Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] their [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are persuading logging companies and governments to manage the logging of rainforests better and to grow their own hardwoods on separate plantations outside the rainforest . |
| 2 | Being aggressive is just as bad as being submissive it really is because people swing to one side you know it some people are very good at being aggressive and are very good at diving in and getting their own way and just ju by being aggressive it 's naturally aggressive . |
| 3 | And they resent the KGB coming in and running their own operations on Romanian soil . |
| 4 | They would go in and fight their own battle and US forces would gradually be withdrawn . |
| 5 | He and Crawford got together and organized their own stage act , which included a few of their own songs . |
| 6 | If you have had problems finding an agent , you might consider the possibility of applying to join a co-operative where actors work together and run their own agency . |
| 7 | Eudoxus scorns this answer , arguing that it is typical of acts with failed human agency ( the ‘ good counsels ’ devised ) to throw the reasons for their failure on to divine agency , ‘ so as to excuse their own follies and imperfections ’ . |
| 8 | These lay down European standards and the member states are required to amend their own national laws so as to bring their own standards into line with the European harmonized standard . |
| 9 | Radical voices in developing countries began to accuse the West of plotting to keep down the numbers in the Third World so as to maintain their own privileged position . |
| 10 | Yet other Western states , still grappling with the aftermath of 1973 , pressured Schmidt to reflate the West German economy faster so as to help their own recovery . |
| 11 | But , in order to buy rather than rent their own homes , Britain 's nine million home buyers now have to borrow an average of £37,000 — more than twice the average income — whereas 10 years ago the average loan of £11,800 worked out at 1.7 times income . |
| 12 | Throughout their secondary school careers , pupils are often persuaded to repeat their teachers ' opinions rather than to develop their own points of view . |
| 13 | People tend to think about languages as a single entity , rather than identifying their own priorities within the four elements : speaking , reading , writing and listening . |
| 14 | Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want , but dig in their heels rather than reduce their own asking price . |
| 15 | It should be made clear that this is on a completely self-financing basis and that at an increasing number of dinners spouses now attend the dinner rather than do their own thing . |
| 16 | These are likely to be self-serving , but , in Berle and Means ' view , the possibility is also opened up that rather than furthering their own interests , or those of the shareholders as currently required by law , management might act in the interests of society as a whole , evolving into a ‘ purely neutral technocracy balancing a variety of claims by various groups in the community and assigning to each a portion of the income stream on the basis of public policy rather than private cupidity ’ . |
| 17 | Welcoming the association 's decision , or Charles de Haes , the director of inn , said ‘ In some cases developed nations prefer to exploit inexpensive and easily obtainable tropical timber , at a considerable environmental cost to the producing country , rather than cut their own substantial timber reserves . ’ |
| 18 | Partly to overcome this , the Housing Corporation now favours local groups linking to existing national or regional associations rather than starting their own associations . |
| 19 | Special measures were concerned to mould young people to fit the so-called ‘ needs of industry ’ rather than to fulfill their own needs . |
| 20 | What the WTA originally intended ( it was not a matter of them seeking approval first ) was to break away and form their own tour under a new company called WTA Inc , in 1993 , with 10 $1 million tournaments and another ten offering $500,000 in prize money . |
| 21 | How can it help me do my job ? point of view the reason is that it can help you do your job is very simply that to involve members of the public er local councils , local authorities , decision makers and allows the outcome to , to erm entertain them and to erm hope for and communicate what it is they 'll come erm in a non-threatening , non-selling , non-hard sell environment where they can come along , they can enjoy themselves and go away and form their own opinions without somebody over the head with what they 're try to sa trying to do erm |
| 22 | If you want to liberate Kuwait , which is the aim of the United Nations resolutions , it is to reduce the forces of the invaders , hoping , as my friend Mohammed mentioned , hoping that the invaders themselves will see the reasoning behind pulling away and saving their own arm and their own lives . |
| 23 | It is now up to WACC , the churches and NGOs to monitor the discourse critically and make their own contributions . |
| 24 | In fact it took a revolutionary medical technique for Ian to be able to play again , but only for the Palace Reserves , for the first team were , at that time at least , more than holding their own in Division One . |
| 25 | And they were very reticent about about coming on a programme and airing their views , especially with three women who could erm do more than hold their own . |
| 26 | Such vertical moves ‘ became a standardized system for technology transfer as employees of large firms with advanced technological knowledge , as well as employees of subcontracting firms , split off and formed their own businesses ’ ( Y. Sato 1984 p.21 ) . |
| 27 | you lose control over your partner ( ie they insist on pursuing a time-consuming interest that excludes you , they go off and do their own thing ) . |
| 28 | The insurers now have groups of approved repairers and it is often easier for a customer to use those , than to go off and find their own repairer . |
| 29 | Tutors may like to venture further and produce their own ‘ situational ’ tapes covering aspects of ward management and patient care . |
| 30 | A number of schools take the idea further and produce their own Christmas cards based around a design created by one of the children . |