Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [verb] [pron] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dealers have talked their companies ' financial administrators into giving them an advance , then have left . |
| 2 | And he must be mad to want to shunt him into the sidings before throwing him an England shirt again . |
| 3 | He brought undue pressure to bear on his parents by giving them an entirely misleading account of the documents . |
| 4 | This implication will be made upon the basis that Parliament is not to be presumed to take away parties ' rights without giving them an opportunity of being heard in their interest . |
| 5 | He went on to criticize the Holy Office for acting as judge and jury when it condemned theologians without giving them an opportunity to know what they were accused of , or of responding . |
| 6 | Throughout human history , disabled people have constantly confounded the low expectations of others , and how much better it would be for special educators to raise the expectations of disabled children and their families by giving them an understanding of this , by helping them to accept their disabled identities with pride , by helping them to understand their place in the world and their rights as well as giving them the practical skills to deal with these issues . |
| 7 | This initiative , in the event , paid off handsomely , both in terms of profit and in terms of giving us an illusion of independence when one of our consortia , which we shared with the Burmah Oil company , discovered oil in what is now the Ninian field . |
| 8 | ‘ The reason why we wish to purchase the property is that we obviously are n't happy to have a business concern operating in the midst of a residential area — which is why I 've come to open negotiations by making you an offer . ’ |