Example sentences of "their [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Devotees remain blind to elementary pitfalls of research design in their enthusiasm to prove the treatment 's efficacy . |
| 2 | But in so far as such voters may have their partisanship reinforced the trends do present a major hurdle to the election of a Labour government . |
| 3 | A crucial breaking-point came in 1983 , when the Labour councillors first took a decision to support a small steel firm and save around sixty jobs , but later withdrew their support leaving the firm to collapse . |
| 4 | Subsequently , the owner claimed damages from Veitchi , claiming that Veitchi had through their negligence laid the floor badly . |
| 5 | The small group of riders spied them and altered their course to meet the patrol . |
| 6 | Their story forms the basis of a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum . |
| 7 | Their removal left the way clear for Michael Schumacher to stage a dramatic charge as he chased Berger 's McLaren-Honda to the line . |
| 8 | If your experiment involves other people ( e.g. if you are comparing different readers ' responses ) , you need to consider ethical issues which arise , including ( a ) getting their permission to use the results ; ( b ) showing them the results and explaining them ; ( c ) not using their names when you report the experiment ( even if they have given permission for this , there is unlikely to be any point ) ; ( d ) the ethical problem that sometimes an experiment is best conducted if the test subjects do n't know what it is for ; that is , if there is a " secret agenda " . |
| 9 | A sharp word of command and they immediately sat down and waited as their mistress opened the car door . |
| 10 | From Wimpey Homes to Dr A.J. Watson stating that they regretted their inability to level the area of open space and provide some form of play equipment at Baberton Mains . |
| 11 | Economists have been widely criticised , with some justification , for their inability to forecast the depth of the current recession . |
| 12 | The powerlessness of the poor , their inability to influence the distribution of life-chances and rewards , helps to explain their poverty ( Miliband , 1974 ; MacGregor , 1981 ) . |
| 13 | One week several AEs were sacked from DPR for their inability to convey the concept of financial futures . |
| 14 | Morrisons and Presto supermarkets are also doing their bit to help the people of Kostroma by leaving trolleys for shoppers to put tins of food in . |
| 15 | GARDENERS , cinemagoers , parents , Nintendo fanatics and New Women are all doing their bit to keep the profits rolling in at Emap , publisher of a huge range of consumer mags and newspapers . |
| 16 | Teachers , it was felt , were the guardians of a politically free curriculum : if they lost their entitlement to control the learning experiences of pupils , not only would their own professionalism be undermined , but , worse , schools could easily become the agents for transmitting ‘ state-approved knowledge ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ England 's batting , fielding and — apart from Emburey and Edmonds — their bowling proclaimed the lack of practice and resolve on a slow pitch which , had they been in the right frame of mind , would have given them an even chance of levelling the series , ’ asserted Wisden . |
| 18 | A huddle of passengers gathered round the steps of the carriage to get a look at the reading and , lest their breathing distort the figure , Nadia held it aloft like a fish between finger and thumb . |
| 19 | Similarly , for those users contemplating ‘ coming off ’ or cutting down their drug use the links between members of township networks and those between the networks themselves provided a dynamic body of ‘ knowledge ’ based on the user 's direct experience of available services . |
| 20 | Commuters switched their route to avoid the inconvenience of slowing down . |
| 21 | Their chairman sold the club to me in our negotiations . |
| 22 | That was before John had moved in with them ; he and Chrimes happened to call there that morning on some business errand before the detective had arrived , and the door was opened by Herbert in his dressing gown , begging them to hurry away again in case their presence spoilt the evidence . |
| 23 | She felt their presence pervading the forest and yet where were they ? |
| 24 | However , where ant presence promotes food-body production , certain ( Phyllobaenus ) beetle larvae prey on the ants ; such can be found inhabiting plants even in the absence of the ants and their presence causes the food bodies to grow , while herbivore damage seems to increase . |
| 25 | They rolled up and down perfectly and their presence obviated the need for curtains . |
| 26 | Although as far as can be established they were not as licentious as myth has claimed , their presence increased the risk of drunkenness and brawling . |
| 27 | The impending launch of MS-DOS 6 has upset a lot of utility program developers — after all , they made their money plugging the holes Microsoft left in the operating system . |
| 28 | About two dozen have been given the chance to return to Middlebrook Mushrooms , Whitley Farm , near Selby , North Yorks , days after they lost their fight to take the firm to a tribunal . |
| 29 | But protestors vowed to continue their fight to close the plant . |
| 30 | Colleagues , I gave you twelve thousand eight hundred and twelve reasons for you not only to support by raising your hands , but by actively supporting your fellow members in their fight to retain the Wages Councils and to guard and protect their wages . |