Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] their [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That failure owed as much to English inability to sustain their efforts for long enough as to successful Scottish resistance . |
| 2 | Nor , despite the merit of the achievement , did the Ryder Cup team get the vote when the Golf Writers ’ Association announce their selection for their annual trophy this year . |
| 3 | LITTLETON villagers are planning a summer of action to highlight their campaign for road improvements . |
| 4 | The disclosure came as the US secretary of state arrived in Egypt at the start of a tour of the Middle East and met President Mubarak and the foreign minister , Amr Moussa , in an attempt to win their support for an early resumption of the suspended peace talks |
| 5 | Wimbledon 's large delegation shows their determination for Jones to get off a playing ban . |
| 6 | From under the counter Franco produced the familiar battered grey hat which had been left behind in the confusion surrounding their departure for Maidstone 's apartment . |
| 7 | Given the confusion surrounding their plans for railway privatisation , perhaps the Government ought to demand the same test for all of its would-be railway experts . |
| 8 | They began by collecting information as traders or colonists but by the end of the sixth century B.C. they were already writing books on ethnography and geography to satisfy their taste for enquiry — for historia , as they called it . |
| 9 | Furthermore , it is quite possible to maintain control in such situations without the judiciary substituting their view for that of the tribunal . |
| 10 | CAVAN football team manager P.J. Carroll today revealed that full forward Fintan Cahill had been an absentee as his side completed their preparations for last Sunday 's match against Monaghan . |
| 11 | Recognition halted their breath for an instant . |
| 12 | FAMILIES of victims of the Hove arson tragedy take their fight for justice to the High Court next week . |
| 13 | The group achieved its highest scores on the qualities crucial for top executives : they relish control and are fiercely independent ; they analyse people , but are caring ; they are relaxed , extrovert and confident , and their optimism matches their need for action . |
| 14 | Davide sighed ; with Tommaso Talvi he had been hungry for experience , but now , he wondered what had impelled him then to want so much , everything , travel , influence , money , work , before he had ever touched a woman ; when now he sang arias of extreme emotion , when he grieved and sobbed his passion in La Forza and Boccanegra and La Traviata , he thought of young men in the future bursting their hearts for his daughters . |
| 15 | Many parties ( including Civic Forum and PAV ) had asked the Interior Ministry to screen their candidates for possible collaboration with the StB in the past , and 166 candidates were reported to have withdrawn by the eve of the elections . |
| 16 | ‘ Those people — and thousands of them went through the proper procedure — will be contacted later this month and given the opportunity to purchase their tickets for the next home game . ’ |
| 17 | Over 1,200 Thornaby residents have called on Stockton council to support their call for their own town council . |
| 18 | Many other sizes are made for an enormous range of industrial uses , but flexibility limits their application for kite spars , and in many cases the wooden dowel is superior . |
| 19 | There was quite a scrum of people at the bar giving their orders for large post-prandial brandies and ports and the commissionaire waved me through . |
| 20 | The committee express their thanks for the work he has done in a voluntary capacity over the past months . |
| 21 | Congregationalists at the 1899 May meetings gave a rapturous ovation to the American deputation to show their support for America 's ‘ high-minded purpose ’ . |
| 22 | ( 2 ) 5.18(2) confers the right on an applicant , licence-holder , objector or complainer who appeared at the hearing to request that the board give their reasons for their decision in writing . |
| 23 | Renault Senior League winners Randalstown , were scheduled to meet the Dubliners along with the Munster and Connaught champions in Cork on May 22–23 but Muckross have applied for a re-scheduling to help their preparations for their European Club Championship campaign in Italy which begins a few days later . |
| 24 | But there were others who , despite their disaffection to Hanover , had little desire to risk their necks for the positive alternative the Pretender represented . |
| 25 | Following a mailing by Aldus to all registered users of the product an initial public meeting was held in London where over 100 potential members braved the pouring rain to confirm their support for the User Group . |
| 26 | Emphasis must be put on the task , individuals must accept the need to modify their views for its sake , and group effort must be seen to be superior to individual effort . |
| 27 | University students were particularly angered by the government 's refusal to meet their demands for a minimum monthly grant in line with the country 's average wage . |
| 28 | His team dismissed their opponents for a record low score . |
| 29 | Increasingly labour was forced off the land , and the only right workers had was the right to sell their labour for a money wage . |
| 30 | These commonly give optionholders the right to exercise their options for a fixed period following a scheme of arrangement becoming effective . |