Example sentences of "their [noun] [to-vb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | confirming their readiness to reinforce security , in particular by adopting effective arms control , disarmament and confidence-building measures ; their willingness not to regard each another as adversaries but to work for a relationship of trust and co-operation ; and accordingly their readiness to consider positively the setting up of appropriate institutional arrangements within the framework of the CSCE ; |
| 2 | Gardeners have been inviting the public to look round their allotments to show off the advantages of organic methods of growing vegetables . |
| 3 | How can the employees trust their agent to report fairly the state of nature ? |
| 4 | It was bitterly cold in the cell-like bedroom and the two girls were huddled on the bed , wrapped in blankets , with cats draped over their feet to keep out the cold . |
| 5 | But all religions have had their mystical failures who have used their experiences to prop up the ego rather than transcend it and whose behaviour has been very odd indeed . |
| 6 | Authors such as Arthur Butz in The Hoax of the Twentieth Century or Richard Harwood in Did Six Million Really Die ? , who suggest that the Holocaust never occurred , are offering a conspiracy theory in arguing that the Holocaust was a deliberate lie spread by Zionists to achieve their plan to dominate totally the minds of Gentile populations . |
| 7 | They 'll continue their campaign to win back the security they 'd worked a whole lifetime for . |
| 8 | Peasants had shown themselves fully capable of organizing resistance around their traditional village institutions , and their determination to take over the nobility 's land was their own . |
| 9 | They 'd already split their team to cover both the gym and some other place , and then split it again to follow you , so Blagg only got the leftovers , spotted them , and took to the hills . ’ |
| 10 | At these levels , borrowers with savings or investments must be wondering whether it is worthwhile using some of their cash to pay off the mortgage in part or in full . |
| 11 | Some companies , including James Capel , the stockbrokers , called in their workforces to clear up the damage . |
| 12 | PUBLICANS are campaigning on behalf of their customers to keep down the price of the pint in the Republic . |
| 13 | The leading central banks are expected to redouble their efforts to push down the dollar once the German decision is announced — something which may ease pressure on the pound if it changes the focus of attention in the foreign exchange markets . |
| 14 | Because of the limits on income support payments there is increasing evidence of a shortfall between benefit levels and home fees , with resulting pressure on individual residents and their families to make up the deficit . |
| 15 | Local boys Hong Kong made good their pledge to bring home the bacon for retiring coach Jim Rowark . |
| 16 | From the results of these experiments they appear to have receptors that give direction to their movement to search out the source of this sugar . |
| 17 | The age at which parents want their baby to give up the breast or bottle varies markedly . |
| 18 | Regardless of our commitment to joint decision-making most of us will find that there are many decisions where we feel we lack either sufficient interest or qualification and are perfectly happy to leave those decisions to our partner , eg many men would feel primarily responsible for choosing a car but would prefer their wives to pick out the furniture , decorations and plan the kitchen . |
| 19 | ‘ I think ’ , he says , ‘ that the Germans had convinced themselves that there was something noble in their quest to clean up the world . |
| 20 | welcoming the fact that the German … people have expressed their will to bring about the unity of Germany as a state so that they will be able to serve the peace of the world as an equal and sovereign partner in a united Europe ; |
| 21 | Students , feeling it their duty to point out the shortcomings of policies and personalities in Chinese politics , exercised their traditional custom of remonstrating several times throughout Deng 's decade of reform . |
| 22 | Everyone went mad , stripping off their tops to soak up the sun , doing handstands and laying out tents and kit to dry — until the rain started again ! ’ |
| 23 | The defendants asserted their privilege against making possibly incriminating disclosure by what seems to me the unusual step of incorporating in a summons their application to set aside the paragraphs of Buckley J. 's order which appeared likely to upset that privilege and supporting that application by affidavits expressing their apprehensions in vague terms . |
| 24 | In a fast moving industry they fear that , unless they are continuously involved in development work , their skills will deteriorate , and this will affect not only their future earning power , but also their ability to take on the sort of work they enjoy . |
| 25 | In the Declaration all , including the poorer Commonwealth countries whose economic and social problems might inhibit their ability to meet fully the criteria for democracy which the Declaration laid down , had committed themselves to promote democracy , as well as " the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary and a just and honest government " . |
| 26 | Still to come : the Royal Pioneers from Bicester are on their way to back up the Desert Rats in the Gulf . |
| 27 | Last week they got so fed up with commuters crowding round their screens to find out the train times — because the computer board was n't working — they just switched them all off . |
| 28 | Some of the lawyers and justices , resplendent in their silken robes , held nosegays to their faces to fend off the odour . |
| 29 | When in the 1880s , anxiety about the question grew more acute , and when exhortation to society members not to instruct " female learners " or to allow their daughters to take up the trade seemed to have little effect , more organized attempts were made to confront the problem . |
| 30 | Matilda and her brother were sitting quietly on the sofa waiting for their mother to bring in the TV dinners on a tray . |