Example sentences of "of their [noun] [prep] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who cynically exploit the current problems of the NHS and yet who purport to support its purpose ought to pause and reflect upon the effect of some of their activities in creating a mood of pessimism about its future . |
| 2 | Expert woodworkers , like Luke Hughes , Ian Norbury and Lucinda Leech provide samples of their experience of organising a workshop , and the magazine includes a pictorial view of some of these idyllic work areas . |
| 3 | There have been instances recently where vast commercial organisations and even governments have been compelled to rethink their policies and their methods because a sufficient number of individual supermarket shoppers have decided to demonstrate the strength of their feelings by boycotting a particular item . |
| 4 | They can be bare records of numbers and events or they can be windows on a living school and most heads will be able to think of ways in which reports can be used to enrich governor perceptions , prompt good questions and solicit positive advice and support as soon as they have made a breakthrough into a sense of their responsibility for creating a favourable climate . |
| 5 | Campaigners boosted the impact of their warnings by drawing a close connection between the fly and the home . |
| 6 | The Pharos single market adviser is a computer programme allowing companies with IBM compatible machines to build up a profile of their business by asking a series of questions . |
| 7 | Boswell concludes the account of their visit by satisfying a little further his search for concord between Johnson and Monboddo — each had a black servant . |
| 8 | They thought they could regain his soul by sorcery , and so they devoted all of their time to weaving a spell to do so . |