Example sentences of "[adv prt] their [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The companies , which were ordered to close down their operations in the reserves , have been found by Friends of the Earth to trade with several British importers including James Latham and Richard Burbridge . |
| 2 | In 1992 they 'll be letting down their hair in the traditional manner between 19th September and 4th October . |
| 3 | Oh Lord who to see that all the world , we thank thee for those who fought and those who laid down their lives in the cause of righteousness and freedom . |
| 4 | Yadav and Pope ( 1992b ) considered the suggestion that , when the index is rising , market makers will run down their holdings of the shares in which they make a market , and when the index is falling they will increase their holding of such shares . |
| 5 | It 's an annual ritual for the National Trust , as they close down their properties for the winter break . |
| 6 | This manager stuffed money down their throat under the guise of being their friend and adviser . |
| 7 | Then I 'd remember the hareem at their dawn prayers , standing , bowing , kneeling , bowing down their heads to the flat surface of their prayer mats . |
| 8 | Though , doubtless , man has always been a jackdaw , a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles , the recognition of ephemera as a legitimate and respectable sphere of collecting is a comparatively modern phenomenon , its devotees now having their own Society and special sales organised by reputable auctioneers who not long ago would have looked down their noses at the trivia they are now , in the name of Mammon , glad to catalogue . |
| 9 | Of course , this problem could be eased by reducing the number of constituencies in Scotland and Wales , but since Labour has overwhelming strength in Wales and majority support in Scotland , the idea of cutting down their representatives in the Commons did not appeal to a Labour Government . |
| 10 | Indeed we may inhibit their development if we force them to use unfamiliar approaches which slow down their thinking in the cause of a mistaken view of what it is to work systematically . |
| 11 | We must also consider the opportunity that some occupations have for deliberately restricting access to the acquisition of the skills needed to do the job , thereby keeping down their distribution amongst the population , and enabling them to claim higher rewards in the market place . |
| 12 | Syllabuses define the amount and content of knowledge and skill in each subject and lay down their distribution throughout the years that the young person spends at school . |
| 13 | Employees and friends are invited to take along their pots as the Wedgwood Museum staff will also be on hand to date and identify pieces . |
| 14 | a much higher proportion of conversion students was available to employers because they were less likely to carry on their studies after the Advanced Course ; |
| 15 | A little further on is where the distinguished General Moreau led the French troops across the Rhine a year later on their way to the battle of Hohenlinden , the most important of his many successes against the Austrians . |
| 16 | Blake sat on the ground while the Doctor hung over a wall , listening to the boats pass on their way to the sea . |
| 17 | MCC bosses had hoped to deflect the rebels from insisting on the meeting , which will cost £17,000 and may well have to be held at a huge venue like Westminster Hall , by offering to pass on their views on the Gower affair to the selectors and the TCCB in an unprecedented letter of protest . |
| 18 | On the outskirts of the City internationally famous Nottingham Forest and England 's oldest team Notts County take on their opponents at the City Ground and the Meadow Lane Stadium . |
| 19 | By the end of the evening new found friends either carry on their conversation in the elegant Artemis bar or enjoy the hilarity of the nightly show . |
| 20 | The gas-masks hung on their pegs in the narrow hall . |
| 21 | This is due to the fact that the capacitors can not simultaneously pass on their charge to the next stage and receive the charge from the previous stage . |
| 22 | On July 6 Palestinian fighters started handing over their weaponry to the army . |
| 23 | The people , by a tacit and irrevocable act of delegation , had handed over their powers to the monarch . |
| 24 | But people fought over their interpretation of the Revolution — and this became an issue of party strife in the next reigns . |
| 25 | Seventeen people died in armed clashes in Palestinian-controlled areas east of Sidon on Feb. 15 , when members of Fatah suppressed a rebellion by other Fatah regulars who were refusing to hand over their positions to the Lebanese army . |
| 26 | On the Vienna and Berlin routes every transport had its smattering of adult supervisors , who had to sign a pledge to return immediately they had handed over their charges to the RCM . |
| 27 | On the way her mind ran over their conversation in the car park . |
| 28 | Mrs Frogatt and Mr Boulton have both handed over their complaints to the Charity Commissioners who are conducting a joint investigation of Brit-Pol with the police . |
| 29 | Britain and France , the two countries who seemed essential to European co-operation , bickered over their interests in the Middle East and over the peace conditions to impose on Germany , so that an Anglo — French alliance was not made until March 1947 . |
| 30 | The only stumbling block is Larsen 's former club , Lyngby , who are wrangling over their percentage of the fee . |