Example sentences of "to [verb] their [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No we wo n't , because , essentially , if you give yourself one target like the exchange rate , then you lose control over one or possibly both of interest rates and money supply , both of which the government has always claimed , are absolutely fundamental to maintaining their control over the economy . |
| 2 | The twelfth-century popes were committed to maintaining their temporalities by the Reform movement which was preoccupied with temporal as well as moral rehabilitation , but it was Innocent who brought the Papal State nearer a political reality than it had been before . |
| 3 | The problems faced by princes go a long way to explaining their activities during the lifetimes of their fathers , especially their hostility to their stepmothers . |
| 4 | In the fourth year , in addition to consolidating their command of the language , students choose from a menu of options which cover topics ranging from the earliest texts in German to the work of contemporary writers and including some study of art and film . |
| 5 | Nothing could have been less reasonable than my fellow-members when it came to paying their share of the bills . |
| 6 | The speech indicated that the Khmers Rouges had abandoned plans to seize power by force of arms , and were directing their efforts to improving their image in the countryside . |
| 7 | So developed did the cult of personality in Northern Nigeria become that even in dealing with rude and warlike pagans it was bad form to stoop to securing their acquiescence in the will of the government by resort to force . |
| 8 | whether that means anything to people who live in Bishop 's Stortford but I 've always lived in Chelmsford and people who wore their hat sort of at a flaunty angle on the back of their heads were always seem to wearing their hats in the Hollywood fashion . |
| 9 | It is essential to belong to a major exchange organization , because buyers do not wish to be tied to taking their holidays in the same area year after year . |
| 10 | And while it has doubtless occurred to the company 's editors that such a policy goes some way to covering their asses in the event of attack by ‘ patriotic ’ critics , the benefit to the viewer is no less valuable for that . |