Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The team played better but failed to profit from their many spells of domination . |
| 2 | The team played better but failed to profit from their many spells of domination . |
| 3 | At the moment computer manufacturers and disc drive makers who do not want to invest in their own design are uncertain about whose bandwagon to jump on . |
| 4 | Third party test facilities are another option for manufacturers which do not want to invest in their own facilities . |
| 5 | And since the rich tend to sit in their own gardens , public parks help redistribute enjoyment towards the poor . |
| 6 | In practice , this may mean that old people are exposed to risk in their own homes and that there will be , on occasion , tragic consequences . |
| 7 | Since then my ( now ex- ) girlfriend was really good mates with the two of them cos she was in their year ( Yes I know I 'm a paedophile ) so that was how I got to go to their 18th birthday parties and Al 's leaving do . |
| 8 | Females tend to remain in their natal units , which thereby increase gradually in size . |
| 9 | Officially , the force was supposed to go in by invitation only ; avoid looking like the heavy mob ; and not humiliate authorities which felt they were hounded because they were struggling to cope on their own . |
| 10 | Historical biographers tend to work within their own national boundaries , and to prefer as subjects the Good Kings of national history . |
| 11 | As a consequence they were ‘ extracted ’ from their culture and failed to communicate to their own people . |
| 12 | The grounds for doubt are very varied but there are now several cases of chimpanzees , and at least one gorilla , who have first been taught to communicate with their human mentors in an apparently rational way by means of stereotyped signs invented by their teachers and have then gone on to use these signs grammatically , generating novel sentences as if the signs formed a genuine human language . |
| 13 | The Magyar response to Vienna 's imposition of German was to try to enforce upon their non-Hungarian-speaking subjects the use of Hungarian . |
| 14 | ‘ I can be free only to the extent that others are forbidden to profit from their physical , economic , or other superiority to the detriment of my liberty . ’ |
| 15 | You would think , therefore , that it would pay agencies to study assiduously not only the editorial content of the pages which are designed to appeal to their potential customers , but also the verbal and visual techniques employed to attract and keep them . |
| 16 | Abroad they were feted , courted like film stars but always in the security of a group ; then when they went back home they were expected to slip from their previous lifestyles into houses that sometimes had no hot water or inside w.c . |
| 17 | Readers will work hard at a text if they need to know something about their favourite football player or team , if they want to know about their favourite singer or group , if they want information for a project that really interests them , or if they need information a make something or improve their performance in some way . |
| 18 | She never tried to escape from their constant supervision , avoided both Lachlan and Farquhar like lepers , took sly slaps and pinches in silence , made much of loving her son , and could , they discovered , tell a story to make a corpse laugh . |
| 19 | Are there any places you want to praise for their special facilities ? |
| 20 | ‘ Roxie , ’ she would say , ‘ every one of us has to look after their own . |
| 21 | Employees who opt for the scheme will be expected to revert to their former employment contract once their children reach 14 . |
| 22 | He goes on to refer to legislation in 1980 in West Germany and in 1982 in Italy whereby post-operative transsexuals are deemed to belong to their chosen sex and have the rights and duties of that sex . |
| 23 | A survey in South Wales indicated that two-thirds of older people supported the view that children should not be expected to look after their elderly parents . |
| 24 | There was a cash adjustment in Coventry 's favour and both players are expected to play for their new clubs tonight . |
| 25 | The Firm have come to cheer on their own , to celebrate , and to hold a Council of War . |
| 26 | C we 've , I mean we 've , we are having discussions , er , with the health authority about the way in which they propose to deal with their good fortune this year . |
| 27 | Perhaps if corporation executives paid as much attention to programme budgets as they appear to do to their own tax returns , viewers would get better value for their licence money . |
| 28 | Now the uncertainty has been lifted , hundreds of hospitals will seek self-governing status while more family doctors are expected to opt for their own budgets — although Mr Major reaffirmed yesterday that he would continue to cherish and build up the NHS . |
| 29 | There will be lectures and seminars , to which teachers will be expected to contribute from their own experience , and in which taped and transcribed texts from their classrooms , and written work produced by their pupils will be discussed and analysed . |
| 30 | Every species has its own intricate behaviour repertoire of survival mechanisms and even the seemingly boring species soon become exciting when one starts to probe into their particular way of life . |