Example sentences of "[v-ing] their [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , the government 's two senior legal advisers and the senior partner of a leading firm of society lawyers were so ignorant of this fact that it did not even enter their heads that it would be wise to make some enquiries before launching their client into a statement that could be , and indeed was , ruinous . |
| 2 | WORLD rugby officials yesterday risked a damaging political backlash by reaffirming their support for a South African-held World Cup in 1995 . |
| 3 | The Carolina chemists avoided this problem by depositing their polymer onto a very fine gold grid . |
| 4 | Repealers were particularly intolerant of unreformed and unrepentant women , adopting a punitive attitude towards them and explaining their resistance as a product of the demoralizing effects of forced medical inspection . |
| 5 | Thus , the 1932 title Wife to Christopher is coupled with an image of a rumpled and pyjama-ed ingénue confronting a stern male profile , while the suggestiveness of Savage Love ( 1982 ) is tempered by a cover depicting a squeaky clean couple keeping their distance in a daisy field . |
| 6 | It was Chelsea 's sixth away defeat of the season , part of a run that cost Ian Porterfield his job last week and brought in 1970 's FA Cup hero Webb , who will have to act quickly to prevent Chelsea ending their season in a relegation dogfight . |
| 7 | NAMIBIA 'S seven political parties in the Constituent Assembly surprised the country by announcing their agreement on a constitution with ‘ only technical and minor amendments ’ outstanding . |
| 8 | Since by definition the composition of phonolexical subsets is not predictable by a general rule , one way of revealing their presence in a body of data is routinely to record as both a lexical item and a phonetic value each putative token of a variable ( see tables 6.2 , 6.3 , 6.4 , 6.5 for examples ) . |
| 9 | The court said that he was plainly soliciting their custom at a time when he was under a duty of fidelity to his employer and awarded his former employers damages . |
| 10 | Costume Supervisor Daphne Dare designed their appearance , basing their shape on a standard skin-diver 's wet suit . |
| 11 | Electoral studies of the period show that an increasing number of people were making their support for one or other of the main parties conditional upon the calculation of ‘ rational self-interest ’ or ‘ governmental competence ’ , rather than basing their voting upon a ‘ class reflex ’ . |
| 12 | Many Creole users , both black and white , evoke a " black stereotype " by sprinkling their speech with a few Creolisms , but these are nearly always lexical — tags like man , guy , star , spar , y'know , or cho , or swear words like raas , turaatid , bomboklaat . |
| 13 | ( pl. 33 ) Feature either human figures ( usually on horseback ) engaged in a formal hunt , or predatory animals pursuing their prey amidst a fecund undergrowth of foliate forms . |
| 14 | She gave other useful pointers regarding service , training and other staff matters that have obviously helped Leeds branch in maintaining their position as a highly effective new business unit . |
| 15 | Such people need help in maintaining their environment in a condition which is safe for them until their mood improves . |
| 16 | This makes it very different from education , where only the supervisory responsibility is central , while direct responsibility rests with between one and two hundred executive bodies , deriving their authority from a local electorate . |
| 17 | Advocates of this approach based their practice upon the uniqueness of each individual , drawing their inspiration from a whole range of educationalists and philosophers ( Dewey , Montessori , Susan Isaacs , Marion Richardson , A S Neil , Froebel , the McMillans , Bertrand Russell , Pestalozzi , Edith Moorhouse , Robin Tanner and even Rousseau ) . |
| 18 | On one of these dates , Wednesday 20 October , the Faculty of Science and Engineering is holding an Information Day , specifically for students wishing to visit departments at the science and engineering campus before finalising their application for a university place . |
| 19 | There were other less obvious things to bear in mind , too , such as keeping the children amused and easing their passage into a different culture . |
| 20 | It offers advice to both those considering using their home as a base , as well as those who 've already made the break . |
| 21 | Producer Lord Grade wants Lowe to star as a writer whose aunts are using their basement as a mortuary . |
| 22 | There was considerable discussion upon the interpretation of the term " use of force " It was finally agreed that local commanders appeared to be using their discretion in a satisfactory manner … and that it was unwise to makes any further interpretation . " |
| 23 | It was finally agreed that local commanders appeared to be using their discretion in a satisfactory manner as to the means used to persuade Jugoslavs that they should return to Jugoslavia , and that it was unwise to make any further interpretation . " |
| 24 | the economic problem of how to finance and defend services while at the same time transforming their character in a socialist direction ; |
| 25 | And enjoying their retirement in a beautiful villa on the island of Skiros . |
| 26 | The advertising is in black-and-white and is authentically ‘ French ’ — concentrating on moments or happenings in which French people , young and old , are enjoying their Janneau as a part of their everyday life — relaxed with that indefinable French quality of style which instils ordinary events with a particular panache , whether it be over a meal or simple as a complement to civilised living at any time of day . |
| 27 | Mr Takeshita 's immediate aim is to show the Americans that he is as adept in international affairs as in domestic politics , and that they are wasting their time on a boy like Mr Kaifu . |
| 28 | ‘ After all , you do n't find conductors like Toscanini , De Sabata and Mitropoulos wasting their time on a work that they did n't think worthy of their efforts . ’ |
| 29 | The Steelworkers , financing their programme through a 1 per cent levy on union dues , provided training for reps in fighting union-busting methods in the early 1930s ; by 1985 , they had developed a full two-day residential course on ‘ Facing Management ’ , which includes introduction exercises , and a role play ( ‘ Handle with Care ’ ) on productivity bargaining ; the course also looks at Japanese management methods , quality circles and technological change . |
| 30 | And while they were biding their time over a game of backgammon down in the café , William used to wander through the silent , cluttered rooms where their investment languished , gathering dust . |