Example sentences of "[vb infin] their [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some will guarantee their members ' work for a small fee , usually about 1% of the estimate . |
| 2 | In the meantime , Zealot contingents commanded by a descendant of Judas of Galilee seized the fortress of Masada on the Dead Sea , exterminated the Roman garrison and prepared defensive installations that would withstand their enemies ' siege until A.D. 73 . |
| 3 | Most tenants of local authorities , new towns and housing associations can now take in lodgers if they wish and they do not need their landlords ' consent to do so . |
| 4 | Crooked bosses can easily steal their workers ' pension cash MP 's revealed in a shock report . |
| 5 | Spouses who know that the way they behave will affect their partners ' chances of getting a job should try and find out beforehand what is expected of them . |
| 6 | Tutors would supervise their students ' work in the manner of teacher trainers . |
| 7 | If the initiating member has provided a list of foreign prospective purchasers which contains KPMG clients , client service partners may remove their clients ' names from that list when they deem it advisable . |
| 8 | He wound up the interview and was rising to say goodbye when Catherine , sounding shy , asked Peter Yeo if she could possibly use their ladies ' room . |
| 9 | Similarly , during World War I , fears were expressed that servicemen 's wives would spend their dependants ' allowances on drink . |
| 10 | Some licensed dealers would stop their employees ' cheques quite frequently . |
| 11 | Classroom Interaction stimulates teachers to explore the implications of the subject and , as a result , to understand and guide their learners ' initiative to greater effect . |
| 12 | On the debit side the church also witnessed a high proportion of reversions , particularly among their young people through the secularising influence of their English education and the fact that they did not share their parents ' nostalgia . |
| 13 | This will depend on the nature of the dispute and the extent of the part played by lawyers in the proceedings , but , for the reasons set out below , lawyers will serve their clients ' interests better if they refrain from imposing too many legal formalities on the procedure . |
| 14 | The thin cotton of their clothes could not hide their bodies ' warmth from each other , and she became aware of a curious lassitude that seemed intent on relaxing her tense muscles . |
| 15 | By analogy , the more nearly individual areas can match their populations ' preferences for social spending to their expenditure , the more efficient will be the overall outcome — and the less ‘ coerced ’ local people will feel ( Tiebout , 1956 ; Foster et al . , |
| 16 | Those who did not fulfil their clients ' wishes lost income . |
| 17 | ‘ But people have such bad financial problems at the moment , they have to give up the chance to study and go for whatever will fill their families ' stomachs . ’ |
| 18 | The need to separate the functions of chairman and chief executive has been a raging debate in City of London parlours for the past couple or years , and companies at which the two roles are combined in one person have been under enormous pressure to accept a separation of powers : now the same debate could take off across the Atlantic as Compaq Computer Corp 's ( non-executive ) chairman Ben Rosen tells the House Telecommunications and Finance Subcommittee that the troubles that have beset some of America 's largest companies can be traced to cozy relationships between their boards and their chief executives — he declares that the boards of most US companies are chaired by the company 's chief executive , who picks the board members and controls the agenda — ‘ With an appropriate form of corporate governance , I fully believe that the current problems of IBM , Digital Equipment , Westinghouse and other major American corporations could have been addressed and probably solved far earlier with much reduced ill effects , ’ Rosen told the legislators , adding that a company 's chairman should be a ‘ truly outside independent director , ’ not the chief executive or a former chief executive , and that all board members , with the exception of the chief executive , should also be outsiders , who should get their directors ' fees in the form of shares or options . |
| 19 | It was callous of him to embitter and spoil their parents ' lives . |
| 20 | By pressing the appropriate buttons on their office computers linked to The Exchange 's automated quotations system ( SEAQ ) they can execute their clients ' instructions at the best available price quoted by market-makers in the shares concerned . |
| 21 | Many quoted companies , which must satisfy their shareholders ' dividend expectations , are beginning to build up considerable amounts of unrelieved or surplus advance corporation tax ( ACT ) . |
| 22 | And to cap it all , in my front garden , a taxus that has already outgirthed Sir Cyril Smith was making a takeover bid for my car runway , so that friends would smilingly open their drivers ' doors only to get a mouthful of evergreen . |