Example sentences of "[to-vb] their [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In September 1915 , the UDC refused to accept their affiliation on the grounds that the UDC had less to gain from any activity the Fellowship might undertake on its behalf than it had to lose from being associated with the doctrine of non-resistance . |
| 2 | Sideshows did a roaring trade with queues waiting to try their luck on the rifle range , hoop-la , hubbly bubbly or coconut shies . |
| 3 | As an American commentator put it , ‘ a duchess abdicates when her son comes to his title ; she is turned out of the mansion where she once presided … ’ especially through this single-minded concentration of resources through inheritance on a principal heir that the English aristocracy were able to tighten their grip on the land . |
| 4 | The hunger strike was interpreted in some quarters as an attempt by the RAF prisoners to increase their influence on the command structure outside prison . |
| 5 | They attempt to impose their will on the firm(s) involved , that influence extending perhaps to deciding on which may be involved . |
| 6 | who are inclined to impose their choice on the bride and groom in a lot of cases ? |
| 7 | She finds manufacturers evasive on the matter of setting standards : ‘ Everyone says , ‘ We 've got the standard ’ … they 're hoping to impose their design on the world . |
| 8 | Italians were now coming to the fore in car racing thanks to Alfa , and Nuvolari joined the team as the man to spearhead their attack on the German manufacturers . |
| 9 | On balance , however , it looks as though by May 1183 Henry II and Richard were beginning to lose their grip on the war . |
| 10 | The stoma care nurse encouraged him not to avoid foods but to monitor their effect on the colostomy action . |
| 11 | CHEFS travelled in convoy recently to sacrifice their headgear on the stones of Tiananmen Square ( left ) . |
| 12 | Indeed , we might even be inclined to suggest that third parties that are buoyant in the opinion polls , and have a diffuse appeal beyond specific regions , are only able to sustain their support on the basis of an attractive ambiguity about their main policy objectives that precludes the presentation of crisp programmes and , therefore , the possibility of programmatic support . |
| 13 | Those boys used to enjoy their stint on the tracks with us . ’ |
| 14 | The more energetic will be off to the King Alfred Leisure Centre to risk their dignity on the Wild Waters and on the three 100-metre slides . |
| 15 | It is likely to be up to 10 years before the banks would be able either to sell their stake on the local stock market or to pass on their holdings to other investors . |
| 16 | For this reason , many landowners have followed the Junker path , taking over the land of sharecroppers and colonos and compelling them to sell their labour on the open market . |
| 17 | Her guests might have preferred to drink their tea on the verandah outside , since at that moment it was not raining . |
| 18 | This is especially obvious , for instance , when we examine culturally stereotyped responses to danger and stress , and attempt to evaluate their impact on the feelings of our informants . |
| 19 | These are used to focus their awareness on the learner , the learning task , and the learning environment , on the interactive nature of learning difficulties and their behavioural and emotional concomitants . |
| 20 | This group preferred to focus their work on the myth of legal certainty and to challenge the idea of legal formalism by undermining the conception of the judicial process implicit in the case method . |
| 21 | Barth and Brunner moved on from that position and came to focus their attention on the re-working and re-stating of the main classical Christian doctrines , especially of christology , in which they believed the meaning and content of the revelation was explicated . |
| 22 | At the same time , however , Greece , Ireland , Portugal and Spain were threatening to exercise their veto on the question of European union if it meant increasing their own contributions to the EC budget . |
| 23 | They replace John Larkin and Craig Stewart , and Gateshead are able to switch two of their normal long-stage runners , Steve Parr and Gerard Hargreaves , to strengthen their team on the shorter legs . |
| 24 | " The Chairman called upon Mr. Hector Macfadyen to read his Essay on " Heredity " after which the Members in rotation were requested to express their mind on the subject . |
| 25 | In this way , such a configuration becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy , because people come to form their self-understanding on the basis of ‘ psychologism ’ and the theory seems to be confirmed in people 's experience as a result of this process . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ I urge all those who are in a position to do so to use their influence on the men of violence from both sides of the community to end their murderous activities , and to create the only basis on which an enduring peace can be established . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Two disc jockeys would compete with each other in the clubs , taking turns to do their voice-over on the discs . |
| 29 | If the system does not provide for supervision , then the health authority could be primarily liable because it is well established that doctors need to do their training on the job . |
| 30 | Most accounts assume it 's a director 's medium , in which the writer merely provides raw material and the producer a certain amount of logistical backup , enabling directors to put their vision on the screen . |