Example sentences of "who [verb] their [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the law , it would seem , was not so much concerned with those who drank as with those who sold their bodies for gain . |
| 2 | Then there are those who sell their wares for charity at zero gain to themselves . |
| 3 | Sir David Attenborough has been visiting a nature reserve to thank industrialists for helping to save a precious piece of the environment.He joined business sponsors who swopped their pinstripes for green wellies for the day . |
| 4 | The question may have niggled at the 7,776 advertising talents who entered their work for the prestigious Design & Art Direction Awards , some of whom will turn up tonight at a glittering Grosvenor House junket to find out whether they have won one of the silver or gold pencils . |
| 5 | The usual way of bolstering the value of the pound is to increase interest on the international scene : But this action invariably effects small business adversely : This makes their survival more difficult , because of increased costs and pressure from suppliers who want their bills for supplies paid quicker to minimise their own costs . |
| 6 | The funds will be used ( i ) to enhance the restoration and management of lowland peatland sites , by removing scrub to encourage plants and animals , raising the water table to encourage pest regeneration , and introducing a monitoring programme ; ( ii ) to develop work on Special Protection Areas ( SPAs ) designated to protect the habitats of certain rare , vulnerable or migratory bird species ; and ( iii ) to speed up the conclusion of agreements with landowners who manage their land for conservation . |
| 7 | Of the 45 Smallholder deputies 33 ( led by Gyula Pasztor ) were expelled from the party , prompting them to call a mini-congress on Feb. 22 in Budapest , attended by nearly 4,000 supporters who reaffirmed their support for the Antall government . |
| 8 | Every day that passes without further raiding speaks for you , the more confirming those who give their voice for reconciliation , and by little persuading those who were against . |
| 9 | The five Cabinet members who indicated their sympathy for the abolitionist cause by abstaining were : Cripps , Bevan , Arthur Creech Jones , Philip Noel-Baker and Harold Wilson . |
| 10 | The man had not been deliberately cruel or corrupt , like so many non-medical people who licensed their houses for this purpose , but he had stuck to the principle that the violent needed continual restraint , and his daughter still feared more progressive methods . |
| 11 | The term ‘ visually limited ’ is used frequently by writers in the United States ( Barraga , 1976 ; Bishop , 1971 ) and refers to pupils who use their vision for all tasks including reading print , but who may need prescriptive lenses in order to do so . |
| 12 | Just inside the front porch , a handwritten book is prefaced with the words ‘ This book has been compiled that something , more than their mere names , may be known of the Lavenham men who gave their lives for their country in the Great War . ’ |
| 13 | Some sort of stone memorial , at the place where they fell , to heroes who gave their lives for France , yes , the Bishop thinks that may be in order . |
| 14 | There are coats of arms all around the Chamber of hon. Members who gave their lives for peace in Europe . |
| 15 | That reconciliation was not Franco 's guiding principle was clear from the decree he had issued on 1 April 1939 ( the same day he had signed the final war bulletin ) , ordering that a monument be built " to perpetuate the memory of those who fell in the Crusade of Liberation " and to honour " those who gave their lives for God and the Fatherland " . |
| 16 | The Wessex Regional Transfusion Centre wishes to thank those members of the staff of AEA Technology who gave their blood for the benefit of others on Tuesday , 12 and Wednesday , 13 January 1993 . |
| 17 | An event when enthusiasts can parade their pride and joy … a time when their hours of endless polishing chrome can be enjoyed by people who share their love for these unique examples of American automobile history . |
| 18 | Dr Shotton pours scorn on mothers who chastise their offspring for playing video games : ‘ It 's far healthier than watching TV . |
| 19 | But the law did not take specific account of Arabs who left their homes for fear that Israeli forces might cause them harm — the reason most Arabs give for their sudden departure . |
| 20 | Discredited and abused , the Junta retreated before the French , first to Seville , then to Cadiz : there its members resigned , to be insulted by the ‘ patriots ’ of Cadiz who searched their baggage for stolen government funds and finally imprisoned them . |
| 21 | I daresay that as a result of your letter and my few words , I 'll have an angry response from men who 'll say , ‘ what about the women who abandon their children for other men ? ’ |
| 22 | No inquiries have been made into the 240 Ulster soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their country instead we see them being framed by our so called police force and left to spend their lives in a prison cell for crimes they did n't commit . |
| 23 | I was glad to see Ezra , because what biased attitudes he has are so biased that he manages to be , all round , a more generous-minded and discriminating person that others who spread their capacity for bias over their entire mental outlook ’ . |