Example sentences of "their [noun sg] by [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The services are targeted at customers with 1,000 personal computers or more , multinational companies , or companies with a lot of branches , and are intended to provide such organisations with a better return on their investment by attacking the hidden costs of installation , support , and implementation of an ever-increasing number of upgrades . |
| 2 | Swindon Town have strengthened their side by signing the former Spurs and England defender Terry Fenwick on a one year contract … |
| 3 | It seems that the construction workers building galleries in total darkness get their bearings and coordinate their work by sensing the magnetic field of the earth . |
| 4 | What makes the situation especially difficult in the case of homosexuality is that there are those who arm their homophobia by ignoring the first dimension described above — an exile which generates critique — insisting only on the second — the exile who flees one kind of discrimination only to reproduce others , and who is seen to do so in virtue of the alleged ‘ predatory ’ nature of the homosexual desire , now quintessentially defined as a desire to exploit the disadvantaged . |
| 5 | In consequence , the Joint Contract Tribunal ( JCT ) extended their terms of reference to assume responsibility for the production of standard forms of subcontract and at the same time enlarged their membership by inviting the two main subcontractors ' organisations to become constituent bodies . |
| 6 | BALLYMENA opened their season by making the long trip to the Scottish Borders where they defeated Hawick after leading 13-0 at the interval . |
| 7 | And on Sunday , the Oxfordshire under 18 's hockey team are hoping to crown their season by winning the Southern Counties Championship . |
| 8 | Others , however — like me — cope with their disloyalty by accepting the odd fag . |
| 9 | It was written to help students interpret the results of their fieldwork by providing the essential background information . |
| 10 | And , at the end of such a period , if American troops were still abroad it would be unthinkable for Congress to sabotage their position by denying the chief executive a declaration of war . |
| 11 | Maintain the programme of expenditure on local safety schemes and other action plans and ensure their implementation by according the highest priority to this work . |