Example sentences of "deprive them of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The national brewers , whose attitude to staff and tenants would bring a blush to the face of the average Victorian mill owner , object to new legislation that would deprive them of the right to evict tenants and their families at a moment 's notice . |
| 2 | As the hon. Member for Uxbridge ( Mr. Shersby ) pointed out , the courts and the public receive very confused and contradictory messages from the Home Office and from Ministers , whose words suggest that the police and the magistrates must be backed up , but whose actions have on occasion deprived them of the support that they need . |
| 3 | Some of the more militant resisters complained that they were being ‘ diddled ’ by the ‘ ingenious , tolerance of a state which deprived them of the opportunity , welcomed by Clifford Allen twenty-five years earlier , ‘ for the young men or our generation … [ to bear ] witness to the faith that [ was ] in them . ’ |
| 4 | The date on which they were re-charged was in 1973 and was used as a pretext to deprive them of the right to be tried by a jury . |
| 5 | As for companies from other member states , which by virtue of the first paragraph of article 58 are equated to natural persons for the purposes of the application of the provisions on the right of establishment , the Act of 1988 deprives them of the right to establish themselves in the United Kingdom through the intermediary of agencies , branches or subsidiaries , since it provides that only companies set up under the laws of the United Kingdom may be owners and operators of fishing vessels , and restricts their right of participation in the capital of companies or firms , as the corresponding right of natural persons is restricted by the Act . |
| 6 | Taking them back to Orkney , they felt , would have deprived them of the privacy they needed . |
| 7 | ( g ) one disadvantage with convertible loan stock is that there can be a tendency for stockholders to convert when profits and share prices are rising ( thus diluting the equity profit of existing ordinary shareholders and depriving them of the advantage of the cheaper gearing which such stock provides ) and to retain the stock when profits and share prices are falling , thus maintaining the debt burden of the company at a time when it may be least able to service it ; and |
| 8 | When parents are so concerned for the children 's safety that they prevent them from exercising choice and making decisions , they are depriving them of the experience they need in order to cope with life as mature adults . |
| 9 | Several Cabinet ministers were reported to be outraged that she had failed to consult them , depriving them of the opportunity to try to persuade her to step down in favour of a more plausible ‘ unity ’ , or ‘ stop Heseltine ’ , candidate from within the Cabinet . |
| 10 | Their lack of commitment to extending their own professional knowledge and understanding , and their rampant anti-intellectualism , tended to infect the whole professional climate of their schools , depriving them of the spark of lively discussion about issues which is essential to educational progress , and dampening the enthusiasms of those staff who were otherwise inclined . |
| 11 | ‘ For three years the Government has been cutting help to the unemployed , depriving them of the training they need and reducing their ability to find their way back to work . |