Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other species , more technologically adept , sought sanctuary for their decaying bodies by encasing them in survival suits . |
| 2 | Without silicon , plant growth is retarded and animals do not grow properly ( they also suffer damage to their bones and cartilage ) . |
| 3 | Some youngsters who sniff have accidents while they are intoxicated and some suffer damage to their health . |
| 4 | States can not entirely depend on such measures , however , and must make provision for their own defence . |
| 5 | Several alumni have asked how they can make provision in their wills for a bequest which will help future students at Birmingham . |
| 6 | It was significant that when the International Revolutionary Socialists had held their conference of April 1916 in Switzerland , barely any of the French Socialists voiced support for their resolutions calling for an immediate peace . |
| 7 | But at least the issue is now more lively and from 1974 the disabled have had a special Minister for the Disabled , at the Department of Social Security , to champion their cause and coordinate provision for their needs . |
| 8 | There was a quiet wedding , which the children did not attend , and Pamela became part of their household . |
| 9 | First-hand involvement in areas such as identifying staffing requirements for the delivery of the curriculum , financial matters relating to capitation , and personnel management issues , have not usually formed part of their educational experience . |
| 10 | Their own earnings were fabulous and they could make money for their followers as well . |
| 11 | Although householders may make money on their home , the great bulk of these assets clearly relate to commonplace forms of consumption property . |
| 12 | I know people who do make money from their knitting and they usually concentrate on a particular line . |
| 13 | ‘ Unfortunately they 're demanding payment for their services . ’ |
| 14 | And they have decided to issue part of their deficit-financing bonds to the market at attractive interest rates , instead of forcing them down the throats of reluctant workers ( though the lack of a secondary market may still make them unappetising ) . |
| 15 | They could not , however , raise money on their estates , since , under a medieval law of entailment , their lands could not be seized to recover bad debts . |
| 16 | Even amoebae make provision for their young . |
| 17 | The usual fate of such passengers is to be carried in the guard 's van , and although there are other enlightened railways , which make provision for their wheelchair passengers to travel with dignity , these are also private railways , run by enthusiasts . |
| 18 | That parishes work towards a realistic level of remuneration for their organist or director of music and make provision for their continuing training ( 581–584 ) . |
| 19 | Mortimer and Isabella tried to cultivate support for their regime by lavish grants to the deposed king 's half-brothers the Earls of Norfolk and Rent : Rent , for example , was granted Despenser 's forfeited lands in Leicestershire . |
| 20 | This was a small unapologetic army of working-class entrepreneurs equipped with a defiant sense of moral right-eousness and an absolute certainty that those like themselves who made money from their wits were the winners , the top men . |
| 21 | Evergreens are also vulnerable , because they lose moisture from their leaves in high winds , which they ca n't replace from cold or frozen soil . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | A US$145,00,000 surplus was achieved on the $2,070 million 1990 budget , but at a cost to foreign creditors who had not received payment on their loans since 1987 . |
| 24 | They will come to realize that the factor which had given rise to their positive , constant prediction errors under adaptive expectations was the excess demand component , . |
| 25 | Partly for financial reasons , students now tend to attend university in their home town rather than travel to a city with a better department . |
| 26 | It 's also good news for men who are trying to lose weight around their hips and thighs and especially their waistlines . |
| 27 | With these general rules in mind , counsellors should carefully assess the potential benefits of using reminiscence in their work with older people . |
| 28 | Some taxi firms said they did not want blood in their cars . |
| 29 | GOVERNMENTS often lose momentum in their second term . |
| 30 | Dawn Princess and Fair Princess both received recognition for their 20 year commitment to safety at sea . |