Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] their [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | In addition , let us encourage colleagues to integrate machine-readable data and computer exercises into their thematic courses . |
2 | Then the final choice lies with their regional directors . |
3 | While government policy fails to link housing policy to other social policy areas , local government fails to integrate disabled people 's housing needs into their mainstream activities and housing and social services departments fail to work together , disabled people will continue to be condemned to institutional care or imprisoned in housing which unnecessarily restricts their lives . |
4 | ‘ It was a masterpiece of harmony , ’ wrote Littman , ‘ which can be attained when men see to it that their handiwork blends with their natural surroundings . |
5 | The following is an example of a suitable clause : It is hereby agreed that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Articles of Association the investor shall be entitled at any time after Completion to transfer all or any part of the investor 's shares to another investor or investors approved by the Managers ( such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed ) to the intent and effect that any such investors shall be entitled to the benefit of all such provisions of this Agreement and Articles of Association as the investor shall require and the Managers and the Company shall do or procure to be done ( insofar as it lies within their respective powers ) all such matters and things , including the execution of all such documents as shall be necessary or which the Investors shall reasonably require for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this clause . |
6 | There are the careerists amongst the senior management of the school , some of whom will seem to have ‘ sold out to the system ’ : to affect a philosophy in so far as it looks in their own interests to do so , to have become executives and to have lost touch with the pupils . |
7 | Relatives who are carers may also find that the requirement for professional support to be given locally infringes on their own rights to privacy . |
8 | The organisation that calls the general election closest is the one that is most attractive to Tesco or Finefare or whomever it might be when they want to discover what the public thinks of their baked beans . |
9 | Participant observation usually refers to a situation where the observer becomes as near as may be a member of the group being studied and participates in their normal activities . |
10 | Some sociologists claim that an individual 's class position is largely achieved ; it results from their personal qualities and abilities and the use they make of them rather than ascribed characteristics such as the status of their parents or the colour of their skin . |
11 | THE planning system is designed around the idea that people should have a say in what happens to their immediate surroundings . |
12 | that , that there are others equally we say that we women to determine what happens to their own bodies and their destiny is for them , I respect that view too but in those circumstances you do n't resolve problems by the majority whatever it happens to be determining what the minority will do . |
13 | Supporters across the globe will take part in fundraising support climbs on their local hills , and their money will go to provide fresh water for the village of Askole on the way to K2 , where infant mortality is 50% , and other schemes on every continent . |
14 | They appreciated only answers to their own questions . |
15 | Their place in the top flight depends on their remaining games , against title-chasing Orrell and Northampton , and the fortunes of Rugby , who are a point above them with Harlequins and Leicester to play . |
16 | Thomas makes a similar point when he says the ‘ quality of their [ HMI 's ] work depends on their personal attributes as shaped by experience ’ . |
17 | The group is only too aware that the dangers of conifer plantations are not limited to creating great black tracts of sterile land ( nothing grows beneath their dense needles ) . |
18 | In particular they agreed that they had entered into private compensation deals with their larger investors , in contravention of a voluntary self-regulation agreement imposed by the government in December 1989 after the Recruit scandal [ for which see pp. 36463-64 ; 36589 ] , paying a total of 43,500 million yen ( about US$315,000,000 ) to 78 clients between March 1990 and March 1991 , to make up for trading losses resulting from their investment advice . |
19 | What is forceful in Spinoza 's approach is his belief that it is mere empty verbiage to recommend conduct to people unless this engages with their real motivations . |
20 | However , some lenders offer exclusive fixed rates deals to their existing customers . |
21 | But the effect of engaging specialists reaches beyond their own caseloads . |
22 | Not only does Irenius decry the Irish appearance , making the bestial comparisons Spenser also proposes in the above passage , he also dwells on their uncivilised forms of fighting such as attacking suddenly with hit-and-run tactics . |
23 | Final construction consists of fitting the various parts to the box and terminating the flying leads to their various destinations . |
24 | Some parents will be very upset , in some cases because it cuts across their genuine convictions . |
25 | The 1984 decree prohibited the Baby Bells from R&D work , except insofar as it goes into their existing networks . |
26 | But they insist that the money goes into their own pockets . |
27 | Roh and Bush affirmed on July 2 the mutual security ties between their two countries , whilst also discussing bilateral trade issues , particularly US access to South Korea 's financial and agricultural markets . |
28 | The straw-covered Viking houses at the Yorvik Viking Centre hide steel frames beneath their wattled walls ; the figures and displays of goods are reconstructions , though the interpretation is rooted in evidence which is carefully displayed alongside the reconstruction . |
29 | Today , the power of networks stems from their information-sharing capabilities . |
30 | Today , the power of networks stems from their information-sharing capabilities |