in further developing their chosen specialisation in fashion knitwear . |
15 | The Greens have stolen their fire on the left . |
16 | They have dumped their rubbish on the cheap in the East for years . |
17 | Another line of attack has been that of some psychologists who have concentrated their fire on the question whether the type of experimental procedure designed to produce associative learning in Aplysia can ‘ really ’ be said to fulfil the conditions required for classical conditioning . |
18 | Years of pumping iron have taken their toll on the 45-year-old 's body . |
19 | But while injury and age have taken their toll on the others , Kapil , at 33 , is still among the world 's most effective paceman . |
20 | Fourteen years of Tory government have taken their toll on the impression , on young people 's impression of trade unions . |
21 | This section will be a brief summary of other influences which have left their mark on the drama education scene . |
22 | Roofing , after all , is as much an art as a science and centuries of artistic creativity have left their mark on the tile makers of the continent . |
23 | As a result of presentations from fishermen 's associations , Customs have reviewed their policy on the liability of fresh fish used as bait , and have decided that such fish can be zero-rated . |
24 | Voters have to make their decision on the basis of assessments of particular people , with their own special policy commitments , in relation to the more general political biases and policy commitments of their parties . |