Example sentences of "[adj] with [verb] their [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those local education authorities which have begun seriously to seek a place in the curriculum of their schools for locally-used languages have in many cases to be content with providing their own in-service training on a relatively ad hoc basis . |
| 2 | It would , however , be too simple to portray antislavery after the late 1830s as purely a scene of contending sects more concerned with maintaining their own kinds of purity than achieving anything practical . |
| 3 | As a reform candidate Reagan had made clear his low view of legislators , presenting them as the tools of special interests , primarily concerned with feathering their own nests . |
| 4 | During the 1960s and 1970s , three explanations in particular gained credence : conservatism ( men innovate , women stick more closely to traditional forms ) ; status consciousness ( women are more sensitive than men to the social meaning of speech and more concerned with elevating their own status through speaking ‘ properly ’ ) ; and feminine identity ( women are expected to talk like ‘ ladies ’ , that is , like middle-class speakers . |
| 5 | Most scientists do n't either , they just become familiar with manipulating their own abstract language as a useful way of organizing information . |