Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] their [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The others have been very positive about the programme , stating that they preferred to know about their sons ' condition from an early stage . |
| 2 | This ungiving endurance is admired by working-class boys who grow up to write about their mothers ' flinty courage . |
| 3 | Once in office Labour chose to stand by their predecessors ' commitment to the newly created Malaysian Federation . |
| 4 | The only movement in UK law towards this concept is that companies with 250 or more employees are obliged to state in their directors ' report what action has been taken during the year on employee consultation and participation . |
| 5 | Other distinctive colours , like the violet , a deep sea green phthalo turquoise , the sharp citrus green , a charming rose pink quinacridone violet , the warm golden ochre and a curiously attractive light green oxide , confirm the seriousness of Winsor & Newton 's commitment to colour in their Artists ' Acrylic range . |
| 6 | A good deal of evidence was produced to show that children tend to conform to their teachers ' expectations of them . |
| 7 | its officials are adequately trained to look after their members ' interests in an efficient and responsible way . |
| 8 | In France the legend gave prestige to the monarchy ; in Germany the monarchs could make some practical attempt to walk in their predecessors ' footsteps . |
| 9 | WIGAN coach John Monie last night pleaded with Rugby League bosses to help save their players ' careers . |
| 10 | Directors need to make swift , well-informed decisions to ensure that their companies are the first to react and are able to grow at their competitors ' expense . |
| 11 | In some extraordinary manner the children seemed better able to cope with their parents ' injuries when they were well away from the hospital . |
| 12 | Any member of staff who sat down at his or her desk and wept with sorrow at the pain they are constantly having to encounter in their customers ' lives , anyone who wept with frustration at their helplessness in the face of the world suffering that they perceive would be considered mentally unstable . |
| 13 | Sixty-five percent of wives were happy to attend in their husbands ' place with the remainder not enthusiastic . |
| 14 | However , the employees also have responsibilities and are required both to exercise reasonable care , and to cooperate with their employers ' health and safety policies . |
| 15 | The most glaring sin is the failure of husbands adequately to interact with their wives ' ideas , and the ultimate wrong-headedness of not consulting her in the first place . |
| 16 | But sometimes parents still can not accept their daughter 's sexuality , especially if they return to live in their parents ' home . |
| 17 | For their part any incomers see themselves as having made considerable sacrifices to come to Shetland , giving up their homes in the south near friends and perhaps relatives , and facing the possibility that while they are away inflation will ensure that they can not afford to buy their old houses back again when they return ( hence the price guarantees that the airlines are obliged to offer on their employees ' houses in Shetland ) . |
| 18 | It is to be hoped therefore that those considering these matters will be able to reassure doctors about the propriety and legality of withholding or withdrawing non-beneficial or unwanted treatment , so that they can continue to act in their patients ' best interests without the need for the kind of bureaucracy feared by The Lancet . |
| 19 | The opt-out schools will just increase the gap between the places where people have money to spend on their kids ' education and those where they have n't . |
| 20 | Until May 1978 , all married women and widows had the right to rely on their husbands ' contributions and forgo claims to short-term benefits ( sickness , unemployment and maternity ) as well as claims to pensions in their own right . |
| 21 | Under the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 , only married women and widows already exercising their option to rely on their husbands ' contribution could continue to do so , provided they did not leave the labour market for two or more years . |
| 22 | First of all , children were likely to protest about their parents ' departure . |
| 23 | Students , who tend to the left , can choose whether to register in their parents ' homes or where they live in term time . |
| 24 | Sons aspired to follow in their fathers ' trades or professions . |
| 25 | THE sons of former Middlesbrough footballers David Mills and Peter Creamer look set to follow in their fathers ' footsteps . |