Example sentences of "their [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question that must be answered is : will the exercise of curriculum review be a hollow one , resulting in schools simply justifying what they currently do , or becoming frustrated by their inability to follow through the consequences of their thinking ? |
| 2 | The Board instructed their clerk to communicate with the governors of the infirmary on the matter , and in his reply a week later , the house surgeon there ( who acted as hospital secretary ) said that he had thought the case capable of being treated as an out-patient . |
| 3 | Underlying much working-class opposition was a hostility often born of an older moralism : it was their willingness to interfere with the workings of God , Providence or Nature that made the suggestions of the birth controllers sometimes appear even more shocking than those of Malthus . |
| 4 | Many general practitioners feared that non-fundholders would be forced to restrict their referrals to hospitals with which their district health authority had contracts , which might inhibit their freedom to refer outside the boundaries of their local district . |
| 5 | Egypt and Syria already have strategic gains to show for their decision to rally round the Saudis . |
| 6 | Family Groups are a major preventive approach , strengthening families in their capacity to cope with the stresses of financial difficulties , urban living , family life and child-rearing . |
| 7 | The Special Branch knew everything about Claire Fraser because it was their job to dig around the politicians and their families , especially with an Irish connection like hers . |
| 8 | However , John Magill , national director of accounting and audit at Touche Ross , said : ‘ We have already given the Department of Trade and Industry access to all our papers because , in our view , it is their job to investigate on the investors ' behalf , not the liquidators ' … |
| 9 | In the meantime , Norwich Union had made it clear that they were not exercising their right to appeal under the rules of Lautro . |
| 10 | The Dutch , still reluctant to act without Britain , reserved their right to withdraw from the talks if they disliked the outcome . |
| 11 | Some of these creatures were almost flying in their desire to get to the nomes . |
| 12 | They got their chance to delve into the details at a news conference … but Chris Dean also got the chance to say how pleased he and Jayne are to be in the region and finally able to stay at home . |
| 13 | At least in what other poorer women were telling me , when it came to after work and weekends the men were quite the women were prepared to look after the children and felt it was their role to look after the children while the man was at work ; when the man came back he continued to feel that the woman should look after the children erm for the rest of the time , and the idea of a shared child care arrangement did not operate in at least a number of the families that I talked to and had been one of the causes of the breakdown of the marriage and one of the precipitating factors in the man physically abusing the woman . |
| 14 | They said other delegations had rejected their demand to deal with the issues of violence and the future form of the state before setting an election date . |
| 15 | No one must be false to that oath , but in order to return a collective verdict , the verdict of you all , there must necessarily be argument , and a certain amount of give and take and adjustment of views within the scope of the oath you have taken , and it makes for great public inconvenience and expense if jurors can not agree owing to the unwillingness of one of their number to listen to the arguments of the rest . |
| 16 | This can help them overcome their tendency to listen for the words rather than the message . |
| 17 | The trend seems likely to force small firms to compete with the large corporate sector on pay , training and fringe benefits , putting further pressure on their ability to cope with the strains of growth . |
| 18 | Above all , I think the professionalism of Surrey Ambulance staff is best demonstrated by their ability to rise above the allegations and continue to deliver the best possible patient care . |