Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] their [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wise Speke analyst John Dean , says : ‘ Whessoe and Varec have been known to one another for some considerable time although given their emphasis on different geographical markets they have rarely found themselves in direct competition . ’ |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | The re-furbished flats were more than contributing their share of reducing the UK target of 20% reduction in CO 2 emissions — 15 years ahead of schedule ! |
| 4 | It is much better to evaluate information needs and establish information flows in advance of the decision-making process than to discover their omission at a later stage . |
| 5 | She felt a moment of sorrow for the Jan Mayen 's crew : Dutchmen who had brought their little ship to Portsmouth when Holland was overrun by the Nazi armies , choosing to leave their country and fight on with the British Navy rather than give their ship into enemy hands . |
| 6 | The authors report the number of occurrences of the surface form done , rather than presenting their information in terms of percentages which give a proportion of possible occurrences . |
| 7 | The salt itself , even at high dose ( 5% ) in my experience , has little effect on the flukes other than to weaken their hold on the fish . |
| 8 | In Edwin Hill & Partners v. First National Finance Corporation a finance company which had a legal charge over B 's property to secure a loan came to an arrangement with B whereby they would develop the property themselves rather than exercise their power of sale under the charge . |
| 9 | That does not mean plummeting house prices — the old adage about most people simply refusing to move rather than sell their house for less than they paid for it remains as true as ever . |
| 10 | They quite simply can not explain WHY they believe WHAT they believe , and so rather than admit their ignorance about their own faith , they just shut up . |
| 11 | Using Dement 's analogy , rather than taking their sleep in one meal , subjects may achieve enough to keep going by snatching " snacks " . |
| 12 | Plotters work in an entirely different way to printers , they draw lines between two points rather than creating their output from pre-formed characters or patterns of dots . |
| 13 | Linked with this latter point , it was also reported that when it came to an evaluation of training courses " higher education providers revealed that their concern was very largely with improving the quality of their courses rather than assessing their effectiveness upon participants ' management practice in school " ( Wallace and Hall 1989:172 ) . |
| 14 | Civil war hampers their efforts but rather than cease their work of ‘ renewing the earth ’ they often labour at night to avoid the constant threat of bombings from the air . |
| 15 | So there 'd be something rather odd about people voting out of moral motivation for a utilitarian because they would be voting their estimate of where the general happiness lies , rather than putting their input into the sum from which someone else can calculate where the general happiness lies . |
| 16 | The programme model is one of parent capacitation and empowerment so that parents learn to cope with child-rearing , finding their own solutions rather than increasing their dependence on professionals . |
| 17 | The offer of £1 , from Gold Cup sponsors TNT for the first side to score goals in the competition must have been tempting to the Reds , who more than doubled their tally for the season to date on Friday . |
| 18 | Careful experiments have made it clear that they take note of the geographical features below them and when leaving their home loft they circle above it as if refreshing their memory with one last look before departing . |
| 19 | The meteorologists would prove to be right about the sun , but as if to prove their fallibility at four eleven a steady drizzle began . |
| 20 | They 're now considering taking their campaign to the European Court . |
| 21 | The chemists encouraged people to have fun in the sun while protecting their skin from the harsh rays which can prove dangerous . |
| 22 | The NUS has put forward counter proposals which it believes meet the Government 's central criteria of enhanced financial control of union activities , while securing their funding through college associations . |
| 23 | Uamhas brings the hill to life through the many tales enacted on its flanks every year by its jumble of human pilgrims , while lamenting their effect on its future . |
| 24 | The difference was that when constructing a plot she was able to invent clues that would subtly direct her readers in the direction of the guilty person while strewing their path with red herrings . |
| 25 | The Faverolles factory responded to this challenge and continued to break production records , while played their part with large increases in muesli , crunchy and pillow tonnages for the continental market . |
| 26 | While acknowledging their debt to Hearsay-II , they point out a number of differences . |
| 27 | Never before had Dustin been so exposed or felt such trepidation while awaiting their verdict on him . |
| 28 | This gave both parties greater flexibility , while increasing their dependence on money . |
| 29 | They had studied long hours , both of them , they had burned the midnight oil while munching their way through textbooks and qualifications , through overtime and late-night meetings . |
| 30 | As Mr. Ron Lord , Wakefield 's assistant chief financial officer , points out in the Municipal Journal , they could at least introduce the poll tax ’ against a background of a stable rating system which managers were able to put on automatic pilot while diverting their attention to the multitude of practical problems that were to arise with the new system . |