Example sentences of "[not/n't] to their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Alix and Liz are of the opinion that Esther 's relationship with her niece , with whom she shares her flat , is very odd indeed , but it is not to their advantage to discuss this with one another , or with Esther herself , and they never mention it . |
| 2 | Yet it is difficult to see why employers in all countries would behave in this way if it was not to their advantage . |
| 3 | The answer came back : ‘ Not to their knowledge ! ’ |
| 4 | Because their correlations were strongly linked to their rating of the respondent 's perceived adequacy of their social relationships but not to their availability , they conclude that it is not therefore the actual social environment of people which is important to the development of neurotic symptoms , but rather that , when faced with adversity , it is those individuals who view their social relationships as inadequate who have a substantially increased risk of developing neurotic symptoms . |
| 5 | When a baby cuckoo , for example , screams its equivalent of ‘ feed me ! feed me ! ’ at its foster parents , it is not to their benefit . |
| 6 | The ‘ ideal ’ label refers to the existence of the types only as ideas or mental constructs , not to their desirability . |
| 7 | Surely he would not take another woman there , not to their place ? |
| 8 | For some specialised yarns , say those with knops , or the hairy yarns , you will probably need to work at a looser tension for the cables to show but this is not to their disadvantage since the cables , loosely worked , frequently add to the richness of the finished look . |
| 9 | Not everyone can last the course down here ; they find the long hours and the winter climate not to their liking , and there is a high drop-out rate . ’ |
| 10 | However , I am assured by those who know that public persons — premiers in particular — do not become reconciled to criticism , and despite affecting not to be , they remain immensely conscious of what is being said and are troubled if what is said is not to their liking . |
| 11 | Accountants are expected to be loyal first and foremost to their company , and not to their profession . |
| 12 | Thus we need to be especially careful what we do with young horses so that the habits they establish are in their interests and not to their detriment . |
| 13 | It is a truism , but worth stating for all that : as teachers , academics ’ first responsibility is to their teaching ( i.e. to their students ) ; it is not to their research . |