Example sentences of "of [verb] their [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This convention finds statutory confirmation in the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 which deprive the House of Lords of any legal power over financial or ‘ Money ’ Bills beyond that of delaying their passage for one month and no longer . |
| 2 | The idea is to offer ES/9000 users a means of meeting their requirement for more capacity without having to upgrade their mainframes and pay IBM higher software licence fees . |
| 3 | Here pupils are encouraged to analyse why they may perform disappointingly in exams as well as to discover ways of improving their preparation for tests . |
| 4 | FAMILIES who fear that a special hospital is to close have accused health service managers of snubbing their request for consultation . |
| 5 | Saying that a study by the Gediman Research Group suggests that small- and medium-sized independent software vendors consider the costs of converting their software for a new architecture , and the subsequent marketing and sales expenses as potentially prohibitive to success , and Hewlett-Packard Co company has launched a new programme to ease the transition to its Precision Architecture RISC-based Unix machines . |
| 6 | Spokesman told the News Motoring Column : ‘ On average AA members are back on the road within 62 minutes of making their call for help . ’ |
| 7 | Believers within a local church do the same , but so should different local churches complete and complement one another 's work , absolutely united in the common goal of winning their community for Christ . |
| 8 | I think it is unfortunate , and I think the Universities are undertaking a form of work which is going to have the affect ( sic ) of reducing their reputation for the maintenance of high standards . |