Example sentences of "[verb] for their [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SEEDY : Rumpled bed and empty bottles in the borrowed Fulham flat where Mellor and Antonia met for their steamy love sessions |
| 2 | With less reliable means of reaching the station , with perhaps less requirement for haste , and less opportunity to understand the timetables or gauge time by any other means than the sun , these passengers used all the patience of the peasant to wait for their appropriate train . |
| 3 | But the London and North-Western and the Great Western Railway companies were criticized for their poor provision of workmen 's trains in 1892 and a parliamentary select committee was still pressing for the provision of cheap trains for workers in 1905 . |
| 4 | ( Cash more and Troyna , the editors of the volume in which Rex 's paper appeared , were widely criticized for their own collapse into a cultural essentialism which accused ‘ black youth ’ of being ‘ arrogant , rumbustious and contemptuous ’ and having ‘ a certain fascination for violence ’ ( 1982 , pp. 18 , 33 ) . ) |
| 5 | It 's the sort of feature anyone half handy can make for their own water garden . |
| 6 | For example , if you permit the meeting to start late , because not everyone has arrived , then those who come on time are being punished for their good behaviour ! |
| 7 | TWO North-East heroes have been honoured for their outstanding courage . |
| 8 | The English Ladies ' Golf Association , with typical attention to detail , arranged for their national coach , John Garner , to be in attendance on the first two practice days . |
| 9 | Hundreds of graduates of the Royal Marines School of Music at Deal gathered for their annual reunion service two weeks after 10 bandsmen were killed by an IRA bomb . |
| 10 | They will replace a hotchpotch of weapons that these countries have in the past developed for their own use or bought from abroad . |
| 11 | The rest of the class then use these pictures as evidence , discussing the implications of what they are shown in order to plan for their next journey back in time . |
| 12 | Maturity brings new perspectives and the idea that they are often manipulated for their sporting prowess brings with it a clarity of perception , a perception succinctly summarized by Birchfield 's sprinter Lincoln Asquith : ‘ I was used by school teachers 'cause I was good at sport . |
| 13 | Serfdom survived in Russia , as in Rumania , chiefly in areas of grain production with a dense peasant population , where landlords could either compensate for their competitive weakness by raising labour services , or alternatively hope by the same method temporarily to cut themselves in cheaply on the grain export market . |
| 14 | School and university still had n't changed me as much as they had ; maybe even the rest of my life could never compensate for their formative effect . |
| 15 | A pelagic habit and a delicate , gelatinous body account for their poor fossil record . |
| 16 | Since , women 's break in labour-market experience constitutes only a small part of their life-spans , other factors must help account for their disadvantaged position . |
| 17 | The changes in the ways in which these national economies are regulated account for their historical development . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , the ambiguities remain and contribute to the uncertainty with which the CMHT members go about and account for their own work . |
| 19 | For example , many schools , colleges and environmental groups have spent time in remote islands , producing for their own use reports which contain botanical information which remains rather inaccessible . |
| 20 | Silver and gold are rare and were prized for their monetary value , appearance and resistance to corrosion . |
| 21 | There was also an urgency to protect and preserve while it was still possible to do so : the countryside was in change and this seemed to invigorate the various lobbies which fought for their special interest : flora , fauna , landscape , outdoor recreation and protection from development . |
| 22 | The old age of some industrial plants , many of which were not designed for their present use . |
| 23 | " It is strange " , said The Times , " how obstinate men can be in face of measures designed for their own good " . |
| 24 | Toilets are designed for their safe containment and removal . |
| 25 | Multiple residential schemes work well only when they involve a total plan for the grounds and setting of a house , and provide for their continued upkeep . |
| 26 | He also accuses Munroists of having a ‘ blinkered attitude ’ to their surroundings as they head for their chosen objective . |
| 27 | And there is the all-important local pull , with staff and graduates keen to write for their own university press , strongly supported in EUP 's case by the scholarly expertise of its Press Committee . |
| 28 | By contrast , two soldiers and a Timorese policeman had on June 1 received prison sentences ranging from eight to 17 months , while on June 6 two army officers , the last of 10 charged for their direct involvement in the massacre , had received sentences of one year and eight months respectively . |
| 29 | The poor , however , are often blamed for their own poverty , accused of budgeting badly or living beyond their means . |
| 30 | The denial of ageism can go further , with older people often being blamed for their own situation . |