Example sentences of "[vb infin] their [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're on a hiding to nothing bless them and er th I mean Kenny is no different to any other manager in the premier league , er they 're all spending a lot of money in the hopes that they can buy their way to success . |
| 2 | At all times you should respect their right to confidentiality . ’ |
| 3 | I have heard people describe their involvement in AIDS support groups in the same terms as people used to describe their involvement in the Gay Liberation Movement . |
| 4 | In the end , the WICBC 's attitude that they could not accept any individual who did not uphold their tradition of sportsmanship prevailed , and Gilchrist played no more Tests . |
| 5 | For those who do not have addictive diseases it seems incongruous that some sufferers will pursue their addiction to death , either through the consequences of the addiction or through suicide at the sense of hopelessness that is the hallmark of sufferers from the primary disease , - but that is the nature of the addiction . |
| 6 | Lucy says ‘ They always go home happier and friendlier — but most of all we must preserve their love of movement ’ . |
| 7 | These men tend to be more confident that they can make their desires known to their partners , whereas those who did n't enjoy their introduction to sex are among the most likely to say that they ca n't express what they want . |
| 8 | Explain why it is so important that everyone who benefits from Medau work should demonstrate their support through membership . |
| 9 | It would be desirable if successful Compact graduates could demonstrate their suitability for employment through the positive evidence contained in their records of achievement , thus precluding the need in their case for testing . |
| 10 | Charity schools were inexpensive and could be readily supplied in the boom years , while even such an early champion of the bourgeoisie as Defoe could approve their attack on sloth and indiscipline as going to the heart of the problem of the labouring poor . |
| 11 | Generally , women become familiar quickly with the scent of their infants , and can recognise their baby by smell alone only a few days after birth . |
| 12 | This ensures adequate data for the decision-makers and a general awareness of the situation through the membership so that they can reassess their level of commitment . |
| 13 | Those who had received poor service , he said , could consider their right of action and if necessary start proceedings in the Small Claims Court . |
| 14 | Now Victim Support needs individuals and businesses to help fund their work in north Oxfordshire . |
| 15 | I find it very difficult when you have a journalist round , and you will perhaps cooperate as much as you can with an interview , and then sometimes they 'll go and dip their pen in acid and write really horrid things . |
| 16 | There 's a firm in London , in Deptford , calling themselves McCloy & Son Ltd. , and what d' you think their line of business is ? ’ |
| 17 | They are uncertain as to whether they should make their involvement in SSE conditional upon the possibility of promotion , uncertain about whether they need more information and debate about SSE , uncertain about whether SSE should be made compulsory and whether it is preferable to inspection . |
| 18 | Later , when her son was finished with his learning , she and he might make their way to Corporation Park , where they could stroll through the gardens and enjoy the sunshine of a beautiful July afternoon . |
| 19 | Mike added : ‘ This is not a clampdown , but a concerted attempt by the Company to help employees tackle any alcohol-related problems they may have which affect their performance at work . |
| 20 | The employees then went on to David , who tested heart and lungs and talked to each of them to ascertain whether there were any personal anxieties that might affect their role in management . |
| 21 | Having decided for themselves that the problem lay in the lack of will and determination on the part of the Indo-Chinese to join whole-heartedly with the French in resisting communism , the US had to obtain assurances from the French that a programme of French government will be developed ; national armies will be organized ; France will despatch sufficient additional armed forces to Indo-China to insure that the restoration of peace and internal security will be accomplished in accordance with the timetable of the overall military plan for Indo-China ( which made it sound more like a military parade than a war and that the French will eliminate their policy of colonialism . |
| 22 | It is when the physical phenomenon of soil erosion affects people so that they have to respond and adapt their mode of life that it becomes also a social phenomenon . |
| 23 | Arrangements such as joint market research , and the joint execution of research work up to the stage of industrial application , were stated to be compatible with Article 85(1) , provided that participating companies did not restrict their freedom of action . |
| 24 | Such systems fundamentally imply that many teachers should deliberately restrict their level of engagement with children and that the finely woven ( and seamless ) web of human relationships can be rationalised , divided , timetabled and generally routinised to such an extent that it can be systemised ( or bureaucratised ) ! |
| 25 | The exact activation state of normal lamina propria macrophages is currently unknown , but the lack of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 ( CD54 ) may restrict their function in antigen presentation especially to unprimed CD4 + T cells despite being pan-class II-positive . |
| 26 | When Val was gone , Roland realised , with a shock like a religious conversion , that he did not want their way of life to go on . |
| 27 | Employees must notify their Head of Department where the normal mode of transport is changed and the Head of Department will determine if any adjustment is to be made to compensation and arrangements . |
| 28 | Then , there is the simple point that MPs would prefer their party in power , no matter what it does , rather than in opposition . |
| 29 | The Department of Health publishes tar tables to encourage smokers who can not or will not give up smoking to switch to lower tar brands on the grounds that this may at least lower their risk of lung cancer . |
| 30 | For the Farrens might locate their struggle within music , but the music was part of the spectacle , and maybe ‘ people 's music ’ was part of the process of shattering it . |