Example sentences of "[prep] managing their [det] affair " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps present arrangements make accountability more complex and confused than in the recent past but , through partnerships in communities , and a growing sense and confidence that schools and colleges are capable of managing their own affairs , it is entirely possible that the problems of accountability can be resolved .
2 Fifty years of oralism had by now so severely retarded the education of deaf people that those who became adults were largely judged incapable of managing their own affairs .
3 They were afraid that if the Russian workers proved by demonstration that they were quite capable of managing their own affairs the workers of other countries would ask why their countries were not being governed in the same way …
4 As well as advising on death duties and acting as executor of wills , this division will provide for those who need help in managing their own affairs , arrange retirement benefits and advise on tax reduction .
5 IT HAS become clear these past few years that London 's investment houses are rather worse at managing their own affairs than their clients ' .
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