Example sentences of "to be [adj] [verb] their [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Catalan nationalists want , in particular , to be able to collect their own taxes and then pass on to the central government a share based on the services it provides . |
| 2 | And I see it as part of my job to help them to be able to judge their own work … |
| 3 | There seemed little if any concern for research into the description of linguistic interaction in the classroom — a particularly sad observation , as this is an area where teachers are well-equipped to find a base for research , and need to be able to monitor their own and others ' performance effectively . |
| 4 | Some , primarily because of their educational background , though there will be other causes , are in a position in a business enterprise to be able to define their own roles and will have a determining voice in deciding pay and other rewards and , in general , be able to define the procedures and roles by which others ' work will be done . |
| 5 | Similarly , within organisations is it not the case that certain groups consistently seem to be able to get their own way ? |
| 6 | Semi-skilled and unskilled workers are much less likely to be able to buy their own house ( 26 per cent of unskilled workers are owner-occupiers , compared with 87 per cent of professional workers ) . |
| 7 | With this kind of warfare going on between nests , the ants need to be able to distinguish their own nestmates from members of other nests . |
| 8 | I mean , they 've got to be able to quantify their own work besides yourself . |
| 9 | We want people to be able to follow their own interests — but the syllabus does n't allow us enough time . |
| 10 | One group that was frequently excluded was the poor — those who could not be guaranteed to be able to pay their own funeral expenses . |
| 11 | German Chancellor Helmut Kohl , in a marked shift of attitude , stated before the meeting that the peoples of Europe had to be free to choose their own future , while Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher warned that Germany would press for severe political and economic sanctions against Yugoslavia if the army continued to defy the federal authorities . |
| 12 | Just as you do not wish others to inflict their desires upon you , you must leave it to them to be free to follow their own direction in life . |