Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Community care planning in this new form presents better opportunities for better services and for more people in need to be looked after in their own homes . |
| 2 | Mr Deputy Speaker that 's exactly what the authorities are asked to make sure about and of course they must have sensible plans so that there are always beds and facilities for those who need them , but in a way it 's a success of care in the community that that more elderly people are being looked after in their own homes and so we 've arrested the very rapid growth in permanent residential places which was occurring before the policy was introduced er , as we now see , despite some gloomy forewarning , local authorities have in general managed well in the first year of their responsibilities , they 've examined thousands of cases and many people have been helped to make decisions about their own futures . |
| 3 | Thirdly , the myth that ethnic minority elders inevitably prefer to be and always are looked after by their own is being exposed ( Grant , 1988 ) . |
| 4 | There are patients here looked after by their own G Ps especially on the medical side and of course they know their G Ps . |
| 5 | In 1628 , William Laud persuaded Charles I to issue a declaration prohibiting all theological disputation and ordering that the Thirty-Nine Articles should be adhered to in their full and literal sense . |
| 6 | Many of their young men are going forward to train as priests , and at some time in the near future the people will be ministered to by their own men . |
| 7 | The simple truth is that most captors of record fish were never heard of before their historical catch and have never been heard of since . |
| 8 | This was compensated for by their self-laudatory claims such as : " We have our own team of analysts , and a good research department , etc . " |
| 9 | There is real promise that the undoubted achievements of some primary schools in teaching science and the arts will be built upon by their secondary colleagues . |
| 10 | Many mothers of sons never see them to talk to on their own from the day they marry , because their daughters-in-law always expect to be present on every conceivable occasion , and this is something that can build up a very understandable resentment . |
| 11 | Obviously , there are still many other problems to be overcome , including the possible effect of targeting genes and proteins which normal cells depend on for their own growth control . |
| 12 | On the day after the funeral of 3-year-old Leoni , the popular newspapers had another case to focus upon for their front page headlines : EVIL OLD MAN WHO KILLED KIRSTY GETS LIFE ( Daily Mail ) ; 60 YEARS OF EVIL Kirsty 's killer , 79 , led a life of crime ( Sun ) . |
| 13 | Here you can mimic the conditions they are used to in their native South Africa . |
| 14 | Furthermore , attacks such as Crews 's are , as he acknowledges , not taken seriously and replied to in their own terms , but treated as symptoms of repressed disturbance . |
| 15 | Its international stature alone guarantees the attraction of custom , particularly from traders involved in export/import finance deals which small domestically-orientated banks might find difficult to cope with on their own . |
| 16 | In this country a hospital accepts and cares for any person who can not be cared for in their own home , but to step into their admission halls is not always the loving experience needed . |
| 17 | With sons they 'd be cared for in their old age , their death rituals would be properly performed and their souls would rest , satisfied . |
| 18 | The majority are cared for by their own families and friends , often at great emotional cost to themselves . |
| 19 | The vast majority are cared for by their own families and friends , often at enormous emotional cost . |
| 20 | The boys and girls are cared for by their own Class Teacher , with specialist teaching in Physical Education and Music . |
| 21 | But where they address discourses of ‘ race ’ , sexuality , age , and class among subjects , they seem to find them difficult to deal with on their own terms . |
| 22 | So it 's nothing to do with by their own choice so I understand . |
| 23 | Most companies ( record companies , music publishers and large management firms ) have what they refer to as their standard agreement . |
| 24 | She points to the teddy bear ( that one ) in the first picture and then points to the empty chair in the second picture ( there ) and assumes that the teacher is paying attention to what she is pointing to in their shared context of situation . |
| 25 | Of course sometimes landowners get wildly out of hand and need a bit of a spanking ( other than the one that some already pay for in their strange London clubs ) . |
| 26 | The presence of profoundly deaf children — even though by that stage provided for in their own fairly self-contained class — was held responsible to a considerable degree . |
| 27 | Schoolchildren are entitled to special equipment , but only if it is expressly provided for in their formal statement of needs . |
| 28 | No provision has been made for any taxation liability that would arise is these assets were disposed of at their revalued amount . |
| 29 | For ‘ safety ’ reasons , the people I mention will not be spoken of by their true names , but I can explain more about this when I come home on leave around April . |
| 30 | The major electrical manifestations of cortical activity will be described , and some important issues will be clarified at a simple , accessible level which might otherwise remain impenetrable if dealt with in their modern context . |