Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , while the growth of the international financial system would seem to imply the need for increasingly centralised decision-making , individual countries were unlikely to be willing to relinquish the freedom to conduct their own economic affairs for the sake of the greater international good . |
| 2 | Legislators and civil servants in the US enjoy a degree of independence and freedom to go their own way that is unheard of in the UK . |
| 3 | Previous nudes , even when taking the form of courtisanes , never allowed the odour of money to tarnish their classical form ; in Olympia , money is clearly at issue , sex becomes a commodity . |
| 4 | Prague , Budapest and Berlin Various combinations by air or coach with special arrangements in all the countries concerned for student or older groups to plan their own programmes ( min 10 ) . |
| 5 | Indeed many are still advice workers and are thus constantly furnished with very real on-going practical experience to support their tutoring role . |
| 6 | Communities Theatre , erm , of er th they want a grant to support their current production . |
| 7 | To pick out just a few examples : grandparents treat their grandchildren in the same way whether they live in Aberdeen or London ; middle-class people use money to support their close relatives in similar ways whether they live in Swansea , Sheffield or London ; people use their kin network to help them find employment whether they live in Glasgow , Basildon or Corby . |
| 8 | They eat almost continuously for a month , pausing only to shed their skins several times to accommodate their ever-increasing bodies . |
| 9 | They had no great love for Conservatism , but , given the tenor of Liberal politics , saw the Conservative party as the last hope in a struggle to preserve their own brand of Liberalism . |
| 10 | The reduction was intended not only to save central government expenditure but also to put pressure on local authorities to curb their own spending by increasing the local cost thus making the expenditure more ‘ visible ’ to both councillors and the electorate . |
| 11 | It is urging police authorities to instruct their chief constables not to use or stockpile plastic bullets-solid PVC cylinders 10 cm , long , 38 mm in diameter and weighing 135 grams . |
| 12 | The burgesses appealed to Parliament to confirm their ancient rights , while the ‘ rebels ’ were led by James Tillie of Pentillie , owner of Halton Quay and of a merchant fleet . |
| 13 | That is a special allocation , in addition to the normal resources made available to local authorities to support their inner-area programmes of social and economic regeneration . |
| 14 | In other words , you must accept the idea that historians often disagree and may have convincing reasons to support their individual viewpoints . |
| 15 | Others would use this capitalization to acquire their own house . |
| 16 | Each country will have three hours and minutes to bowl their 50 overs . |
| 17 | The enigma of the stones draws druids to perform their weird rituals . |
| 18 | If , as I have argued , it is normal and typical of human beings to have basic impulses to assist other creatures in distress , to find them appealing to view , and in some cases to enjoy their close proximity ( infants reach out naturally towards a puppy but get agitated by wasps or beetles ) , it does not follow that we know how to treat them . |
| 19 | 1.32 Patients now have an entitlement to see their own medical records under the Access to Health Records Act 1990 which came into force on 1 November 1991 and applies to records created after that date . |
| 20 | Golf enthusiasts will have the opportunity to plan their entire year on the new Golfer 's 1990 Year Planner which is being launched this autumn . |
| 21 | It was normal for large houses to carry their own petrol pumps and fire appliances . |
| 22 | One of the biggest challenges to this new-look management was to cope with the ‘ tribalism ’ of the service ; the tendency of professional groups to cherish their historic rights to govern their own affairs . |
| 23 | The scope for member states to promote their own culture through funds and subsidies remains . |
| 24 | The Brundtland Commission may have made sustainable development the end-of-century watchword , defining it as ‘ development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ’ , but even Tolba has wondered aloud whether it amounts to much more than a shibboleth . |
| 25 | A basic principle of sustainability is that the needs of the present generation should be met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs . |
| 26 | A basic principle of sustainability is that the needs of the present generation should be met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs . |
| 27 | He advises organisations to go for proven and well understood technologies to meet their basic requirements , wherever possible using architectures which are already known within the company — even if different technologies have been implemented on top . |
| 28 | Many of the people I met also rely on loan companies and clubs who scour the poorest housing estates to find their neediest clients . |
| 29 | Surrealist theory may have set great store by sexual experience with women , but it made virtually no provision for the female experience per see , and so it was up to women artists to reinvent their own forms of femininity . |
| 30 | Now , her firm , neatly-rounded breasts tingled with awareness and she wanted to fold her arms across her chest to hide their swelling shape . |